Honored ContributorI've just installed Quartus II V12.0. It seems to be working OK, but I can't get my device programmed with a USB Blaster clone, which worked fine with V11.1. The Blaster isn't recognised by the V12.0 programming software. When I use Add Hardware in the Hardware Setup dialogue I get Attempted to access JTAG server - internal error code 82 occurred.
Honored ContributorI don't know if this would help you.
I'm using the Linux version of WebEdition on a 64bit environment. The WebEdition version is 32 bits only, and the jtagd was looking for 64bit version which, of course, wasn't installed. I realized the file <altera install directory>/12.0/quartus/adm/qenv.sh is used to set up environment variables and near line 90 the following test is done: if test `uname -m` = "x86_64" ; then export QUARTUS_BIT_TYPE=64 fi I commented these three lines and jtagd seems to work fine for me. # FIXME# FIXME# FIXME# FIXME# FIXME# FIXME # WORKAROUND ONLY FOR ME. # I commented the 3 next lines because # I'm using the WebEdition Version on a 64Bit # environment. # FIXME# FIXME# FIXME# FIXME# FIXME# FIXME # if test `uname -m` = "x86_64" ; then # export QUARTUS_BIT_TYPE=64 # fiHonored ContributorThanks. I'm using Win 7 x64.
The main problem seems to be that I can't select the driver - if I uninstall it, unplug the Blaster and plug it in again, it immediately installs the same driver without giving me a chance to select a different one. According to the Altera instructions: http://www.altera.com/download/drivers/usb-blaster/dri-usb-blaster-vista.html I should get the Found New Hardware dialog box, but I don't.Honored ContributorIt looks as though this has something to do with it:
http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36416 Anyway, I got round the problem by installing the standalone 11.1 programmer. I suppose that Altera will get round to fixing it.Honored ContributorThat was there in 11.2 and probably 11.1, which begs the question.
Do Altera know what they are doing? Perhaps a little less cash on their funky website and a little more investment in software testing/engineering/QA would please their customers more. If it wasn't for the PCI express hard core then we would have dropped Altera by now. We have deemed the NIOS development tools far to unreliable for our products.Honored ContributorHi,
well they can solve this by adding a 64Bit webedition to their options. That would also overcome the 32Bit Software running under 64Bit OS (with driver issues) :-) Just an idea :-)Honored ContributorI have the same problem with V12.0 USB-Blaster. Quartus programmer cannot see the device, Blaster. What I heard is Win7 64-bit needs to run jtagserver.exe to let V12.0 to see it.
However, it cannot run 32-bit jtagserver. And when it run bin64/jtagserver, it lack of 64-bit tbbmalloc_proxy.dll file for it. Who can resolve this issue?Honored ContributorTry installing the standalone 11.1 programmer. The driver it installed fixed my USB-Blaster problem with Win7 x64 and 12.0.
Honored ContributorThis is not a new issue.
http://www.altera.com/support/kdb/solutions/rd03062012_414.html http://alterauserforums.net/forum/showthread.php?p=140614 Altera seriously need to sort their act out with regards to their software.
