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Lumerical (FDTD) on Lawrence GUI Tutorial

Using Lumerical on Lawrence, through a point-and-click interface

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Last updated 5 years ago

To use Lumerical on a Lawrence GUI, you must first have access to use the license. Please ensure you have access before continuing.

This is a step-by-step guide for running Lumerical on a graphical user interface (GUI) on Lawrence.

If you have done this before on the computer you are currently using, you may skip to the section "Opening Lumerical on a Lawrence GUI".

Installations

Install MobaXterm (MobaX)

Go to the MobaXterm website . Click on the "MobaXterm Home Edition v11.1 (Home Installer Edition)" button.

Click on the installed file, and follow the download wizard.

Opening Lumerical on a Lawrence GUI

Open MobaXterm (MobaX) (or the terminal on a Mac) and log into Lawrence.

[User.NI1111] ➤ ssh User.Name@Lawrence.usd.edu
password: 
Last login: Tue Feb 26 10:36:10 2019 from 192.236.35.187 Welcome to the Lawrence Supercomputer at the University of South Dakota!
.....
[user.name@usd.local@login ~]$

Windows/Linux:

ssh -X User.Name@Lawrence.usd.edu

Mac:

ssh -Y User.Name@Lawrence.usd.edu

Load the Lumerical-FDTD module.

[user.name@usd.local@node44 ~]$ module load lumerical
[user.name@usd.local@node44 ~]$ module list
Currently Loaded Modulefiles:
  1) lumerical

Start Lumerical

[user.name@usd.local@node44 ~]$ fdtd-solutions

If you receive an error message "-15" or "-4", please continue

Error -15

Click "yes" to open your license settings.

Ensure that the server listed is "login". Change this if needed, and click "ok".

If it doesn't automatically pop up, try starting fdtd-solutions again. 

[user.name@usd.local@node44 ~]$ fdtd-solutions

If a license error still comes up, it is possible that you don't have a license. If that is not the case, please contact the Service desk (servicedesk@usd.edu) for assistance. Be sure to include the name of the software, the fact that you are on Lawrence, and a description of the error in your email.

Error -4

If the error looks like this:

The license is already in use, and the maximum number of users has been reached. Please try again later.

Note: When logging in with a terminal other than MobaX, add a flag to the login (see the tab "" for details):

Login
here