Cannot connect to Stratix IV signal integrity dev kit

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I cannot get my the stratix SI GUI (stratixIVGT_si_demo.exe) to connect to the board. I followed all the instructions in the quick start guide and everything is fine until I click connect. It gives me a list of things to check and they all seem ok. I do have 'unknown pof' at the top in red if that helps the debug. THANKS!

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What is your board name? is that EP4S100G2F40I1? What is the version of Quartus you are using? You need to make sure that the USB Balster has a proper driver first.

I definitely have USB blaster installed correctly.

Quartus II 9.1 build 222 no service pack. The board name is EP4S100G2F40I1N.

This was the first time I opened Quartus and do not have an active licence. Does this matter for the demo? The quick start guide does not mention opening Quartus at all.

Thank you for your consideration.

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I definitely have USB blaster installed correctly.

Quartus II 9.1 build 222 no service pack. The board name is EP4S100G2F40I1N.

This was the first time I opened Quartus and do not have an active licence. Does this matter for the demo? The quick start guide does not mention opening Quartus at all.

Thank you for your consideration.

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How did you install the USB blaster? I suspect that the demo cannot communicate the board because of the driver problem. Can you show " list of things to check and they all seem ok" you mentioned?

The quick guide does not mention Quartus license because you are provided the demo.sof file already, all you need is the Quartus II programmer that enables you to upload the demo.sof file to FPGA for running. And doing this requires no license.

PS: what is your system OS?

I started by connecting the board to the internal Ethernet port and obtaining an IP address. I put the IP address into the web browser and was able to see the Board Update Portal. I ran into a problem at that point where "Signal Integrity Development Kit" link did not work. I received a 404 error. That link was to ensure I had the latest version of the dev kit software.

I went to this site instead*CANNOT SHOW LINK* as the instructions suggest. I was able to get a 9.1 and a 11.1 version of the kit (I tried both and neither work)

I then installed the kits. No problems observed.

Next, I connected the USB to the board and installed the driver located at this location on my PC ...C:\altera\91\qprogrammer\drivers\usb-blaster ... note: there isn't a location like this for the 11.1 install.

I then opened the file ... C:\altera\91\kits\stratixIVGT_4s100g2_si\demos\signal_integrity\stratixIVGT_si_demo.exe

... clicked connect and it failed.

My computer is running 64x windows 7 with an intel i7 and 4G of RAM.

Best Regards

-Jason

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I started by connecting the board to the internal Ethernet port and obtaining an IP address. I put the IP address into the web browser and was able to see the Board Update Portal. I ran into a problem at that point where "Signal Integrity Development Kit" link did not work. I received a 404 error. That link was to ensure I had the latest version of the dev kit software.

I went to this site instead*CANNOT SHOW LINK* as the instructions suggest. I was able to get a 9.1 and a 11.1 version of the kit (I tried both and neither work)

I then installed the kits. No problems observed.

Next, I connected the USB to the board and installed the driver located at this location on my PC ...C:\altera\91\qprogrammer\drivers\usb-blaster ... note: there isn't a location like this for the 11.1 install.

I then opened the file ... C:\altera\91\kits\stratixIVGT_4s100g2_si\demos\signal_integrity\stratixIVGT_si_demo.exe

... clicked connect and it failed.

My computer is running 64x windows 7 with an intel i7 and 4G of RAM.

Best Regards

-Jason

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My suggestion is that you should follow the detailed User Guide instead of quick start guide as this is not updated.

You have not load successfully the demonstration design file to device, that is why you coul not connect from the demo GUI. Instead of loading the signal_integrity_demo1.flash you will use the signal_integrity_demo1.sof as guide in the User Guide:

http://www.altera.com/literature/ug/ug_sivgt_si_dev_kit.pdf?gsa_pos=2&wt.oss_r=1&wt.oss=signal%20integrity%20development%20kit%20page

Remember that this demo went with Quartus 9.1 so probably not compatible with other version.

Good luck!