University of California at Berkeley
		Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences
			     Instructional Support Group

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								 Jun 17 2020


CONTENTS
	Agilent ADS 
	ADS Licenses
	ADS on Instructional Computers - UNIX
	ADS on Instructional Computers - Windows
	Documentation
	System Requirements


Agilent ADS 
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  ADS is the Advanced Design System (ADS) software from Agilent Technologies,
  now named Keysight Technologies (http://keysight.com).

  It is an electronic design automation software system that offers design 
  integration to designers of products such as cellular and portable phones, 
  pagers, wireless networks, radar and satellite communications systems, and 
  high-speed digital serial links.


ADS Licenses
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  ADS licenses (an official EEsof University Donation) are obtained by ISG 
  and run on an Instructional server.  Note to ISG: The license server 
  programs (lmgrd, agileesofd) can be updated from 
  http://www.keysight.com/find/eesof-flexnet-downloads/.

  ADS has a generous University Donation Program.  It does charge for annual 
  support.  Please see http://www.agilent.com/univ_relation/.

  Students can install and run ADS on their own computers:

  Students and Faculty members at schools who receive the official EEsof
  University Donation can download and run ADS, Genesys, SystemVUE, and
  EMPro (we have the "combo" donation bundle so EMPro is included) on their 
  own computers.  And they can run these licenses in node-locked mode, 
  meaning no VPN will be necessary and no connection to the internet required.
  Students and faculty can request licenses from:
  
  "Keysight EEsof EDA - Student License Request"
  https://connectlp.keysight.com/StudentLicense

  Also see:
   
  "Keysight EEsof EDA - Resources for Students"
  https://www.keysight.com/main/editorial.jspx?cc=US&lc=eng&ckey=2175659&nid=-34360.0.00&id=2175659

  "Keysight EEsof EDASoftware and Modular Solutions for Universities"
  https://www.keysight.com/us/en/assets/7018-03908/brochures/5991-2243.pdf


ADS on Instructional Computers - UNIX
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  ADS 2012.08 is installed on the hspe* Instructional Centos servers 
  The hostnames are 

    hpse-9.eecs.berkeley.edu ... hpse-15.eecs.berkeley.edu 

  It can be started with either of the UNIX commands:  
  
 	/share/b/bin/ads
	/usr/local/bin/ads_local

  ADS 2011.05, formerly on the Instructional Solaris SPARC servers, is
  no longer enabled by the current licenses.

ADS on Instructional Computers - Windows
----------------------------------------
  
  ADS 2013 is installed on the Windows systems in 105, 117 and 199 Cory.
  ADS is no longer supported on Windows servers.

  On Windows, ADS wants to use U: as the working directory, which is the 
  default home directory for instructional accounts.   If you don't have 
  a U: drive, you can make one by mapping U: to H:, which is the default
  home directory for research accounts.  In a Windows command shell, type

    subst U: H:\

  The remaining information is historic and is just for reference.

  | In ADS 2008 in 111/117 Cory, the default working directory was U:\ 
  | (the standard instructional Windows home dir).  So, accounts that did
  | not have a U: drive would get an error when they open ADS 2008.  When you 
  | created a new project, you needed to enter a new directory such as U:\test1 
  | (make sure it doesn't exist already, or the program will terminate). 
  |
  | EECS grad students could install this software on their own computers.
  | For instructions, please login to an EECS-domain Windows account and see 
  |
  | \\fileservice\iesg\EESoftware\Agilent\ADS2008\README-inst.txt
  |
  | ADS it is not officially supported on Windows 2003 or on Remote
  | Desktop servers, so it may not always work properly.  Newer versions
  | will not work at all.  For instructions about logging on to a Windows 
  | server, please see http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/connecting.html#labs


Documentation
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  The EEsof University Website for professors, as well as students:
  http://agilent.com/find/eesof-university
	  
  The EEsof Knowledge Center site for documentation, downloads, white 
  papers, training, & eLearning videos:
  http://edocs.soco.agilent.com/display/support/Knowledge+Center   


System Requirements
-------------------
  ADS requires at least 20-30 MB of free temporary disk space to work 
  properly.   It may also consume large amounts of system swap space
  (possibly 300 MB per user).



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