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Page 1: ...Start Here for ModelSim EE EE Installation 6 Installation UNIX platforms 7 Installation Windows platforms 10 Locating Documentation 21 Tech Support Updates Licensing 25 Online References 32 ...

Page 2: ... Incorporated UNIX is a registered trademark of AT T in the USA and other countries FLEXlm is a trademark of Globetrotter Software Inc IBM AT and PC are registered trademarks AIX and RISC System 6000 are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Windows Microsoft and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation OSF Motif is a trademark of the Open Software Foundation I...

Page 3: ... have questions about the product you have purchased here are a few sources of information Locating Documentation p21 Tech Support Updates Licensing p25 Online References p32 This document In this document you will find information on ModelSim installation and documentation for our Elite Edition EE simulators You will also find sections on tech support licensing and EDA industry references If you ...

Page 4: ...PDF manuals 22 Getting paper manuals 22 EE documentation 22 Using ModelSim s PDF documentation 23 Getting the Acrobat Reader 23 Searching PDF files 23 Requirements for Acrobat Search 24 Doc files for ModelSim EE 24 Copy and Paste from PDF files 24 Tech Support Updates Licensing 25 ModelSim contact matrix 25 Technical support by telephone 25 Mentor Graphics customers In North America 25 Mentor Grap...

Page 5: ...dat file example 29 All customers maintenance renewals and EE licenses 32 All customers license transfers and server changes 32 Online References 32 Books and publications 32 Partners 32 Training partners 32 Resources 32 Model Technology License Agreement 33 Software License Agreement 33 Model Technology Software License 33 Important Notice 34 Limited Warranty 34 ...

Page 6: ...installing on an NT machine make sure you are logged in as administrator when running the installation program Platform Operating system interface Memory Storage SPARCstation SunOS 4 1 OpenWindows Solaris 2 4 2 5 2 6 OSF Motif OpenWindows or CDE 32 Mb minimum memory need scaleswith size of circuit med to large gate design may need 256 Mb hard disk with at least 35 Mb spare capacity IBM RISC 6000 A...

Page 7: ...er the prompt nor the Return at the end of a line is shown in the examples 1 ModelSim can be installed in any directory These instructions assume that you are installing it in the usr directory You can change to the desired installation directory by entering one of the following commands cd usr or cd pathname 2 From a mounted ModelSim CD extract the file for your platform with the following syntax...

Page 8: ...The shell you are running determines how you add vco to your path for csh set path path usr modeltech usr modeltech vco for sh Bourne or Korn PATH PATH usr modeltech usr modeltech vco export PATH 4 If you are using SunOS 4 and are planning to load shared libraries you ll need this path included in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable usr openwin lib 5 Enter or edit the license dat file in the ...

Page 9: ...setuid root The commands to do this are chmod a w dev lan0 or chown root lmgrd lmhostid chmod u s lmgrd lmhostid 7 Start the license manager daemon by entering the following commands cd usr modeltech platform START_SERVER where platform can be sun4 sunos5 hp700 rs6000 If your system runs other applications that use Globetrotter Software s FLEXlm a complete user s manual for FLEXlm is available at ...

Page 10: ...printer or other device is using the parallel port install the security key on the port first then attach that device to the key The security key will not interfere with normal device operations Please remember to protect your security key Model Technology will replace a defective key but not one that is lost or stolen Installation and setup for a PC server Follow this process to set up a floating...

Page 11: ...owing changes Replace hostname with the server computer name Change the 1650 port value only if this port is already used If uncertain do not change Change the DAEMON path to correspond with the full pathname of the modeltech daemon For example DAEMON modeltech C modelsim win32 modeltech 6 Set the environment variable for LM_LICENSE_FILE For Windows NT go to Control Panel System Environment and ad...

Page 12: ...ry enter the following lmutil lmstat a This shows you all licenses that are available 3 Go to the debug log inside the win32 directory This may provide other information about the source of the license server problems Setup for a UNIX server Check with your system administrator for the server s hostname and port then follow the installation instructions above steps 5 through 7 to set the LM_LICENS...

Page 13: ...on readme file to see if your libraries require an update You can easily regenerate your design libraries with refresh By default the work library is updated use work library to update a different library For example if you have a library named mylib that contains both VHDL and Verilog design units you would use both of these commands vcom work mylib refresh vlog work mylib refresh Note As in the ...

Page 14: ...ibs csh rebuild_libs sh release_notes release_notes html vsim ps translates 4 6 DO files into 5 1 DO files modelsim initialization file recreates all libraries from the source files for csh and sh shells modelsim readme files in text and HTML formats Postscript header file arithmetic std_logic_arith Mentor Graphics synthesis specific arithmetic packages bin various UNIX platform independent execut...

Page 15: ...n PDF format EE PLUS Reference Manual in PDF format ModelSim documentation index MGC standarddeveloper s kit manual in PDF format examples various example simulation models testbenches macros and utilities examples foreign various example file directory for foreign interface examples mixedhdl various example file directory for mixed VHDL Verilog design examples tcl_getstart various example files f...

Page 16: ...logic set std various VHDL STD library and package TEXTIO std_developerskit various libraries for MGC standarddeveloper s kit synopsys various accelerated arithmetic packages also in ieee tcl bitmaps tcl8 0 tix4 1 tk8 0 vsim librariesfor Tcl Tix Tk and vsim verilog vl_types VHDL package for mapping to Verilog states vhdl_src arithmetic std_arit vhd see note below source for Mentor Graphics synthes...

Page 17: ...qsim_relations vhd qsim_tc vhd std_logic_1164_ext vhd source for Mentor Graphics QuickHDL add ons vhdl_src std standard vhd textio vhd sources for VHDL STD library and package TEXTIO vhdl_src std_developerskit examples iopakb vhd iopakp vhd mempakb vhd mempakp vhd regpakb vhd regpakp vhd simflagb vhd simflagp vhd synthreg vhd timingb vhd timingp vhd sources and examples for MGC standarddeveloper s...

Page 18: ...in vhdl_src synopsys mti_std_logic_arith vhd vhdl_src synopsys mti_std_logic_arith vhd mti_std_logic_misc vhd mti_std_logic_signed vhd mti_std_logic_unsigned v hd std_logic_textio vhd syn_ari vhd syn_attributes vhd syn_type vhd sources for rebuilding accelerated arithmetic packages vhdl_src verilog vltypes vhd sourcefor rebuilding Verilog library vhdl_src vital2 2b prmtvs_b vhd prmtvs_p vhd timing...

Page 19: ...m sl libswiftpli sl SmartModel and hardware modeler support libraries lmborrow lmcksum lmdiag lmdown lmgrd lmhostid lmremove lmreread lmstat lmswitchr lmutil lmver modeltech Globetrotter license manager executables options license manager user specified options sm_entity hm_entity ModelSim tools for use with LMG Smartmodels and hardware modeler tssi2mti ModelSim tool for use with SEF files vcom Mo...

Page 20: ... Windows platforms Files in the win32 directory Description dumplog64 exe dumps readable content for vsim wav file libsm dll libsm exp libsm lib libswiftpli dll SmartModel support libraries flexlm cpl lmgr325c dll lmgrd exe lmutil exe modeltech exe Globetrotter license manager executables and libraries license dat license manager data file modelsim exe invokes ModelSim environment modelsim ini Mod...

Page 21: ... contents and index entries are also links into the document the Acrobat Reader turns the pages for you tcl80 dll tclpip80 dll tix4180 dll tk80 dll Tcl Tix and Tk dynamic libraries tssi2mti exe ModelSim tool for use with SEF files vcom exe ModelSim VHDL compiler vdel exe vdir exe vlib exe vmake exe vmap exe ModelSim library management tools vlog exe ModelSim Verilog compiler vish exe Tcl TK user i...

Page 22: ... latest version of ModelSim software see Updates p30 www model com or the ftp site above Getting paper manuals If you need a printed copy of the ModelSim Reference Manual or the ModelSim Tutorial use one of the request cards attached to this booklet Registered users may request up to two copies of each book for each license purchased You might save the second form to order new books when versions ...

Page 23: ...uickguide pdf Using ModelSim s PDF documentation Getting the Acrobat Reader ModelSim PDF documentation requires Adobe Acrobat Reader version 3 01 Reader with Search is recommended Installation files for the Reader with Search are in the Acrobat directory on the ModelSim CD or available directly from Adobe at http www adobe com Searching PDF files The Acrobat Reader with Search provides two methods...

Page 24: ...al files that are not part of the directory structure below Doc files for ModelSim EE These ModelSim documentation files must be in the directory shown for Acrobat Search to work This directory intall_dir modelsim_dir docs must include these files ee_manual_ version pdf reference manual ee_tutorial_ version pdf ModelSim tutorial ee_start_here pdf this document ee_doc_index pdf links to documentati...

Page 25: ...North America and are under a current support contract technical telephone support is available from the central SupportCenter by calling toll free 1 800 547 4303 The coverage window is from 6 00am to 5 30pm Pacific Time Monday through Friday excluding Mentor Graphics holidays Model Technology www model com Americas Europe Asia Mentor Graphics www mentorg com North America Outside North America 1 ...

Page 26: ...nology please contact Model Technology via the support line at 1 503 641 1340 from 8 00 AM to 5 00 PM Pacific Time Be sure to have your server hostID or hardware security key authorization number handy Technical support electronic support services Mentor Graphics customers Mentor Graphics Customer Support offers a SupportNet Email server for North American and European companies that lets customer...

Page 27: ...side of North America or Europe please contact your local field office to obtain assistance for a technical support issue Model Technology customers Support questions may be submitted through the Model Technology web site at www model com Model Technology customers may also email test cases to support model com please provide the following information in this format in the body of your email messa...

Page 28: ...elephone 1 800 HPEESOF 1 800 473 3763 web site http www hp com go hpeesof Synplicity email support synplicity com telephone 1 408 617 6000 web site http www synplicity com Updates Mentor customers getting the latest version via FTP You can ftp the latest EE or PE version of the software from the SupportNet site at ftp supportnet mentorg com pub mentortech modeltech Instructions are there as well A...

Page 29: ...All other customers may obtain ModelSim EE licenses from Model Technology Please contact Model Technology at license model com If you have trouble with licensing Contact your normal technical support channel Technical support by telephone p25 Technical support electronic support services p26 Technical support other channels p28 All customers ModelSim EE licensing ModelSim EE uses Globetrotter s FL...

Page 30: ...se server is a network resource that will manage the features for all users of ModelSim products The SERVER line includes the server s hostname the server s network identification for Windows check the Network properties Identification tab hostID a unique serial number and a socket number The hostname and socket number may be changed in a license file but any change to the hostID will invalidate t...

Page 31: ...With ModelSim EE LNL hdl FEATURE lines are added With LNL language neutral licensing either VHDL or Verilog but not both can be used The hdl FEATURE lines are shown in the example hdlcom is a compilation feature used with either VHDL or Verilog hdlsim is a simulation feature used with either language Notice the FEATURE lines If a line is too long for the email program a backslash appears at the en...

Page 32: ...erver changes Model Technology and Mentor Graphics both charge a fee for server changes or license transfers Contact sales model com for more information from Model Technology or contact your local Mentor Graphics sales office for Mentor Graphics purchases Online References The Model Technology web site includes links to many EDA information sources Check the links below for the most current infor...

Page 33: ... States copyright laws and international treaty provisions Therefore you must treat the SOFTWARE like any other copyrighted material except that you may either a make one copy of the SOFTWARE solely for backup or archival purposes or b transfer the SOFTWARE to a single hard disk provided you keep the original solely for backup or archival purposes You may not copy the written materials accompanyin...

Page 34: ...ARE 8 TERMINATION MTI may terminate this Agreement or any license granted under it in the event of breach or default by you In the event of such termination all applicable SOFTWARE shall be returned to MTI or destroyed 9 EXPORT You agree not to allow the MTI SOFTWARE to be sent or used in any other country except in compliance with this license and applicable U S laws and regulations If you need a...

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