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PrivateIsland
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3 years ago

Quartus Prime Pro 23.1 can't read my existing STP file

Hello,

When trying to open my existing STP file from a previous Quartus release, I get the following error:

"Error(267000): Quartus Prime software encountered an error while reading Signal Tap File <file>, with message "element name expected" "

It then opens up an empty STP GUI.

Is there a workaround or method to convert?

Thank you

6 Replies

  • sstrell's avatar
    sstrell
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    3 years ago

    Can it still open in the old version of Quartus where you created it? Hopefully it's not corrupted (or you have a backup).

    • PrivateIsland's avatar
      PrivateIsland
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      3 years ago

      Good question, but old versions of Quartus were removed before discovering this issue.

      For now, we're going forward by creating new STP configurations, but we have the old file in our GIT repo to hopefully recover later.

      Hey Intel, isn't 2FA a little onerous for just replying to a forum post? And I think I was timed out during a short period. Can I relax these rules for my profile?

  • FvM's avatar
    FvM
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    3 years ago

    Hello,

    I verified that QPP 23.1 is generally able to read .stp files from older versions, QPP as well as QPS. So the reported problem seems to be specific and can't be checked without having the particular .stp file or stripped-down version that reproduces the issue.

    I presume the exact error message and a close look at the respective .stp lines can help to understand if it's a bug.

  • ShengN_altera's avatar
    ShengN_altera
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    3 years ago

    Hi,


    Any further update or concern? Does the problem resolved?


    Thanks,

    Best Regards,

    Sheng


    • PrivateIsland's avatar
      PrivateIsland
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      3 years ago

      Thank you all for the suggestions and interest in our problem with our existing STP file being incompatible with QPP 23.1.

      We decided it was best to just create a new STP file & configurations rather than potentially waste time trying to find a solution.

      Since creating the new STP file, we haven't discovered any additional problems with QPP 23.1 and Signal Tap.