Some more investigation: I am seeing these messages:
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. Simulink:Masking:Bad_Init_Commands: Error in 'fft_wideband_real_core/fft_wideband_real/fft_direct/butterfly0_0/twiddle/coeff_gen/feedback_osc': Initialization commands cannot be evaluated. Backtrace 1: reuse_block:138 Backtrace 2: coeff_gen_init:498 Backtrace 3: reuse_block:51 Backtrace 4: add_convert_init:496 Backtrace 5: draw_basic_partial_cycle:407 Backtrace 6: cosin_init:165 Backtrace 7: xlUpdateIcon:207 Backtrace 8: xlBlockLoadCallback:79 Backtrace 9: UpdateDiagramCB:221 If I turn OFF the option "Generate coeffs with multipliers where useful", these messages do not appear. Still, I get the following error: Error in ' fft_wideband_real_core/fft_wideband_real/fft_biplex_real_4x/biplex_core/fft_stage_10/butterfly_direct/twiddle/coeff_gen<matlab:open_and_hilite_system ('fft_wideband_real_core/fft_wideband_real/fft_biplex_real_4x/biplex_core/fft_stage_10/butterfly_direct/twiddle/coeff_gen')>': Initialization commands cannot be evaluated. Caused by: Error in ' fft_wideband_real_core/fft_wideband_real/fft_biplex_real_4x/biplex_core/fft_stage_10/butterfly_direct/twiddle/coeff_gen/cosin<matlab:open_and_hilite_system ('fft_wideband_real_core/fft_wideband_real/fft_biplex_real_4x/biplex_core/fft_stage_10/butterfly_direct/twiddle/coeff_gen/cosin')>': Initialization commands cannot be evaluated. Unable to check out a license for the Fixed-Point Toolbox. I will let you know if I find something more. Thanks, Nimish On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 7:36 PM, David MacMahon <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks. I was hoping to narrow it down a little more than that. There's > a lot of stuff inside that little green block! > > Dave > > On Sep 24, 2013, at 4:33 PM, Nimish Sane wrote: > > > To be precise, that is the only green block in the design apart from > bunch of gateway blocks and XSG block (as I am black boxing it). > > > > Thanks, > > > > Nimish > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 7:32 PM, Nimish Sane <[email protected]> > wrote: > > The design only has fft_wideband_real block, and whenever I click > "Apply/Ok" or "Update Diagram", I get these error messages. These are the > only error messages I see in Matlab window. So it is definitely the > fft_wideband_real block. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Nimish > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 7:30 PM, David MacMahon < > [email protected]> wrote: > > 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 < > [email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > 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" < > [email protected]> 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> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
