Arria V DevKit BTS not running (despite path adjust)

Hi majestix,

I think the BTS for Arria V Kit is the craziest one !

If you do each of the following steps, you may have a chance to fix the problem :

(0. Install QuartusII v 12.1sp1)

1. Set all the Environment variables according to the 12.1sp1 version

_ PATH

_ QUARTUS_ROOT

_ QUARTUS_SH

_ SOPC_KIT_NIOS2

(maybe some of them are useless, set them anyway)

2. Restart your computer to be sure (and check back the variables once again)

3. Switch on your boad and open Quartus 12.1sp1, then open Programmer

4. Program the FPGA with file :

\altera\12.1sp1\kits\arriaVGX_5agxfb3hf35_start\examples\board_test_system\sof\bts_config.sof

5. Once FPGA is programmed successfully, launch Nios Shell, version 12.1sp1 :

\12.1sp1\nios2eds\Nios II Command Shell.bat

6. Navigate to the bts.jar folder :

\altera\12.1sp1\kits\arriaVGX_5agxfb3hf35_start\examples\board_test_system

7. Launch BTS from the command line :

java -jar BTS.jar

8. Enjoy the wonderful BTS GUI ! :)

I did all those steps for the fisrt time. It worked !

Maybe for the second time, you can use shorcuts,

Hope it will help you,

AC.