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Honored ContributorHi Lucia,
I was working on it and i'll tell you my experiences. When you want to load a *.flash file you have to load it in the "Hardware File Name" Browser (in the board update portal) but when you want to load a *.sof file you have to load it in the other one. Once the file is loaded you follow the instructions about how to press the board's switches to load the file into the flash memory, then turn the board off and check the DIP switches located behind the board and change the S8.2 (USER_PGM) to ON position to let the board load your .flash file after you turn it on!! After doing this you will be able to run the Board Test System GUI and all the tabs (less SMA and PCIe) will be available!!! Don't worry about SMA and PCIe tabs. The menu "configure" doesn't appear in version 11.1 but it isn't a problem. When you install "cyclonIVGX_4cgx15_start_v11.1.0" go to <directory installed>/kits/cyclonIVGX_4cgx15_start/examples/board_test_system/sof and you will find three .sof files. If you load "bts_xcvr.sof" or "bts_xcvr_wo_loopback.sof" , the SMA and PCIe tabs will be ready tu use when you run the BTS GUI. The file bts_general.sof lets you to test GPIO, SDRAM, FLASH, etc. I hope have been clear enough!!! :-) Juan.-
