PROCEDURE TO SETUP AND RUN CADENCE
1) Login to the systems using your UNIX login id and password
2) Open a terminal and type in the following command. The quotes over hostname
are back quotes. (Key above TAB key) There is no space between hostname and $DISPLAY.
echo `hostname`$DISPLAY
3) Open another terminal and type in the following command. Enter your password
when you get a password prompt. There is no space between and @sunfire.ece.tamu.edu
ssh @sunfire.ece.tamu.edu
4) Next set the DISPLAY variable using the output of step 2.
setenv DISPLAY <output of step 2>
Follow this procedure to upgrade/set the Cadence version
1) Open the .cshrc file and make the following changes (type emacs ~/.cshrc to open)
i) add the line: source /usr/local/bin/setup.ic5141
(note : if you are sourcing any other cadence setup file, replace it with the above line)
ii) add the line: setenv CDK_DIR /baby/cadence/ic50/local
iii) Make sure there is an enter on the last line
2) Save and close the .cshrc file (ctrl-x ctrl-c)
3) On the terminal, execute source ~/.cshrc
Steps to Invoke cadence
1) create a directory called cadence in the home folder ( mkdir cadence )
2) Download .cdsinit and place it in the ~/cadence folder
change directory to the cadence folder (cd cadence)
either create a blank file and copy the contents of the .cdsinit file (or) download it by invoking firefox (firefox &)
3) start cadence (icfb &).