how to avoid trying starting ADE L, but directly ADE GXL

Hi all!

does any of you know how to get read of these messages (which also
slow down, total simulation time)?


*WARNING* (icLic-3) Could not get license Analog_Design_Environment_L
(deLicense-3) Could not get a license for ADE L. Trying a higher-
tiered license
*WARNING* (icLic-3) Could not get license Analog_Design_Environment_XL
(deLicense-6) Checked out the license for ADE GXL to run ADE L
*WARNING* (icLic-3) Could not get license Analog_Design_Environment_L
(deLicense-3) Could not get a license for ADE L. Trying a higher-
tiered license
*WARNING* (icLic-3) Could not get license Analog_Design_Environment_XL
(deLicense-6) Checked out the license for ADE GXL to run ADE L
*WARNING* (icLic-3) Could not get license Analog_Design_Environment_L
(deLicense-3) Could not get a license for ADE L. Trying a higher-
tiered license
*WARNING* (icLic-3) Could not get license Analog_Design_Environment_XL
(deLicense-6) Checked out the license for ADE GXL to run ADE L
*WARNING* (icLic-3) Could not get license Analog_Design_Environment_L
(deLicense-3) Could not get a license for ADE L. Trying a higher-
tiered license
*WARNING* (icLic-3) Could not get license Analog_Design_Environment_XL
(deLicense-6) Checked out the license for ADE GXL to run ADE L
*WARNING* (icLic-3) Could not get license Analog_Design_Environment_L
(deLicense-3) Could not get a license for ADE L. Trying a higher-
tiered license
*WARNING* (icLic-3) Could not get license Analog_Design_Environment_XL
(deLicense-6) Checked out the license for ADE GXL to run ADE L
*WARNING* (icLic-3) Could not get license Analog_Design_Environment_L
(deLicense-3) Could not get a license for ADE L. Trying a higher-
tiered license
*WARNING* (icLic-3) Could not get license Analog_Design_Environment_XL
(deLicense-6) Checked out the license for ADE GXL to run ADE L
*WARNING* (icLic-3) Could not get license Analog_Design_Environment_L
(deLicense-3) Could not get a license for ADE L. Trying a higher-
tiered license
*WARNING* (icLic-3) Could not get license Analog_Design_Environment_XL
(deLicense-6) Checked out the license for ADE GXL to run ADE L


thanks,
marco

 

Following variable should work in the current 6.1.3 ISR15

envSetVal("license" "ADELicenseCheckoutOrder" 'string "GXL,XL")

This way it will always try GXL first, if this is what you want.

Regards,
Marc

 

sounds like what I need but doesn't work:

*WARNING* envSetVal: could not find tool[.partition] 'license'

and I cannot find this in the documentation.
Is that because of Cadence version? According to label in help have IC
6.1.3

thanks anyway....

 

The subversion number 6.1.3.500.15 is important, since it was just
implemented. 6.1.3 is a little bit older than a year now and there
was a lot of improvement over this time. If you on something smaller
than .8 you should try to move forward.

Regards,
Marc

 

Hallo Marc,

and this is on 6.1.3 ISR15:
....
\i envSetVal("license" "ADELicenseCheckOrder" 'string "GXL,XL")
\w *WARNING* envSetVal: Can't set the value of variable 'ADELicenseCheckOrder',
\w in tool[.partition] 'license' - it has not been registered.
....

 

That will teach me to try it myself before posting

Try:

envSetVal("license" "ADELicenseCheckoutOrder" 'string "GXL,XL")

Regards,
Marc

 

Maybe no my fault:

Your Warning says "ADELicenseCheckOrder" there is the "out" missing.

 

Thanks for the hint, Marc. I have should simply copy an past it

But it's still not over:

\i envSetVal("license" "ADELicenseCheckoutOrder" 'string "GXL,XL")
\w *WARNING* Cannot find $CDSHOME/tools/dfII/etc/tools/license directory to load
environment variables
\w *WARNING* envSetVal: could not find tool[.partition] 'license'

This is a full installation of 6.1.3 ISR15 and the directory
mentioned above is indeed not present ...

BTW, the feature is still not documented, what about further Tool(-License)s
such as VLE, VSE and so on?

 

Well..it worked for me. I have that directory in my lnx86
installation. Inside is a .cdsenv with following:

license VLSLicenseCheckoutOrder string "L,XL,GXL" nil
license VSELicenseCheckoutOrder string "L,XL" nil
license ADELicenseCheckoutOrder string "L,XL,GXL" nil
license VLSL_UseNextLicense string "prompt" nil
license VLSXL_UseNextLicense string "prompt" nil
license VSEL_UseNextLicense string "prompt" nil
license ADEL_UseNextLicense string "prompt" nil
license ADEXL_UseNextLicense string "prompt" nil
license tokenControl boolean nil nil

That will also answer your second question.
As for documentation. It's always lagging a bit behind and this
license mechanism is brand new...

If it still not work for you you should contact your local
Cadence support, we are here for some reason.

Regards,
Marc

 

YES, i can confirm it now, it works (s. below)!

My fault, again ;( I was doing this on ISR14 ;(
With ISR15 it's OK!

I see it now

Thank you Marc, no further reasons to contact CS

 

Hi thanks for your comments, though I don't quite understand what
ISR15 and ISR16 refer to.
I was told that to identify the Cadence version I should look into the
file ic_index.sdx; there I see:
"ID=IC-613_06.13.505_lnx86"
What is this ISR?

BTW these setting doesn't work for me:
envSetVal("license" "ADELicenseCheckoutOrder" 'string "GXL,XL")
*WARNING* Cannot find $CDSHOME/tools.lnx86/dfII/etc/tools/license
directory to load environment variables
*WARNING* envSetVal: could not find tool[.partition] 'license'

cheers,
marco

 

Check with:

virtuoso -W (or icfb -W for 5.1.41).

This will give you the subversion. The last number is the so called
ISR ( Intermediate Software Release ) number. ISR15 will show following:

sub-version IC6.1.3.500.15

Currently an ISR is released once a month and it usually contains only
critical fixes. There is no need to upgrade your installation. Only
if you found problems in your flow and want to check the latest
release for it. Companies usually "freeze" a release for projects
or flows since they invest time to test and not like to be surprised
from changes in a new release.

These settings not work for you because they are not implemented in
the release you are using.

Marc

 

Thank you all for your comments.
cheers,
marco