INSTRUCTIONS for REMOTE ACCESS to the Xilinx ISE tool
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I. Using your own PC/Laptop and Linux OS
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1) Open a terminal

2) Login to the university SSH Gateway by using your ULCN 
account (credentials) as follows:

ssh -X <your_ULCN_login_name>@sshgw.leidenuniv.nl

3) Login to one of the LIACS-only Linux Terminal Servers via SSH using your 
ULCN account as follows:

ssh -X <your_ULCN_login_name>@remotelx.liacs.leidenuniv.nl

4) Set the path to the Xilinx ISE tool as follows:

export PATH=/vol/share/software/Xilinx/14.7/ISE_DS:$PATH

5) Launch the Xilinx ISE tool as follows:

run_ise


II. Using your own PC/Laptop and Windows OS
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NOTE: Steps 1) to 3) below you have to do only once! The rest of the steps you 
have to do every time you want to remotely access the Xilinx ISE tool!  

1) Download and install Putty (an SSH terminal) and Xming (an X server to run 
locally on your Windows PC/Laptop).

-- you can download Putty from https://www.putty.org
-- you can download Xming from https://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/

2) Configure Xming following the instructions on the link below:

https://www.centlinux.com/2019/01/configure-x11-forwarding-putty-xming-windows.html#point4

3) Configure Putty by adding a session to connect to the university 
SSH Gateway and by setting X11 forwarding using the instructions on the 
link below:

https://www.centlinux.com/2019/01/configure-x11-forwarding-putty-xming-windows.html#point5

IMPORTANT NOTES:
-- When adding a session set the "Host Name" of the 
university SSH Gateway as: <your_ULCN_login_name>@sshgw.leidenuniv.nl
-- Do not forget to save the session!!!

4) Start the configured Xming server on your Windows PC/Laptop. 

5) Start the Putty ssh terminal, load the session configuration saved during 
step 3) above, and open the session to connect to the university SSH Gateway.

6) Using the opened Putty session/terminal, login to one of the LIACS-only 
Linux Terminal Servers via SSH with your ULCN account as follows:

ssh -X <your_ULCN_login_name>@remotelx.liacs.leidenuniv.nl

7) Set the path to the Xilinx ISE tool as follows:

export PATH=/vol/share/software/Xilinx/14.7/ISE_DS:$PATH

8) Launch the Xilinx ISE tool as follows:

run_ise