Cadence Interface - Getting Started

Enviroment Variables

Sun 4

HP/UX

IBM RS6000

Xilinx M1.x Cadence Interface

Environment variables

CDS_INST_DIR -- point to location of Cadence installation directory
VERILOGEXE -- add for Verilog-XL
XAPPLRESDIR -- add for Verilog-XL
XNLSPATH -- add for Verilog-XL and M1
XKEYSYMDB -- add for Verilog-XL and M1
path -- modify
LD_LIBRARY_PATH -- define for Sun4 and Solaris only
SHLIB_PATH -- define for HP/UX only
LIB_PATH -- define for IBM RS6000 only

These variables should be set as follows:

setenv CDS_INST_DIR <installation_path_to_cadence>
setenv VERILOGEXE $CDSPINSDIR/tools/verilog/bin/verilog
setenv XAPPLRESDIR $CDS_INST_DIR/tools/verilog/etc
setenv XNLSPATH $CDS_INST_DIR/tools/verilog/etc/nls:$XILINX/bin/m1_platform
setenv XKEYSYMDB $CDS_INST_DIR/tools/verilog/etc/XKeysumDB:$XILINX/bin/m1_platform/XKeysymDB

set path = ( $CDS_INST_DIR/tools/bin \
   $CDS_INST_DIR/tools/pic/picdesigner/bin \
   $CDS_INST_DIR/tools/editor/lib \
   $CDS_INST_DIR/tools/dfII/bin $path )

For Sun4:

setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH $CDS_INST_DIR/tools/lib:\ 
   $CDS_INST_DIR/tools/verilog/lib:\
   <path_to_X11_libs>:\
   /usr/lib: $OPENWINHOME/lib: $LD_LIBRARY_PATH

For HP/UX:

setenv SHLIB_PATH $CDS_INST_DIR/tools/lib:\ 
   $CDS_INST_DIR/tools/verilog/lib:\
   <path_to_X11_libs>:\
   /usr/lib: /lib: $SHLIB_PATH

For IBM RS6000:

setenv LIB_PATH $CDS_INST_DIR/tools/lib:\ 
   $CDS_INST_DIR/tools/verilog/lib:\
   /usr/lib: /lib: $LIB_PATH

NOTE:

It is common for users to create a soft link called "tools" under $CDS_INST_DIR, and to link it to the directory

$CDS_INST_DIR/tools.<platform>

where <platform> is hppa(for the HP7 platform), "sun4" (for SunOS), "sun4v" (for Solaris), or "ibmrs" for (IBM RS6000). If your Cadence tools directory is not set up in this way, substitute "tools.<platform>" wherever you see "tools" above.

For the Xilinx M1.x Cadence interface:

setenv XILINX <path_to_xilinx_install_directory>
set path = ( $XILINX/bin/m1_platform $path)

Where m1_platform is hp(for HP/UX systems), sun(for SunOS4), sol(for Solaris), and rs6000(for IBM RS6000).

Example:

setenv CDS_INST_DIR /products/cds.ver9604 
setenv VERILOGEXE $CDS_INST_DIR/tools/verilog/bin/verilog
setenv XAPPLRESDIR $CDS_INST_DIR/tools/verilog/etc 
setenv XNLSPATH $CDS_INST_DIR/tools/verilog/etc/nls 
setenv XKEYSYMDB $CDS_INST_DIR/tools/verilog/etc/XKeysymDB 
setenv XILINX /tools/xilinx

setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH  $CDS_INST_DIR/tools/lib:\
   ${VENVHOME}/tools/verilog/lib:\
   $OPENWINHOME/lib:\
   /products/cds.ver9604/tools.sun4/verilog/lib:\
   tools/x11r5/sun4/lib:/usr/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

set path = ($CDS_INST_DIR/tools/bin \
   $CDS_INST_DIR/tools/pic/picdesigner/bin \ 
   $CDS_INST_DIR/tools/editor/lib \
   $CDS_INST_DIR/tools/verilog/bin \ 
   $XILINX/bin/sun \
   $path)