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15 years ago

altlvds megafunction in QuartusII v10.0

Hi everyone,

I'm having troubles with instantiating the altlvds (rx or tx) megafunction in QuartusII v10.0.

When I try to add it as a symbol in mijn schematics file I get the standard megawizard plugin manager asking me what format the output file should be. I choose VHDL and click next. Then I get a quick progress bar but and then.. nothing.. :confused:

Has anyone else experienced this problem? What to do?

Thanks in advace,

Void_

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    Altera_Forum
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    15 years ago

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    Hi,

    I am a new member of this forum and my English is terrible. I nomaly use the ALTLVDS_TX and ALTLVDS_RX with quartusII9.1, but now I have installed quartusII10.0 sp1 I can't do it. When I try to use the block, the mega wizard don't open, the progress bar run but after this don't happen nothing.

    Colud anyone help me please?

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    Hi,

    did you try the recommended Altera workaround, which I posted in this thread ?

    To work around this issue make sure the regional settings on your machine is set to English (UK or USA). This will not affect keyboard mappings, but will affect the default number separators:

    1) Open the Regional and Language Options menu from the Windows Control Panel.

    2) In the “Standards and Formats” box, select “English (UK)” or “English (Untied States)” from the drop down list.

    3) You should see the “.”’s change to “,” in the Number section of the samples window.

    Kind regards

    GPK
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    15 years ago

    Hi all,

    I have the same problem :I have tried to create an ALTLVDS_TX and an ALTLVDS_RX components with QUARTUS II 10.0[/B][/B] SP1[/B][/B] in a Cyclone III FPGA (under WINDOWS XP). But the megawizard tool can’t be launched.

    I changed the Regional and Languages options to be in English mode. But only the ALTLVDS_RX megawizard is launched.

    How can I do to make the ALTLVDS_TX be launched?

    Thank you for your support
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    15 years ago

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    Hi all,

    I have the same problem :I have tried to create an ALTLVDS_TX and an ALTLVDS_RX components with QUARTUS II 10.0[/B][/B] SP1[/B][/B] in a Cyclone III FPGA (under WINDOWS XP). But the megawizard tool can’t be launched.

    I changed the Regional and Languages options to be in English mode. But only the ALTLVDS_RX megawizard is launched.

    How can I do to make the ALTLVDS_TX be launched?

    Thank you for your support

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    Hi,

    unfortunately ii runs for both in my case (Quartus 10.0 , no service pack). Maybe you should send your own service request to Altera.

    Kind regards

    GPK
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    15 years ago

    Following up from my earlier post, I put a service request in on the identical problem you had. Altera could not replicate the problem...

    I have access to a 64 bit machine, and the ALTLVDS_RX and _TX seems to work on that, but many of the tick boxes and drop-downs are greyed out.

    Are you running XP?

    Now Quartus is crashing at the end of the fitter stage (99%). I've a service request in on that now (still).