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MichaelL
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22 days ago

Quartus/Signaltap complains about wrong version

Hello, we are using Quartus prime V24.1.0 for a rather large project. We have various signaltap files stored within git for analysis. Now, from time to time, it happens that quartus throws the follo...
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19 days ago

You're not using the IP Catalog flow, so you don't have to worry about regenerating the IP.

If you're just adding the .stp as a design file, then this could be an issue.  Use the setting in the Settings dialog box in the Signal Tap settings to enable/disable the .stp file.  The wrong assignment is probably being put in the .qsf if you're doing it manually.

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MichaelL
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17 days ago

I just removed and readded the stp file using the dialog:

Still, I get the following error:

So, is there any way to get this working, without creating a new stp-file?

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    RichardT_altera
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    15 days ago

    Which Quartus Edition are you using—Standard or Pro?
    Does creating a new .stp file in your project (version 24.1) also cause this issue?

    Do you know when this .stp file was originally created and which Quartus version was used?
     

    Could you share your design .qar file (via Project > Archive Project) that can reproduce this error?
     

    Regards,
    Richard Tan 

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      MichaelL
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      15 days ago

      We are using the Pro Version and an arria10 FPGA.

      Creating a new stp does not create the problem, but there is one stp that was created with quartus 24.1. pro (worked fine for a while) and now somehow got this problem. There might be the chance (but I doubt it) that it has come in touch with quartus pro 24.2.

      Anyways, the general question is: How do I fix it? In the long run, we are planing to upgrade our projects to either quartus pro 24.2 or even 25.3 and it would be nice to have a solution for that . Recreating every stp would be a real pain..

      Unfortunately, I am neither allowed to share the design, nor do I know how to trigger this problem. So,  I'm unable to create a small toy example.

      Regards,
      Michael

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        RichardT_altera
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        11 days ago

        Without the testcase and a known way to reproduce the problem, it will be very difficult to debug what might have gone wrong.
        Additionally, I could not find any similar error in our database.

        When you mentioned ‘it has come in touch with Quartus Pro 24.2,’ do you mean that you might have added and used the same .stp file in different Quartus version projects (e.g., 24.2) and then used it again in a previous used Quartus version?

        Perhaps try archiving the project into a .qar file before upgrading to a newer Quartus version, or create a new .stp file when using it in another Quartus version to see if the issue can be avoided.

        Regards,
        Richard Tan