HI KhaiY,
I tried the constraint you proivded, replaceing the original in the hdl file with the one you sent, as follows:
/*(* altera_attribute = {"-name SDC_STATEMENT \"set_false_path -from [get_pins -no_case -compatibility_mode *SPIPhy_altera_avalon_st_idle_inserter|received_esc*|*] -to [get_pins -no_case -compatibility_mode *|rdshiftreg*|*]\" "} *) reg [7:0] rdshiftreg; */
(* altera_attribute = {"-name SDC_STATEMENT \"set_false_path -from [get_pins *] -to [get_pins -no_case -compatibility_mode *|rdshiftreg*|*];
That produced a syntax error so I guess there is some syntax differences between the original and the new one that I have not done correctly?
Thank you again for your time and help.