License

About the neoEBV license

License Management by File

neoEBV allows you to manage licenses by file. You can install and uninstall the neoEBV license file with the neoEBV command line option.

Installation

$ nebv --license-add=<license file path>

: Adds the specified license file. Multiple files can be specified separated by ','.

Uninstall

$ nebv --license-remove=[expired|all|<license file path>]

expired: Delete all expired license files.
all: Delete all license files.
<license file path>: Deletes the specified license file.

Display License Information

$ nebv --license-show=[self|all|list|<license file path>]

self: Displays the license information available on the machine where the command was executed.

[01:23:45:67:89:ab]
 (MAIN)
  Photomask++         : 2020/06/21 - 2022/01/02
  EMU                 : 2020/06/21 - 2022/01/02
  IPRO                : 2020/06/21 - 2022/01/02
  LMS                 : 2020/06/21 - 2022/01/02
  PROVE               : 2020/06/21 - 2022/01/02
 (IMPORT)
  GDSII_IN            : 2020/06/21 - 2022/03/26
  EBVTEXT_IN          : 2020/06/21 - 2022/03/26
  OASIS_IN            : 2021/03/26 - 2022/03/26
  GERBER_IN           : 2021/03/26 - 2022/03/26
  OASISMASK_IN        : 2021/03/26 - 2022/03/26

all: Displays the valid license information for each MAC address.

[00:00:00:00:00:00]
 (MAIN)
  EBV                 : 2020/09/24 - 2021/04/01
 (IMPORT)
  GDSII_IN            : 2020/09/24 - 2022/03/26
  OASISMASK_IN        : 2020/09/24 - 2022/03/26
  JOBDECK_IN          : 2020/09/24 - 2021/04/01
[01:23:45:67:89:ab]
 (MAIN)
  Photomask++         : 2020/06/21 - 2022/01/02
  EMU                 : 2020/06/21 - 2022/01/02
  IPRO                : 2020/06/21 - 2022/01/02
  LMS                 : 2020/06/21 - 2022/01/02
  PROVE               : 2020/06/21 - 2022/01/02
 (IMPORT)
  GDSII_IN            : 2020/06/21 - 2022/03/26
  EBVTEXT_IN          : 2020/06/21 - 2022/03/26
  OASIS_IN            : 2021/03/26 - 2022/03/26
  GERBER_IN           : 2021/03/26 - 2022/03/26
  OASISMASK_IN        : 2021/03/26 - 2022/03/26
[cd:ef:01:23:45:67]
 (MAIN)
 (IMPORT)
  EBVTEXT_IN          : 2021/03/26 - 2022/03/26
  GERBER_IN           : 2021/03/26 - 2022/03/26
  OASISMASK_IN        : 2021/03/26 - 2022/03/26

list: Lists the license file paths. Valid ones are prefixed with '*'.

* /home/patacon/.ebv/license.d/aaa.eval.ebv.20160101
  /home/patacon/.ebv/license.d/bbb.eval.ebv.20180101
* /home/nderoot/etc/license.d/ccc.eval.ebv.20160101

<license file path>: Displays the license information of the specified license file. You can also specify any license file not yet installed.

Floating License

With neoEBV you can use a floating license with FlexNet Publisher.

When using FlexNet Publisher, the previously mentioned options for installing, uninstalling, and viewing license information are not available.

When using a floating license, specify the port and license server in the environment variable NCSNDE_LICENSE_FILE.

$ export NCSNDE_LICENSE_FILE=<port>@<host> (bash)

$ setenv NCSNDE_LICENSE_FILE <port>@<host> (csh/tcsh)

You can also specify multiple license servers separated by :.

You can specify the license to be checked out in the preference. See License/Server/Checkout Edition in Preference Core page.

Last modified June 3, 2024