The main difference between the modules fdtd_solutions and lumerical, beside the fact that the Lumerical module contains additional tools, is that the environment variable that contains the install location is named EBROOTFDTD_SOLUTIONS and EBROOTLUMERICAL respectively. Start the software first on a login node it should ask you for information about the license server. You will also need to set up your installation to use your license server. To load the Lumerical module, ~ ]$ module load fdtd_solutions Once installed, you will need to log out and back into the server. If this does not work, please contact our Technical support and we will adapt an installation recipe for your version. from 2020a to 2020b), we will need to adapt the installation script to the new version.Īs of April 1st, 2020 we have the following installation recipes available: If either the letter or the year changes (e.g. It is important that the version of the installation recipe (year plus 'a' or 'b') needs to exactly match that of the installer. To install the Lumerical suite run the ~ ]$ eb Lumerical-2020a-r1-d316eeda68.eb -try-software-version =2020a-r6-aabbccdd -sourcepath = $HOME/scratch -disable-enforce-checksums Installing Lumerical In case the installer release matches that of the recipe filename: FDTD_), follow the instructions in sections 'Installing FDTD Solutions' and 'Using the fdtd_solutions module'. If you have downloaded FDTD Solutions on it's own (e.g. filename: ), follow the instructions in sections 'Installing Lumerical' and 'Using the Lumerical module'.

If you have downloaded whole Lumerical suite (e.g. However, if you are licensed to use the software, you can install it following the instructions below. 1.1.3 Configuring your own license fileįDTD Solutions is now available as part of the Lumerical package.Ĭompute Canada does not have a central installation of the Lumerical suite or FDTD Solutions.

1.1.2 In case the installer release does not match that of the recipe.1.1.1 In case the installer release matches that of the recipe.

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