RSoft Photonics¶
Do you have a license?
In order to install RSoft Photonics on DelftBlue, you have to have a valid copy and/or be authorized by the owner of the TU Delft license to use it.
Installation steps are as follows (following official guide):
1) Copy your copy of the linux installation file to your /scratch folder.
2) Create the local installation folder:
3) Make the installer executable and run the installer:
When prompted, enter the above local installation folder destination. Skip the Site ID questions.
4) Create a synopsis.lic license file with the following content:
SERVER flexserv11.tudelft.nl 001a4bcf06d4 29003
SERVER flexserv12.tudelft.nl 0018fe8a4478 29003
SERVER flexserv13.tudelft.nl 001a4baa0ca8 29003
USE_SERVER
5) Configure the environment:
Create an environment.sh file with the following content:
export PHOTONICS_SOLUTIONS_ROOT=/scratch/$USER/photonics-local-installation/photonicsolutions
export PHOTONICS_SOLUTIONS_VERSION=2021.03-1
export RSOFT_PROGRAMPATH=$PHOTONICS_SOLUTIONS_ROOT/$PHOTONICS_SOLUTIONS_VERSION/rsoft/bin
export OPTO_LINK_BASE=$PHOTONICS_SOLUTIONS_ROOT/$PHOTONICS_SOLUTIONS_VERSION/optodesigner/bin
export PATH=$OPTO_LINK_BASE:$PATH
export PATH=$RSOFT_PROGRAMPATH:$PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$RSOFT_PROGRAMPATH
export SNPSLMD_LICENSE_FILE=/scratch/$USER/synopsys.lic
To activate this environment, execute the following command:
6) Finally, you can run RSoft Photonics without GUI, by submitting the following job script:
#!/bin/sh
#
#SBATCH --job-name="photonics"
#SBATCH --partition=compute
#SBATCH --time=01:00:00
#SBATCH --nodes=1
#SBATCH --ntasks=4
#SBATCH --cpus-per-task=1
#SBATCH --mem-per-cpu=1G
#SBATCH --account=research-<faculty>-<department>
module load intel/oneapi-all
export I_MPI_HYDRA_TOPOLIB=ipl
source /scratch/sneji/environment.sh
export SNPSLD_LICENSE_FILE=29003@flexserv11.tudelft.nl
fwmpirun -np4 3support_perpendicular.ind prefix=run1 -hide wait=0