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10 years ago

DE1-SOC: Do you know why can't I run Demonstration Batch .bat file as UserGuide says?

Hey there,

I think this is a simple question, I'm following the user manual of DE1-SOC by Altera Terasic. Now in the page 59, for making an audio recording and playing project, it is used a demo-batch folder, it says that clicking on this, will load programming into the EPCQ,

but when I click on this .bat file, give me an error message which says: " The system cannot find the path specified, please check your USB Blaster", actually my USB Blaster is well connected and Quartus II can recognize it. So what am I missing here?

please help, Thanks in advance!

this is the manual

ftp://ftp.altera.com/up/pub/altera_m...ser_manual.pdf (ftp://ftp.altera.com/up/pub/altera_material/boards/de1-soc/de1_soc_user_manual.pdf)

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    10 years ago

    You probably need to run the bat file from the SOC EDS command shell rather than just clicking on it.

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    10 years ago

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    You probably need to run the bat file from the SOC EDS command shell rather than just clicking on it.

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    Hi Galfomz, i'm sorry could you please elaborate more? I'm very new at this so sorry.. How do I come into SOC EDS command shell?
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    10 years ago

    Hello sujeto1,

    Could you share your batch file here? I would like to have a look at it.

    "The system cannot find the path specified" message indicates that command written in your batch file ( you can see that command by opening your batch file in TextPad) is unable to find the file mentioned in that command.

    Warm Regards,

    Bhaumik
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    10 years ago

    The batch file is the one you mentioned in your question. The command shell is under windows Start->Altera# ## web edition->Nios II EDS# ##->Nios II command shell. Some other common problems to consider: Have you made sure that the path to the Quartus install doesn't have any spaces anywhere in the path? (like "Program Files")? I use C:\Altera for my install. The same thing probably applies to the system CD install as well.