Answers Database XACT 6.0 : Install - How can I setup XACT to run over a network? Record #816 Product Family: Software Product Line: M1 Graphical/General Product Part: Install Product Version: 6.0 Problem Title: XACT 6.0 : Install - How can I setup XACT to run over a network? Problem Description: Urgency: Standard General Description: Installing the software on a network is very similar to running the software from the CD. The following will describe what you need to do in order to run the Xact Step 6.0 software on a PC over a network. Solution 1: Step 1. From a PC execute and follow the instructions in the setup.exe program from the root directory of the Xact Step 6.0 CD. You must set the install paths to the network drive where you wish to install the software. In Step 1 you will have fully installed the Xilinx software to run over the network for the PC which you executed the setup program from, in order to set up each additional PCs (that may or may not have write priveleges to that network directory) do the following. The following procedures assume that C:\ is a local drive and that N:\ is the Network drive that contains the N:\XACT and possibly the N:\PROSER directories. The CDROM (or certain files from the CDROM) must also be accessible for copying to local systems. We will assume that a CDROM is on D:\. The first thing that must be checked is the version of WIN32S that is running. The version that is required by the Xilinx tools, and the version that is on the XACTstep CD-ROM, is 1.25.142.0. You can verify this by running XMEM or XINFO (Windows executables found on the XACTstep CD-ROM in D:\XBBS\UTILS) or looking at the file: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WIN32S.INI. You can run XINFO by choosing File -> Run in the Program Manager and selecting D:\XBBS\UTILS\XINFO\XINFO.EXE. XMEM is run in the same fashion. If the version currently running is not 1.25.142.0, you must exit Windows and use the batch file on the XACTstep CD-ROM in the D:\XBBS\UTILS directory. The file is called RMWIN32S.BAT and will remove the current WIN32S. Simply type RMWIN32S at the DOS prompt and follow the directions. Then you must re-enter Windows and re-install WIN32S by choosing File -> Run and selecting D:\WIN32S\DISK1\SETUP.EXE and following the directions. XACTstep only. The following procedures describe how to set up a PC to run the Xilinx XACTstep core tools directly from the Network.:        1) If running Windows, exit.        2) Create a local XACTstep directory with a DATA sub-directory.             Example: mkdir C:\NETXACT                      mkdir C:\NETXACT\DATA        3) Copy the PARTLIST.XCT file from the Network XACTstep DATA       sub-directory to the local XACTstep DATA sub-directory.             Example: copy N:\XACT\DATA\PARTLIST.XCT C:\NETXACT\DATA       4) If the directory C:\XACTUSER does not exist, create it now.            Example: mkdir C:\XACTUSER       5) Copy all the D:\XACT\WINDOWS\SYSTEM files from the XACTstep       CD-ROM to the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.       Example: copy D:\XACT\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\*.* C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM       6) Create the following path on your C: drive:       C:\WINDOWS\ASYM\RUNTIME            Example: mkdir C:\WINDOWS\ASYM                   mkdir C:\WINDOWS\ASYM\RUNTIME       7) Copy all the D:\XACT\WINDOWS\ASYM\RUNTIME files to this new       directory.             Example: copy D:\XACT\WINDOWS\ASYM\RUNTIME\*.*       C:\WINDOWS\ASYM\RUNTIME        8) Make the three following changes to the AUTOEXEC.BAT file:             SET XACT=C:\NETXACT;N:\XACT        NOTE: The first directory in the XACT environment variable MUST contain a writable version of the PARTLIST.XCT data file in its DATA sub-directory. The second path included in XACT is the CD XACTstep directory and is used by the XACTstep software to locate data files.             SET PATH=N:\XACT;<other_paths> NOTE: The only path added to the PATH environment variable are the CD-ROM executable path XACT. The local paths created in the previous steps do not need to be added.             SET XACTUSER=C:\NETXACT        NOTE: To ensure that the XACTstep software has directory that can be written to, the XACTUSER environment variable should be set to a local directory. Because a local XACTstep directory has already been created to store a local copy of the partlist it can be used as the temporary file storage area as well.             9) Make sure the following line exists in your c:\windows\system.ini file. In the [386Enh] section there should be a line that states: device=daikon.386 If this line doesn't exist add it and save your system.ini.        10) Reboot your machine or execute your AUTOEXEC.BAT file so the new changes take effect.        11) Start Windows. Now that the system has been properly configured to run the software from the Network, all that remains is to create a Network program group. To create a program icon, perform the following steps:        1) To create a new program group in the Program Manager, select the New command from the File menu. The New Program Object dialog is displayed.        2) Select the Program Group radio box and click on OK. The Program Group Properties dialog is displayed.        3) Enter the name of the new group in the Description text field and click on OK. For example, type "Network XACTstep 6.0". The new program group is created and displayed in the Program Manager.        4) To create a new Program Item in the new group, select the New command from the File menu.        5) Select the Program Item radio box and click on OK. The Program Item Properties dialog is displayed.        6) In the Description text field, type: Xilinx Design Manager        7) In the Command Line text field, type: N:\XACT\DSGNMGR.EXE        8) In the Working Directory text field, type: C:\NETXACT        9) Click on OK. PRO Series and XACTstep. The following procedures describe how to set up a PC to run both the Viewlogic PRO Series and the Xilinx XACTstep tools directly from the Network.:        1) If running Windows, exit.        2) Create a local PRO Series directory with a STANDARD sub-directory.             Example: mkdir C:\NETPROSER                    mkdir C:\NTPROSER\STANDARD        3) Create a local XACTstep directory with a DATA sub-directory.             Example: mkdir C:\NETXACT                   mkdir C:\NETXACT\DATA        4) Copy the PARTLIST.XCT file from the Network XACTstep DATA sub-directory to the local XACTstep DATA sub-directory.        Example: copy N:\XACT\DATA\PARTLIST.XCT C:\CDXACT\DATA       5) If the directory C:\XACTUSER does not exist, create it now.            Example: mkdir C:\XACTUSER       6) Copy all the D:\XACT\WINDOWS\SYSTEM files from the XACTstep CD-ROM to the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.       Example: copy D:\XACT\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\*.* C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM       7) Create the following path on your C: drive:       C:\WINDOWS\ASYM\RUNTIME            Example: mkdir C:\WINDOWS\ASYM                   mkdir C:\WINDOWS\ASYM\RUNTIME       8) Copy all the D:\XACT\WINDOWS\ASYM\RUNTIME files to this new directory.          Example: copy D:\XACT\WINDOWS\ASYM\RUNTIME\*.* C:\WINDOWS\ASYM\RUNTIME       9) Copy all the D:\PROSER\WINDOWS files from the XACTstep CD-ROM to the C:\WINDOWS directory.            Example: copy D:\PROSER\WINDOWS*.* C:\WINDOWS       10) Copy all the D:\PROSER\WINDOWS\SYSTEM files from the XACTstep CD-ROM to the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.       Example: copy D:\PROSER\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\*.* C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM       11) Make the four following changes to the AUTOEXEC.BAT file:             SET WDIR=C:\NTPROSER\STANDARD;N:\PROSER\STANDARD        NOTE: The first directory in the WDIR environment variable MUST be a writable directory. This is where the project information will be written. The second path included in WDIR is the Network PRO Series STANDARD directory and is used by the PRO Series software to find data files.             SET XACT=C:\NETXACT;N:\XACT;N:\PROSER        NOTE: The first directory in the XACT environment variable MUST contain a writable version of the PARTLIST.XCT data file in its DATA sub-directory. This is used by Xilinx PROflow which will fail if the Network version which is not writable is used. The second path included in XACT is the Netowrk XACT directory and is used by the XACTstep software to locate data files.             SET PATH=N:\XACT;N:\PROSER;<other_paths>        NOTE: The only paths added to the PATH environment variable are the Network executable paths XACT and PROSER. You do NOT need to add the local paths created in the previous steps.             SET XACTUSER=C:\NETXACT        NOTE: To ensure that the XACTstep software has directory that can be written to, the XACTUSER environment variable should be set to a local directory. Because a local XACTstep directory has already been created to store a local copy of the partlist it can be used as the temporary file storage area as well.             12) Make sure the following line exists in your c:\windows\system.ini file. In the [386Enh] section there should be a line that states: device = daikon.386 If this line doesn't exist add it and save your system.ini.         13) Reboot your machine or execute your AUTOEXEC.BAT file so the new changes take effect.        14) Start Windows. Now that the system has been properly configured to run the software from the Network, all that remains is to create a Network program group. To create a program icon for Xilinx PROflow, perform the following steps:        1) To create a new program group in the Program Manager, select the New command from the File menu. The New Program Object dialog is displayed.        2) Select the Program Group radio box and click on OK. The Program Group Properties dialog is displayed.        3) Enter the name of the new group in the Description text field and click on OK. For example, type "Network XACTstep 6.0". The new program group is created and displayed in the Program Manager.        4) To create a new Program Item in the new group, select the New command from the File menu.        5) Select the Program Item radio box and click on OK. The Program Item Properties dialog is displayed.        6) In the Description text field, type: Xilinx PROflow        7) In the Command Line text field, type: N:\PROSER\PSFM.EXE        8) In the Working Directory text field, type: C:\NTPROSER        NOTE: It is important that the Working Directory be located on the same drive as projects that will be used in Xilinx PROflow.        9) Click on OK. Creating Other Icons. We have described how to create the Design Manager and PROflow icons. You can add other icons in the same way, with the Network path in the Command Line field and a writable path in the Working Directory. Here are the paths of some useful Windows tools that cannot be accessed through the Design Manager or PROflow: Simulation Utility: N:\XACT\XSIMWIN.EXE Symbol Generator: N:\XACT\SYMWIN.EXE Memory Generator: N:\XACT\MEMWIN.EXE Online Documentation: Xilinx Apps Info: N:\XACT\ONLINE\ONLINEDB\DBLINK.PDF Xilinx Online Docs: N:\XACT\ONLINE\ONLINE\LINKPAGE.PDF PRO Series Online Docs: N:\PROSER\ONLINE\PROLINK.PDF In order to use the Adobe Acrobat Reader to access the Online Documentation, you must install it or create an icon pointing to the XACTstep directory on the Network. To install, choose File -> Run and select D:\ACROBAT\DISK1\SETUP.EXE. Or, the icon to run from the Network would have a Command Line of N:\ACROBAT\ACRO_LE.EXE and a Working Directory of something local, like C:\NETXACT or C:\NTPROSER This list contains all the files that are installed under the \windows directory when the PROseries tools, XACT core tools, and tutorials are installed. PROSER or PROSYN program files in \windows : _default.pif bprogen.pif bvhdl.pif bvhdlw.pif pinsave.pif sysblock.pif syscmd.pif timerpt.pif xalttmp.pif xemake.pif PROSER or PROSYN program files in \windows\system : cstext.vbx gauge.vbx mh3b200.vbx mhgchk.vbx mhgcmb.vbx mhgdir.vbx mhgdrl.vbx mhgfil.vbx mhgfrm.vbx mhglbl.vbx mhgmul.vbx mhgopt.vbx mhin200.vbx mhinint.vbx mhmq200.vbx mhrun400.vbx mhsl200.vbx olecli.dll sbc.vbx threed.vbx toolhelp.dll vbrun300.dll vshare.386 XACT program files in \windows\system : cmdialog.vbx ctl3d.dll ctl3d32.dll daikon.386 threed.vbx vbrun300.dll Tutorial files in \windows\asym\runtime mtb30anm.sbk mtb30bas.dll mtb30bmp.dll mtb30cmp.dll mtb30flt.dll mtb30lnl.dll mtb30mm.dll mtb30mm.ini mtb30net.exe mtb30run.exe mtb30utl.dll pcdxbmp.dll photo.dll mtbload.exe pcdlib.dll End of Record #816 - Last Modified: 01/05/00 15:35

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