Synopsys FPGA Licensing Guide

Chapter 3: License Configuration Selecting a License Automatically
Selecting a License Automatically
If you have multiple licenses for Synopsys FPGA tools, you can set up your
environment to automatically select a license for you.
1. To select a license automatically in GUI mode, add the following line to
the .ini file for the tool:
-licensetype
Setting this ensures that the license you want to use starts automatically
when you run the tool in GUI mode. Alternatively, you can set an
environment variable, as described in the next step.
2. To select a license automatically when you are running a batch process,
set an environment variable for the license you want. For example:
SYNPLIFY_LICENSE_TYPE=
This is the only way you can specify automatic license selection in a
batch process, because there is no .ini file.
You can set different variables for various Synopsys FPGA tools. For
example:
SYNPLIFY_LICENSE_TYPE
SYNPLIFYPRO_LICENSE_TYPE
CERTIFY_LICENSE_TYPE
3. For both the batch and GUI modes, you can specify a list of feature
names, separated by colons:
-licensetype synplifypro:synplify
SYNPLIFY_LICENSE_TYPE=synplifypro:synplify
If you have used multiple methods to specify automatic license selection,
the tool selects a license according to this priority list:
– -licensetype command line switch
– .ini file setting (GUI only)
– System environment variable
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