Running IC-CAP
Your FLEXnet license file must be properly configured and installed before you can run IC-CAP. To set up your license file, follow the instructions in Chapter 2, "Setting up Licenses on Windows Systems."
To run IC-CAP from the Start menu, select Programs > IC-CAP 2008 > <name of application>.
where <name of application> is one of the following:
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IC-CAP. Launches the IC-CAP Main window. |
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IC-CAP Documentation. Brings up your Web browser and the starting point for accessing IC-CAP documentation. The documentation files are accessed from: |
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UnInstall IC-CAP 2008. Launches the Uninstall Program. For information on using this utility, refer to Delete All Installed Files. |
IC-CAP Does Not Start
It is possible to install programs or options for which you have not purchased licenses. Although the icons and features will appear in the software, you cannot access the applications without a license. Contact your Agilent EEsof sales representative to obtain additional licenses.
If your IC-CAP applications will not start:
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Using a text editor open and review the install.log file in your installation folder to see if there are any apparent problems with the installation structure. (You can re-run Setup if necessary to re-install.) |
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Try using the Agilent License Information Tool, which is available to check your environment variable settings, display your license.lic file, and show your license and server status. Refer to Using the Agilent License Information Tool for more information. |
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Make sure a directory exists for temporary IC-CAP files. Temporary files are stored in the directory defined by the ICCAP_TMP variable. If ICCAP_TMP is not defined, temporary files are stored in the TMP directory. If the TMP directory does not exist, temporary files are stored in the TEMP directory. |
If you cannot find the problem, run IC-CAP in verbose (debug) mode and contact Technical Support to help pinpoint the problem.
Running IC-CAP in Verbose Mode
IC-CAP 2008 can be started in verbose (debug) mode to display more information about what is happening as IC-CAP runs. This extra information can be very useful to debug a problem with IC-CAP both at startup and in general operation. In verbose mode, IC-CAP writes a log file to the root folder of your PC's system disk. Typically, this is:
C:\iccap_daemon.log
The iccap_daemon.log file can be sent by e-mail to Agilent EEsof EDA Technical Support for assistance.
To start IC-CAP in verbose mode, do the following:
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Open your Windows Explorer. |
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Navigate to the bin folder in the IC-CAP installation folder. For example, |
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Double click on the iccap_verbose.bat file. |
This will start IC-CAP. You will notice some extra message windows as IC-CAP starts. Just click OK on each of the windows. Run IC-CAP until the problem you are trying to debug occurs, then take a look at the iccap_daemon.log file for errors.
If you can't locate the cause of the problem based on the contents of iccap_daemon.log, please contact Agilent EEsof EDA Technical Support and e-mail the iccap_daemon.log file to the assigned support engineer.
Licenses Stop Working
The FLEXnet software must be able to read the ethernet address of your LAN card for this to work properly. If you only have the TCP/IP protocol loaded, then FLEXnet will be unable to read the ethernet address and IC-CAP will not work.
You must have the NWLink IPX/SPX protocol loaded in addition to the TCP/IP protocol.
To load the NWLink IPX/SPX protocol in Windows, do the following:
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Choose Start > Settings > Control Panel |
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In Control Panel, double-click on Network |
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In the Network dialog box, select the Protocols tab. |
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Click on the Add button. |
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Select NWLink IPX/SPX Compatible Transport from the list that appears and click OK. |
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The protocol will be loaded. Once it is complete, select OK until out of the Network dialog box. |
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To complete this procedure, reboot your PC. |
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