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JFree1
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7 years ago

System Console Service Type Commands (slave is not an open <service_type> service)

Hi all, I'm using a transceiver toolkit example found here: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/programmable/support/support-resources/design-examples/design-software/on-chip-debugging.html Spe...
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CheepinC_altera
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6 years ago
Hi John, As I understand it, you have some inquiries related to the XCVR toolkit design examples. Based on my previous experience, generally it is recommended to use the same Quartus version that the design example created to ensure compatibility. Would you mind to try to see if any of the following will help: 1. In the https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/programmable/support/support-resources/design-examples/design-software/on-chip-debugging.html, the latest designs is of v13.0sp1. You may try to use these latest versions to see if there is any improvement. 2. When you observe the link_test.tcl seems not working, just to check with you if you try to control the Transmitter using the toolkit GUI instead of using the TCL commands, is there any difference in observation? 3. If the above still not working, can you try to use the older compatible Quartus version ie v13.0sp1 to see if it works. Please let me know if there is any concern. Thank you. Best regards, Chee Pin
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JFree1
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6 years ago

The Transceiver Toolkit GUI works fine, so I know the design works. It's just the data pattern generator commands don't work when I try to use them in system console tcl scripts. The commands work for the checker IP core though. As I mentioned earlier, this design is an example of this functionality not working, and I have seen this behavior in other designs I've worked on that use the data pattern generator and checker IP. If it's a version issue, I am not sure why complete IP functionality would have carried over for the checker core but not the generator core when they are both in the IP catalog for my version.