Getting Started in the VCL Lab

(I) Getting Access Codes to the Labs (Kemper 2201 and 2211)

• Talk to the person at the front desk in the ECE office to get the paperwork for a door code to Kemper 2201 and 2211, and a key to Kemper.

(II) Setting Up Your ~/.cshrc File

• Inside of your home directory of your ECE account, check if your
  ~/.cshrc file exists. If not, type "vim .cshrc" and press Enter
  
• Add the following lines to your .cshrc file:
  setenv PPD_PATH path_to_your_copy
  source /net/pizza/tools/bin/DOT.cshrc
  set CVSROOT /net/pizza/vcl/ppd_cvs
  
  
• path_to_your_copy needs to be replaced with the location where you will store your copy of the checked out CVS tree.
  EX: setenv PPD_PATH /net/pepper/tmp2/username

(III) Adding Synopsis to Your .software File

• Add the following line to your ~/.software file (create the file if needed):
  synopsys2004

(IV) Getting Added to the VCL group

• To avoid file permission problems, send an email to support@ece.ucdavis.edu and request that they set your primary unix group to "vcl".
  
• Add the following line to your ~/.login file (create the file if needed):
  newgrp vcl
• Logout and log back in. Check your primary group by typing 'groups' and press Enter. The default group is the first one listed.
  
• Once support adds you to the primary unix group "vcl", remove the "newgrp vcl" line from your .login file.
  While "newgrp vcl" is in your .login file, each time you login, two shell instances will be spawned.
  Thereby requiring you to exit twice before you are fully logged out.
  

(V) Adding the MATLAB Path to Your .login File

• Add the following to your ~/.login file:
  if ( ! $?MATLABPATH ) then
  setenv MATLABPATH ":/net/pizza/vcl/matlab/"
  else
  setenv MATLABPATH $MATLABPATH":/net/pizza/vcl/matlab/"
  endif
  

(VI) Adding AsAP-ASM Syntax Highlighting to Your nedit.rc File

• 1. Run "nedit -import /net/pizza/tools/bin/DOT.nedit"
  
• 2. Click "Preferences" -> "Save Defaults" -> "OK"
  
• 3. Restart nedit by running "nedit"
  

(VII) Checking Out a CVS Tree

• To check out the entire ppd "module" (aka directory):
  Go to your path_to_your_copy directory (From step II) and execute the command:
  cvs checkout ppd
  
• This will create a dir named "ppd" which is the top level of the cvs tree.
  
  
• For more information regarding CVS, refer to the CVS Help File
  

(VIII) How To Obtain Access to AFS Web Space

• Ask Prof. Baas to give afs permission to you:
  (fsr sa /afs/ece/labs/vcl/WebPage/ UserName write)
• Authenticate with 'klog' using instructions found on the web page: http://www.ece.ucdavis.edu/support/ > Your ECE account > AFS
• Once you are authorized to use the web space, just 'cd' to that directory, type 'klog', and type your kerberos password.
  If the authorization went correctly you should then be able to change and add files within that directory.
  

(IX) Set up a personal web page

Set up a web page in your home directory and link to that page from your picture and name on the VCL home page.

Please make your main page professional looking and put more personal content on other pages. Do not put unprofessional things (difficult to define) on any pages. People that may want to hire you will be looking at these pages.

For now, just a simple page with the basics such as your picture, contact info, affiliation, brief bio, and research interests is fine.