updated. Altera's Simple Socket Server demo running on a DE2 board with the Davicom DM9000a driver. here it is....zipped downloaded project source for sss on the de2 board. download link currently unavailable. Includes: - Hardware design (TLD in schematic block diagram format) - Programmable .SOF (time-limited, as developed in Quartus Web Edition v9.2) - SOPC builder system file - DM9000A driver for Nichestack TCP/IP stack / Altera HAL environment (courtesy of Columbia Uni) - Simple socket server software Simply... - (1) Download the .SOF in Quartus Programmer - (2) Open the software workspace in the "/software" directory in Nios II Build Tools (Eclipse IDE) - (3) Open Run >> Run Configurations. Delete the current configuration. Create a new launch configuration selecting the project name under the Project Tab. Ensure your DE2 board is plugged into USB. Check the target connection tab and make sure it is present. - (4) Plug into your local network (DHCP is enabled, or app will default to static IP) - (5) View the Nios II console for debugging information (via JTAG UART) - (6) Telnet into the board from a pc: telnet <ip address> 30. Enjoy the simple socket server demo from Altera! Questions/comments? Fire away below!

Are you running DHCP to a switch?...or, better still, to a DHCP server that you have access to? That way you can see (or not) the packets that your board is generating. Of course, if you are statically assigning IPs then that doesn't apply. Simply hangs doesn't really help me to help you much. What happens if you Debug the code and step through it to see where it's actually hanging? So...throw me some more info and I'll see if I can help. Cheers, and Good luck... --slacker

Please refer to the following links to the VOIP project @ Columbia Uni. I have sourced the DM9000a SOPC component + Nichestack driver from this project. http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~sedwards/classes/2009/4840/reports/voip.pdf (http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~sedwards/classes/2009/4840/reports/vp.pdf) http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~sedwards/classes/2009/4840/reports/voip.tar.gz

Well, I haven't got much time tonight to post, but in short....i have now the simple socket server running on the de2 board! It works - telnet works, ping works...and using the Davicom DM9000a controller which Altera provide no inherent support for. All credit to Columbia Uni for their Nichestack driver, which I can now confirm works successfully. Hardware design was a little more tricky, integrating the Simple Socket server reference design and DM9000a hardware/HAL/uCOS driver on the DE2, but will post back soon with detailed instructions on how I got it all working. But the good news here is, it can be done! Will post up working source/code for this soon. Hurrah! Hurray!

Hi, can u post how you solved that problem ? I'm currently working with NicheStack and Nios IDE 8.0SP1 and the Simple Socket Server Example compiles just fine. I can ping my devboard and connect to the socket server via telnet. But after a few Minutes the whole thing just seems to hang itself up ... No response to pings from then on. Can anybody help with this issue?

here it is....zipped downloaded project source for sss on the de2 board. download link currently unavailable. Includes: - Hardware design (TLD in schematic block diagram format) - Programmable .SOF (time-limited, as developed in Quartus Web Edition v9.2) - SOPC builder system file - DM9000A driver for Nichestack TCP/IP stack / Altera HAL environment (courtesy of Columbia Uni) - Simple socket server software Simply... - (1) Download the .SOF in Quartus Programmer - (2) Open the software workspace in the "/software" directory in Nios II Build Tools (Eclipse IDE) - (3) Open Run >> Run Configurations. Delete the current configuration. Create a new launch configuration selecting the project name under the Project Tab. Ensure your DE2 board is plugged into USB. Check the target connection tab and make sure it is present. - (4) Plug into your local network (DHCP is enabled, or app will default to static IP) - (5) View the Nios II console for debugging information (via JTAG UART) - (6) Telnet into the board from a pc: telnet <ip address> 30. Enjoy the simple socket server demo from Altera! Questions/comments? Fire away below!

Simple Socket Server on DE2 w/Davicom DM9000A

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Altera_Forum
Honored Contributor
13 years ago
Hi, is the file NET2 which was uploaded on mediafire is it the correct one for the socket server? and can someone help me with the steps to program it into the board...
im still new to quartus and FPGA........
Altera_Forum
Honored Contributor
13 years ago
Dear Sir, Can you give this simple socket server on DE2 . I cant get it from mediafire. That is very need for me thankyou.

tharangasliit@gmail.com
Altera_Forum
Honored Contributor
13 years ago
http://www.terasic.com/downloads/cd-rom/de2/

you can download from this website, download the cd-rom. It has all the demo for any version of quartus including DE2_NET
Altera_Forum
Honored Contributor
13 years ago
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Please refer to the following links to the VOIP project @ Columbia Uni.
I have sourced the DM9000a SOPC component + Nichestack driver from this project.

http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~sedwards/classes/2009/4840/reports/voip.pdf (http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~sedwards/classes/2009/4840/reports/vp.pdf)
http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~sedwards/classes/2009/4840/reports/voip.tar.gz
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can you give me that source code... i couldnt find anyware, i want SOPC and nichestack source code thankyou
Altera_Forum
Honored Contributor
13 years ago
Hello to everyone, I would be interested into the possibility of communicating with the DE2 board by using the Ethernet connection.
I have downloaded the DE2_NET example from Terasic´s website too, but I seem to still have a problem with the Davicom DM9000A controller.
At the moment I am using Quartus 13.0. When I open the project into Qsys, it is automatically converted for the compatibility, but afterwards
I am not able to generate the Synthesis of the system in VHDL, I seem to get a lot of errors concerning several components, between the there is the
DM9000A controller too.

Is there any version of this component, compatible with the new Qsys?

Furthermore, I have noticed that inside the DE2_NET project, when I open it with Qsys, I find two different versions of the DM9000A controller, one of them is missing the clk_reset pin,
while the other one has it.
How can I have this controller available for my project too? When I load it from the DE2_NET project, I just get the one without any clock.

Any advice? I don´t think that it should be so difficult to get the ethernet working.
Altera_Forum
Honored Contributor
13 years ago
Dear 8 strings, i suggest to try older versions of Q II like 7.1 or earlier, because the dm9000a was available on the sopc builder. And probably works fine without pins problems.
Altera_Forum
Honored Contributor
13 years ago
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Dear 8 strings, i suggest to try older versions of Q II like 7.1 or earlier, because the dm9000a was available on the sopc builder. And probably works fine without pins problems.
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Hi almemar,

Thanks for your reply. As you have suggested I have downloaded and installed an older version of Quartus, I have checked the CD coming with the board, and it comes with Quartus 7.2. I have installed it, but the example contained inside the CD is actually older I suppose. When I start SOPC, it tells me to update che system_0.qtf to the newer system_0.sopc, I tell it to update but after that, SOPC doesn´t start.
After this I have tried open a new project and run SOPC to try building a new design, but the result is the same, the software actually won´t start. I suppose this is happening because the version 7.2 of Quartus II is compatible with windows xp and windows 2000 but not with windows 7. Is it there any patch to fix the problem?
In case there is no patch, how can I manage to handle the ethernet connectrion throught my DE2 board?
Altera_Forum
Honored Contributor
13 years ago
Hi 8strings,
I've not thought this through. I'm not sure about the patch. I think you new create new subject about this. The connections issue I'm not really familiar with it in de2. I've tried before to work on it, but I failed on that one. The problem with de2 board now it's not up to date with the new Q II and Nios II. For example, dm9000a in sopc v 7.2 and later, is not supported. In addition, older and closed site www.nioswiki.com has de2 templates which is not available on any cd with any device, and after they closed it the didn't move the data to the new site www.alterawiki.com.
If you are going through this I suggest you look to get three things
first: make sure to compile hardware part in QII successfully. Even with small unconstrained paths.
Second: Check the dm9000a does it need license? I suggest you check with their company directly try to call them "http://www.davicom.com.tw/"
Third: You need an application/software part in Nios II, which I struggled too long searching for it, but I couldn't find. There are some templates on NiosII like " simple socket server" and " Web server", but I'm not sure they work directly

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