Thanks, Nimish, Is there any other info that might help pinpoint which block and/or init script is causing Matlab to look for a Fixed_Point_Tollbox license?
Thanks, Dave On Sep 24, 2013, at 4:21 PM, Nimish Sane wrote: > License checkout failed. > License Manager Error -5 > Cannot find a license for Fixed_Point_Toolbox. > > Troubleshoot this issue by visiting: > http://www.mathworks.com/support/lme/R2012b/5 > > Diagnostic Information: > Feature: Fixed_Point_Toolbox > License path: > /home/observer/.matlab/R2012b_licenses:/home/observer/tools/MATLAB/R2012b/licenses/license.dat:/home/observer/tools/MATLAB/R2012b/licenses/license_fpgadev_277254_R2012b.lic > > Licensing error: -5,357. > > Nimish > > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 5:45 PM, David MacMahon <dav...@astro.berkeley.edu> > wrote: > Hi, Nimish, > > What error messages are you getting? > > Thanks, > Dave > > On Sep 24, 2013, at 2:28 PM, Nimish Sane wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > A question related to this: > > > > Like Glenn, we never had Fixed point toolboxes (Fixed point Toolbox and > > Simulink Fixed point) installed, and still were able to compile our > > correlator designs using 11.5 and Matlab2009b. > > > > I recently upgraded to ISE 14.5 with Matlab 2012b as well as upgraded > > libraries to the latest version of casper-astro/mlib_devel. Even in the > > current installation, we do not have Fixed point toolboxes (names have > > changed to Fixed-point designer Toolbox, Simulink Fixed-point as Jonathan > > has mentioned). > > > > The current fft_wideband_real block has some differences compared to the > > older version that I was using so far and it seems it now requires > > Fixed-point Toolbox. I am getting errors that this particular toolbox has > > not been installed. I am not sure if there are other blocks that give > > similar errors. Does anyone have any experience with this and provide some > > insight as to how to deal with this situation? > > > > Specifically, > > (1) Is there any way to use the latest fft_wideband_real block without > > Fixed-point Toolboxes? (Glenn, have you tried this?) > > (2) Does one have to install both the Fixed-point toolboxes (Fixed-point > > designer Toolbox, Simulink Fixed-point) or just the Fixed-point designer > > Toolbox? > > > > (I have attached lists of toolboxes in our previous and current > > installation.) > > > > Thanks a lot, > > > > Nimish > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 7:20 PM, G Jones <glenn.calt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > As one data point I'm successfully compiling designs w/o the fixed point > > toolboxes. I haven't tried simulating a large design which is where it's > > claimed to be needed with busses wider than 53 bits or whatever it is > > > > On Sep 17, 2013 7:15 PM, "Jonathan Weintroub" <jweintr...@cfa.harvard.edu> > > wrote: > > Hi fellow CASPERians, > > > > This is a question that comes up periodically. At SAO we are now paying > > full fare for Matlab licenses so the cost impact of an imperfect > > understanding can be significant. > > > > The latest MSSGE wiki page is: > > > > https://casper.berkeley.edu/wiki/MSSGE_Setup_with_Xilinx_14.5_and_Matlab_2012b > > > > However this page does not mention Matlab optional components (historically > > termed toolboxes and blocksets). > > > > There are clues in an earlier setup page: > > > > https://casper.berkeley.edu/wiki/MSSGE_Toolflow_Setup > > > > from which it appears one needs something like: > > > > Fixed-Point Toolbox > > > > Signal Processing Blockset > > > > Signal Processing Toolbox > > > > Simulink Fixed Point > > > > > > Each time I buy a new license I iterate on these components with the Matlab > > distributer. The terminology changes year by year and I am currently being > > quoted on the following components, in addition to the base Matlab and > > Simulink distributions: > > > > SIGNAL PROCESSING TOOLBOX, V2013A > > > > SIMULINK FIXED POINT, V2012B > > > > DSP SYSTEM TOOLBOX, V2013A > > > > FIXED-POINT DESIGNER TOOLBOX, V2013A, > > > > (sorry about the all-caps which pasted in directly from the quotation). > > > > So it is still four components, but the names have changed. The term > > blockset seems to have evolved out in favor of toolbox, one of the "signal > > processing"s has morphed into "DSP", and the fixed point toolbox now has > > "designer". Appropriately enough the price for this latter "designer" > > component alone has more than doubled in a year to over $2k per seat. > > > > Having set the scene, my two questions are: > > > > 1. Are we ordering the right components? > > > > 2. Do we really need all these components? > > (At one point I seem to recall hearing the fixed point stuff is to some > > extent optional, though the ability to simulate properly at the Simulink > > level is important to us.) > > > > Subject to confirmation from the tool flow experts, I will be happy to > > update the wiki notes with current information. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jonathan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <installed-tools> > >
