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RElna
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6 years ago

Signal TAP JTAG Communication error on Commad line tool only, while it works on GUI?

Hi,

I am trying to collect data from signal tap by using quartus_stp from command line. However, I always get "JTAG communcation error. Check hardware setup".

When i attempt to collect data from the same design using GUI of signaltap it aquires data normally. Can you help me solve this issue ?

The tcl script I use is as follows:

open_session -name test.stp

run -instance auto_signaltap_0 -data_log test1-timeout 500

export_data_log -data_log test1-filename test1.csv -format csv

close_session

I wrote this in a test.tcl

then in windows cmd, I called

quartus_stp -t test.tcl

I get "JTAG Communication Error. Check hardware setup"

Best Regard

Rana

2 Replies

  • RElna's avatar
    RElna
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    6 years ago

    Hi,

    I used a different version of Signal tap and I got this message

    Internal Error: Sub-system: SDR, File: /quartus/sld/sdr/sdr_data_log.cpp, Line: 789

    this->m_trigger_pos >= 0 && this->m_trigger_pos < samples_allocated

    So i concluded that the trigger happens too early before enough samples are collected. I changed the trigger to a 19-bit counter. The trigger happened when the counter is equal to FFFF.

    The previous error disappeared. However, I did a for loop to continously cature data from embedded logic and I received the data log with half the samples X and the rest of the samples are 0, except for the counter values which are increasing.

    Any idea what is happening ?

    Another general question on how signal tap works, if the triger condition is reached, would the embedded logic analyzer stop aquiring new data?or Does the RAM content that is transferred via JTAG remain constant till the trigger condition is repeated again ? I am trying to know the reason behind the data I get to solve the issue.

    Best Regards,

    Rana

  • RichardT_altera's avatar
    RichardT_altera
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    6 years ago

    Hi Rana,

    Apologize for the delay in response. Do you able to solve the issue? Do you need further help?