Introduction
The Space Research Group uses Mentor Graphics for electronic design work, and the software is available on the C.A.D. Sun Solaris machines. To ease requirements for access to the console, it is possible to use Exceed on a Windows PC for remote access to Mentor.
This document serves as a guideline for setting up a PC for access to Mentor on CAD8.
1. Remote Access To CAD8
CAD8 runs the Secure Shell (SSH) server program for permitting remote access. There are a number of PC based programs capable of logging in using SSH. I recommend Putty, which is usually installed on PCs that John or I setup.
Once you have Putty installed, you should create a profile for connecting to cad8, using SSH-Protocol-2, and enabling X11-Forwarding.
2. Setting Up Exceed
Install the site licensed copy of Exceed onto your machine. Once it is installed, you will have to add the mentor graphics fonts to it.
- Map \\PC1\MENTORFONTS to a drive letter
- Map \\PC1\ACTELFONTS to a drive letter
- In Exceed's font configuration, pick compile fonts
- Add the bdf files in the mentor and actel fonts drive letters
- Restart the Exceed server
This should allow mentor to display correct icons. If you haven't done this correctly, you will see letters, rather than mentor icons.
3. Setting Up Mentor
Little needs to be done, other than adding the default toolbox.
- Login to cad8 from your PC using putty. Make sure that putty's X11 forwarding option is enabled. Typing 'echo $DISPLAY' at the cad8 prompt should return something like pc123:10.0 if it is enabled.
- Start mentor graphics using the 'dm8' script.
- Right click the Tools window, and pick Show Toolboxes
- Right click and Add Toolbox: $MGC_HOME/toolbox
- Right click and pick Show Tools
You should now have a fully setup mentor installation with all the available tools displayed in your tools window.
Maintained by Mark CookeLast Updated: 23-Dec-2003