BeMicro FPGA-based MCU Evaluation Board

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Am trying to test to a server on the computer with win7 from computer with winXP tcl file isn't connecting as it should. Is likely not the TCL or the probe just need to figure out why it won't connect.

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Firewall?

It sounds like you have a network issue, not a driver or server issue.

Does 'telnet localhost 1309' work? I just tried it and you get the string "JTAG Server" when it connects. Ctrl+] to exit, followed by quit to get out of telnet.

Cheers,

Dave

Sorry. What I was doing is using FPGA to pocess some data but the data resides on a different computer. The TCL script seems to operate properly just will not connect. Disable Firewall and it works. I had hoped not to branch into network connections until I had the local through a loopback worked out.

Sadly I have 7 Home Premium. No Telnet. Test from XP computer may let me know something. Firewall on or off I can not telnet to port 1309.

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Sorry. What I was doing is using FPGA to pocess some data but the data resides on a different computer. The TCL script seems to operate properly just will not connect. Disable Firewall and it works. I had hoped not to branch into network connections until I had the local through a loopback worked out.

Sadly I have 7 Home Premium. No Telnet. Test from XP computer may let me know something. Firewall on or off I can not telnet to port 1309.

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This is a very confusing description. I think you are mixing up several issues here. Perhaps you could summarize what works and what does not, eg., you have a hardware machine with Win7 that connects to the hardware (the USB-Blaster on a BeMicro-SDK), and you are trying to connect a remote machine (WinXP) to that hardware server.

Hardware checks; Under Win7 does jtagconfig and the Quartus programmer see the USB-Blaster correctly? Under WinXP, can you connect to the remote jtagserver?

The first check tells you the hardware is setup ok, the second check relates to networking.

Cheers,

Dave

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Sadly I have 7 Home Premium. No Telnet.

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Try using the NIOS shell, or install a full version of the Cygwin shell. Telnet is available as part of that tool suite.

Cheers,

Dave

What Driver version worked for you? You said today you could let me know. NIOS2 shell says command not found. Where abouts is the command located?

As far as what I am doing and what is working.

Windows 7 is not working for programming. No Hardware. Same since thursday. The data I want to process is sourced from here.

Windows XP 32 bit. It actually works. I can flash the hardware and everything. It seems to only run for an hour though so that is obnoxious. That should be a lisence issue though. The script runs and will connect to FPGA.

What is working. I can get the data from windows 7 machine, I can process it with the FPGA (I think because the process can take over an hour depending on the speed it is clocked at). I have a nearly working system

What is not working. It seems windows firewall refuses to let me open a port so I can not just open it then the windows 7 server is available (nothing to worry about it is handled). I can not it appears shut off computer and expect the FPGA to start ready to run the TCL file again (I believe I only have an hour of operation). After flashing it the script works fine. (it is possible that I have made a mistake on how its flashed but when done flashing I hit reset to make it actually run my compiled bitstream. On computer restart it will not seem to run and LEDs light up like factory flash.) That having been said.

My Problem. Windows 7 64 bit will not program my BeMicro-SDK board. I get No Hardware in the drop down box.

The JTAG server starts and stops properly and has its listen port apparently correct. The unit provides the proper audio signal when BeMicro-SDK is plugged in on both computers. I have no devices with ! or ? in the device manager. I have disabled the firewall and still no dice on programming. The only difference visually between them is on XP drop down has USB-Blaster and Windows 7 64 bit only had No Hardware. Same installed version etc. Since web edition clearly states 32 bit only maybe that is the issue? Or do you have a Web Edition with a running BeMicro-SDK? The full version I have no idea on the cost but adding it to the device I already paid for makes it less and less desirable to me.

Reason for starting this hellish ride into Altera's software and drivers. I wanted to see what hardware resources it would take to run the previously mentioned script on my windows 7 box. It is thus far worthless as a test of anything but patience. I can not test what I intended to because I can not program and therefore can not use JTAG to actually run the script (TCL file). I will try to get telnet running. I know how hard it is to trouble shoot things where you can not see or actually change anything. I hope to eiher fix it or return it but at this rate will lose more of my money returning it. As far as I am concerned the driver, software, whatever issue is Altera's fault and makes this product defective for me. Since I can not use it as intended. I know being upset will not help get this done any faster. I really hate that Win7 cut RDC and telnet from lower product lines.

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What Driver version worked for you?

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The driver tab on the Devices Manager gui indicates: "Altera 2.4.16.0"

The individual driver files (Driver Details button):

C:\windows\system32\drivers\usbblstr.sys FTDI 2.04.16

C:\windows\system32\usbblstr64.dll FTDI 3.01.18

C:\windows\system32\usbblstrlang.dll FTDI 1.3.0.1

C:\windows\system32\usbblstrui.dll FTDI 1.2.0.1

C:\windows\system32\usbblstr32.dll FTDI 3.01.18

Cheers,

Dave

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NIOS2 shell says command not found. Where abouts is the command located?

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Install Cygwin then, it has telnet.

http://www.cygwin.com/

Cheers,

Dave

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My Problem. Windows 7 64 bit will not program my BeMicro-SDK board. I get No Hardware in the drop down box.

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Does the "Altera USB-Blaster" appear under the devices manager though?

Cheers,

Dave

Driver 2.4.16 was first driver I installed.

Am installing cygwin it takes forever to get all the packages and by default does not come with telnet of first install so am reinstalling it.

Altera USB-Blaster is currently in the other room hooked up to the other computer but before I decided to actually flash it Yes it did appear in the device manager. As of now No because it is disconnected.

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Driver 2.4.16 was first driver I installed.

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Ok.

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Am installing cygwin it takes forever to get all the packages and by default does not come with telnet of first install so am reinstalling it.

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You don't have to reinstall it, you just re-run setup, and search for telnet, and install the package that contains telnet.

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Altera USB-Blaster is currently in the other room hooked up to the other computer but before I decided to actually flash it Yes it did appear in the device manager. As of now No because it is disconnected.

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And "Other computer" = Win7?

Cheers,

Dave