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ChipScope Pro Software and Cores User Guide

UG029 (v14.3) October 16, 2012

Chapter 5: 

ChipScope Engine Tcl Interface

Other example Tcl scripts (such as the CSE VIO example Tcl script called 
csevio_example1.tcl) can be found in the same directory as csejtag_example1.tcl. These 
scripts offer examples of other CSE/Tcl function calls. 

Summary of Contents for ChipScope Pro

Page 1: ...following software versions ISE Design Suite 14 3 through 14 6 This document applies to the following software versions ISE Design Suite 14 3 through 14 6 This document applies to the following softw...

Page 2: ...ion to correct any errors contained in the Materials or to notify you of updates to the Materials or to product specifications You may not reproduce modify distribute or publicly display the Materials...

Page 3: ...pe Pro Core Inserter with ISE Project Navigator 33 Using the ChipScope Pro Core Inserter with Command Line Implementation 35 ChipScope Pro Core Inserter Features 38 Chapter 4 Using the ChipScope Pro A...

Page 4: ...pe Pro Software and Cores User Guide www xilinx com 4 UG029 v14 3 October 16 2012 ChipScope Pro Analyzer Core Troubleshooting 217 Gathering Information for Xilinx Technical Support 223 Appendix B Refe...

Page 5: ...lled MGTs multi gigabit transceivers The IBERT core supports the high speed serial transceivers found in the Xilinx Virtex 7 Kintex 7 Virtex 6 Spartan 6 and Virtex 5 FPGA devices listed in the ISE Des...

Page 6: ...formation on this feature go to PlanAhead Design Analysis Tool See Reference 17 p 225 ChipScope Pro Analyzer Tool Provides in system device configuration as well as trigger setup trace display control...

Page 7: ...ate trigger ports each with a user selectable width of 1 to 256 channels for a total of up to 4096 trigger channels Multiple separate trigger ports increase the flexibility of event detection and redu...

Page 8: ...esign for greater accuracy Multiple trigger settings Records duration and number of events along with matches and ranges for greater accuracy and flexibility Downloadable from the Xilinx Web site Tool...

Page 9: ...at the HDL signals you want to debug could be optimized away or obfuscated during synthesis process Most signals that are interesting for debug such as outputs of registers block RAM etc are not adver...

Page 10: ...ignal of your design Because the ILA core is synchronous to the design being monitored all design clock constraints that are applied to your design are also applied to the components inside the ILA co...

Page 11: ...ges Performs and comparisons Detects high to low and low to high bit wise transitions Compares up to 4 bits per slice in LUT4 based devices Compares up to 8 bits per slice in LUT6 based devices Extend...

Page 12: ...ger Output Port The internal trigger condition of the ILA core can be accessed using the optional trigger output port This signal can be used as a trigger for external test equipment by attaching the...

Page 13: ...you would not be able to monitor for individual bit transitions on the CE WE and OE signals while looking for the Address bus to be in a specified range The flexibility of being able to choose from di...

Page 14: ...sure that both the TRIG0 and TRIG1 trigger ports each have two match units attached to them one for the trigger condition and one for the storage qualification condition Here is how you would set up t...

Page 15: ...le buffer are filled or until you halt the ILA core N Samples Capture Mode The N Samples capture mode is similar to the Window capture mode except for two major differences The number of samples per w...

Page 16: ...tputs You define these in the ChipScope Pro Analyzer tool They are synchronized to the design clock and driven out of the core to the surrounding design A logical 1 or 0 can be defined for individual...

Page 17: ...output slew rate on each output data pin on an individual pin by pin basis Supports any Agilent probe connection technology See Reference 25 p 226 The maximum number of data probe points available at...

Page 18: ...re specified options are chosen and the Generator runs the entire implementation flow including bitstream creation in one step The design flow for generating IBERT core designs for Virtex 7 Kintex 7 V...

Page 19: ...change line rates at generate time Ability to set reference clock sources at generate time Limited PCS support including loopback Pattern encoding clock correction and channel bonding are not support...

Page 20: ...le can be either 32 or 40 bits wide and selectable at generate time BERT Parameters Number of bits received in error and total number of words received are gathered dynamically and read out by the Chi...

Page 21: ...ble at generate time BERT Parameters Number of bits received in error and total number of words received are gathered dynamically and read out by the ChipScope Pro Analyzer tool Polarity The polarity...

Page 22: ...wide and selectable at generate time BERT Parameters Number of bits received in error and total number of words received are gathered dynamically and read out by the ChipScope Pro Analyzer tool Polari...

Page 23: ...bits BERT Parameters Number of bits received in error and total number of words received are gathered dynamically and read out by the ChipScope Pro Analyzer tool Polarity The polarity of the TX or RX...

Page 24: ...fabric interface to the GTX transceiver can be either 32 or 40 bits wide and selectable at generate time Polarity The polarity of the TX side of each GTX transceiver can be changed at runtime Reset Ea...

Page 25: ...A fabric interface to the GTH transceiver can be either 32 or 40 bits wide and selectable at generate time Polarity The polarity of the TX side of each GTH transceiver can be changed at runtime Reset...

Page 26: ...bric interface to the GTP transceiver can be either 32 or 40 bits wide and selectable at generate time Polarity The polarity of the TX side of each GTP transceiver can be changed at runtime Reset Each...

Page 27: ...abric Width The FPGA fabric interface to the GTZ transceiver can only be 160 bits wide Polarity The polarity of the TX side of each GTZ transceiver can be changed at runtime Reset Each GTZ transceiver...

Page 28: ...alled on your system Tcl stands for Tool Command Language and a Tcl shell is a shell program that is used to run Tcl scripts CSE Tcl requires the Tcl shell called xtclsh that is included in the ChipSc...

Page 29: ...test Downloads at speeds up to 12 Mb s throughput Contains an adjustable voltage interface that enables it to communicate with systems and device I Os operating at 5V down to 1 5V Windows and Red Hat...

Page 30: ...gnals are required to disable these sources preventing contention with the download cable If using the Parallel Cable IV Platform Cable USB Digilent JTAG HS1 or ByteTools download cable then VREF 1 5...

Page 31: ...ctions of the browser You can also find the ChipScope Pro cores by using the View by Name tab Note Core instantiation templates for the ChipScope Pro cores are found in the vho file for VHDL language...

Page 32: ...ort documentation click the IP tab and search under Embedded Processing Debug and Trace DS774 LogiCORE IP ChipScope Pro IBERT for Virtex 5 GTX FPGA Transceivers DS732 LogiCORE IP ChipScope Pro IBERT f...

Page 33: ...ity has been incorporated into the PlanAhead tool environment To make it easier to migrate from the ChipScope Pro Core Inserter tool to the ISE PlanAhead tool environment a CDC import command is provi...

Page 34: ...rocesses as necessary and then opens the cdc file in the ChipScope Pro Core Inserter tool 3 Modify the cores and connections in the ChipScope Pro Core Inserter tool as necessary as shown in ChipScope...

Page 35: ...CDC Project 2 Editing the CDC Project 3 Inserting Cores The ChipScope Pro Core Inserter is invoked prior to calling ngdbuild to instantiate debug cores in the design Nets are selected for debug using...

Page 36: ...tep does not bring up the ChipScope Pro Core Inserter graphical user interface GUI X Ref Target Figure 3 1 Figure 3 1 Command Line Core Inserter Flow Start Done Design Entry Design Synthesis Device Pr...

Page 37: ...is inserter edit project cdc ngcbuild p partname sd source_dir dd output_dir i inputdesign edn ngc outputdesign ngc Insert Cores Step The Insert Cores step of the command line ChipScope Pro Core Inser...

Page 38: ...recently opened projects or select File Open Project and Browse to the project location After you locate the project you can either double click it or click Open Saving Projects If a project has chan...

Page 39: ...tlist 2 Click Browse to navigate to the directory where the netlist resides 3 Modify the Output Design Netlist and Output Directory fields as needed These fields are automatically filled in initially...

Page 40: ...evice families and the variants of these families The BRAM Count core utilization feature is available for all supported device families Choosing ICON Options The first options that must be specified...

Page 41: ...n equation to be a combination of multiple match units However increasing the number of match units per trigger port also increases the usage of logic resources accordingly Note The aggregate number o...

Page 42: ...ndition Sequencer The trigger condition sequencer is a standard Boolean equation trigger condition that can be augmented with an optional trigger sequencer by checking the Enable Trigger Sequencer Ran...

Page 43: ...ecide whether or not to capture and store each individual data sample The trigger and storage qualification conditions can be used together to define when to start the capture process and what data to...

Page 44: ...ample word width of 4 096 bits or 256 bits for Spartan 3 Spartan 3E Spartan 3A Spartan 3A DSP and Virtex 4 devices Data Separate from Trigger checked OFF The data port is completely independent of the...

Page 45: ...configuration This mode makes it possible to capture events that immediately follow device configuration without having to first set up the ATC2 core manually This feature is disabled by default and i...

Page 46: ...instantiated inside the ATC2 core for your convenience This means that although you do not have to bring the ATCK and ATD pins through every level of hierarchy to the top level of your design manually...

Page 47: ...sponding signal name in the HDL source due to renaming and other optimizations during synthesis Source Instance The instance name of the lower level hierarchical component from which the net at the cu...

Page 48: ...sen in this fashion After you have chosen all the nets for a given bus the ILA or ATC2 bus name changes from red to black After specifying the clock trigger and data nets click Insert If you are using...

Page 49: ...y called _ngo If a valid ISE _ngo directory is found the ChipScope Pro Core Inserter project is automatically set up to overwrite the intermediate NGD files of the ISE project with those produced by t...

Page 50: ...50 www xilinx com ChipScope Pro Software and Cores User Guide UG029 v14 3 October 16 2012 Chapter 3 Using the ChipScope Pro Core Inserter...

Page 51: ...ion that connects to the JTAG chain of the target system using any of the supported JTAG download cables shown in Table 1 13 page 29 The ChipScope Pro Analyzer client is a graphical user interface GUI...

Page 52: ...of the window Message pane at the bottom of the window Main window area Both the project tree signal browser split pane and the Message pane can be hidden by deselecting those options in the View men...

Page 53: ...All to View menu options Selected signals and buses can be added through the Add to View menu options To select a contiguous group of signals and buses click the first signal hold down the Shift key...

Page 54: ...gned decimal value that is modified using the following equations Bus Value scale factor Data offset Precision precision Whether the selected bus radix is Signed Decimal or Unsigned Decimal a dialog b...

Page 55: ...ter in a token file is The first non comment line of the token file must be FILE_VERSION 1 0 0 Note The sign is a reserved character and cannot be part of the TOKEN string Below is an example token fi...

Page 56: ...xisting project select File Open Project or select one of the recently used projects in the File menu The title bar of the ChipScope Pro Analyzer and the project tree displays the project name If the...

Page 57: ...in the entire core unit Selected Print waveform data for only those signals and buses that are currently selected in the waveform window The default prints waveform data using the Current View method...

Page 58: ...ge Preview Buttons The buttons at the top of the page control which page of the waveform printout is being previewed as follow The and buttons go to the first and last preview pages respectively The a...

Page 59: ...Editor tools can create such files To import signal names from a file select File Import A Signal Import dialog box appears To select the signal import file choose Select New File A file dialog box a...

Page 60: ...cal mode the Password setting is not necessary Note In local mode the server starts automatically For remote mode operation the Server setting must be set to an IP address or appropriate system name a...

Page 61: ...ation of USB21 the second cable is assigned USB22 and so on For newer Platform Cable USB download cables the unique electronic serial number ESN that is read from the cable is displayed Note The enume...

Page 62: ...with a particular physical Platform Cable USB cable This means that rebooting your machine might result in different associations between enumerations and physical cables One work around is to unplug...

Page 63: ...FPGA CPLD PROM and System ACE devices are automatically detected The entire IDCODE can be verified for valid target devices To view the chain composition select JTAG Chain JTAG Chain Setup A dialog bo...

Page 64: ...o the JTAG Configuration dialog box You can also automatically create buses from the signal names found in the CDC file by selecting the Auto create buses check box The ChipScope Pro Analyzer tool use...

Page 65: ...combination Windows cannot be closed from this dialog box The same operation can by achieved by double clicking on the Trigger Setup leaf node in the project tree or by right clicking on the Trigger...

Page 66: ...r condition occurs Valid values are any positive integer from 1 to the depth of the capture buffer The trigger mark always appears as sample 0 in the window As many sample windows as possible are capt...

Page 67: ...igger characters Valid characters for the different radices are Hex X 0 9 and A F X indicates that all four bits of that nibble are don t cares The character indicates that the nibble consists of a mi...

Page 68: ...on is the currently active one Trigger Condition Name Field The Trigger Condition Name field provides a mnemonic for a particular trigger condition Trigger Condition n is used by default Trigger Condi...

Page 69: ...igger event Pulse Low The output is a single clock cycle pulse of logic 0 10 cycles after the trigger event Level High The output transitions from a 0 to a 1 10 cycles after the trigger event Level Lo...

Page 70: ...lost Trigger Run Modes The ChipScope Pro Analyzer tool supports three trigger run modes for the ILA core Single Repetitive Startup The trigger run mode is selected by using either the Trigger Setup Tr...

Page 71: ...Fast Binary Data Format FBDF To select a format click its radio button Use the Signals to Export combo box to select the set of signals and or buses to export The signals that can be exported include...

Page 72: ...igger condition has occurred first change the Trigger Run Mode to Startup The software prompts you to specify the startup trigger files that were used during the implementation process to create the B...

Page 73: ...us in the Bus Signal column Bus and Signal Reordering Buses and signals can be reordered in the Waveform window Select one or more signals and buses and drag it to its new location A red line shows th...

Page 74: ...indow default or by the overall sample number in the buffer To display the sample number starting over at 0 for each window select Ruler Sample in Window in the right click menu To display the sample...

Page 75: ...column and drag it to the new location Go to Cursors To automatically scroll the listing view to a cursor right click and select Go To Go To X Cursor or Go To Go To O Cursor Bus Plot Window To view t...

Page 76: ...is for VIO cores only To open the Console for a particular VIO core double click the VIO Console leaf node in the project tree Here you can see the status and activity of the VIO core input signals a...

Page 77: ...ignals and Buses Individual signals and buses can be cut copied pasted or deleted using right click menus Either right click a signal or bus and select the operation desired or use the standard Window...

Page 78: ...dialog box One text field is available for each cycle in the pulse train The text fields are populated by default according to the last value of the bus or signal For buses the fields are always disp...

Page 79: ...itor User Guide See Reference 22 p 225 Virtex 6 FPGA System Monitor User Guide See Reference 23 p 225 7 Series FPGAs XADC Dual 12 Bit 1MSPS Analog to Digital Converter User Guide See Reference 13 p 22...

Page 80: ...selectable via a combo box The default scan rate is 1 s You can also set the sample period to 1 s 2 s 5 s 10 s 30 s 1 min or Manual Scan When Manual Scan is chosen the Sample Once S button becomes en...

Page 81: ...consumes a large amount of disk space To alleviate the problem the log data can be split across multiple separate files based on a log file limit The log file limit can be based on a specific number o...

Page 82: ...End PMA The circuit originates and ends at some external channel endpoint for example external test equipment or another device but passes through the part of the GTX transceiver channel For this GTX...

Page 83: ...resets the bit error and received bit counters It is appropriate to reset the BERT counters after the GTX channel is linked and stable Clocking Settings The TX DCM Reset button resets the DCM that use...

Page 84: ...in binary Some ports are read only and not editable Those cells in the table look like labels The ports in the table that are editable look like text fields and placing the cursor in those fields typi...

Page 85: ...en the Up or Down buttons To revert the sweep attributes and their order to the default setting click the Reset to Default button Click OK to apply the settings or Cancel to exit without saving Sampli...

Page 86: ...are available If File is enabled click Browse to specify the file destination The third screen is the confirmation screen summarizing the source and destination s for the settings Click Apply to execu...

Page 87: ...in the near end GTX transceiver channel It starts at the TX fabric interface passes through the PCS and returns immediately to the RX fabric interface without ever passing through the PMA side of the...

Page 88: ...7 15 23 and 31 and Clk 2x and 10x The RX Bit Error Ratio field contains the currently calculated bit error ratio for the GTX transceiver channel It is expressed as an exponent For instance 1 000E 12 m...

Page 89: ...Settings panel contains a table that is made up of one or more vertical columns and horizontal rows Each column represents a specific active GTX transceiver Each row represents a specific MGT port Not...

Page 90: ...add new parameters to sweep click it in the left hand list and click the arrow button To remove a parameter to sweep click it in the right hand list and click the arrow button To specify the sweep or...

Page 91: ...ed bit error ratio BER The horizontal marker can be moved up and down and the vertical markers can be moved left and right by clicking and dragging them By right clicking in the plot list area on the...

Page 92: ...wse and navigate to the settings file Click Next to go to the next screen The second screen is the destination screen Any combination of the MGTs in the IBERT design and a file are available If File i...

Page 93: ...o feedback path is used Near End PCS The circuit is wholly contained within the near end GTH transceiver channel It starts at the TX fabric interface passes through the PCS and returns immediately to...

Page 94: ...s specified at compile time DRP Settings Panel The DRP Settings panel contains a table displaying the DRP attributes or addresses Each column represents a specific active GTH QUAD because there is one...

Page 95: ...p Parameter table dictates how the parameters are swept The values of the parameters near the top of the table are swept less frequently than the parameters near the bottom of the table In other words...

Page 96: ...s the file limit multiple files with starting iteration number appended to the base file name are created in the same directory as the initial result file Test Results The Test Results panel identifie...

Page 97: ...tion Use the Check All and Uncheck All buttons to select all or none of the transceivers The right hand panel selects which rows are displayed in the MGT BERT settings Use the Check All and Uncheck Al...

Page 98: ...ntains a table that is made up of one or more vertical columns and horizontal rows Each column represents a specific active GTP Transceiver Each row represents a specific control or status setting MGT...

Page 99: ...the GTP transceiver channel To flip the polarity of the TX side of the GTP transceiver check the TX Polarity Invert box The TX Bit Error Inject button inverts the polarity of a single bit in a single...

Page 100: ...compile time DRP Settings Panel The DRP Settings panel contains a table that is made up of one or more vertical columns and horizontal rows Each column represents a specific active GTP transceiver Eac...

Page 101: ...ter table dictates how the parameters are swept The values of the parameters near the top of the table are swept less frequently than the parameters near the bottom of the table In other words the par...

Page 102: ...as the initial result file Test Results The Test Results panel shows the current iteration the elapsed time and the estimated time remaining Below this status information are the test results for eac...

Page 103: ...for 7 Series FPGA GTX Transceivers To open the console for a ChipScope Pro IBERT core for Virtex 7 Kintex 7 FPGA GTX transceivers select Window New Unit Windows and the core desired A dialog box disp...

Page 104: ...device but passes through part of the GTX transceiver channel For this GTX loopback mode the signal comes into the RX pins passes through the PMA through the PCS back through the PMA and returns to th...

Page 105: ...panel contains a table that is made up of one or more vertical columns and horizontal rows Each column represents a specific active GTX transceiver Each row represents a specific DRP attribute or addr...

Page 106: ...right arrow button to add it to the list on the right To remove a parameter to sweep first select it in the right hand list and click the left arrow button To specify the sweep order of the parameter...

Page 107: ...is scanned Test Controls After the sweep test has been set up the test can be started by clicking the Start button After the Start button is clicked the sweep parameter table is disabled and the test...

Page 108: ...correspond to the Horizontal settings in the Scan Settings panel In 1D Bathtub mode the main measurement that is observed in the sweep test plot is the width of the UI opening of the active plot at th...

Page 109: ...settings file The second wizard screen is the destination screen Any combination of the MGTs in the IBERT design and a file are available If File is enabled click Browse to specify the file destinati...

Page 110: ...l It starts at the TX fabric interface passes through the PCS and returns immediately to the RX fabric interface without ever passing through the PMA side of the GTH channel Near End PMA the circuit i...

Page 111: ...select the data pattern that is used by the transmit pattern generator and receive pattern checker respectively These patterns include PRBS 7 15 23 and 31 and Clk 2x and 10x The BERT Settings also in...

Page 112: ...erformed when the corresponding TX endpoint for the link resides in a different device or a different transceiver in the same device The tabbed Sweep Test Settings panel consists of four sections MGT...

Page 113: ...n and the Offset Sample location match then this is not considered an error However if the two bit values do not match then this is considered an error bit causing the bit error ratio BER to increase...

Page 114: ...set sample point Use the selection buttons in the Plot List area on the right side of the Sweep Test Plots panel to show one plot at a time Use the right click menu options to rename the plot Below th...

Page 115: ...tion Use the Check All and Uncheck All buttons to select all or none of the MGTs The right panel selects which rows are displayed in the MGT BERT settings The Default button sets up the Console to dis...

Page 116: ...rtical columns and horizontal rows Each column represents a specific active GTP transceiver Each row represents a specific control or status setting MGT Settings The MGT Alias setting is initially set...

Page 117: ...t out of the TX pins of the GTP transceiver channel To change the polarity of the TX side of the GTP transceiver check the TX Polarity Invert box The TX Bit Error Inject button inverts the polarity of...

Page 118: ...in the text field where the value is type in a new value and press Enter The new value is immediately set in the MGT Port Settings Panel The Port Settings panel contains a table that is made up of on...

Page 119: ...In other words the parameters near the top of the table are in the outer loops of the sweep algorithm while the parameters near the bottom of the table are in the inner loops of the sweep algorithm Ea...

Page 120: ...a particular scan offset location Use the BER option to specify the lowest bit error ratio that should be achieved before moving to the next scan offset Use the Time option to specify how much time s...

Page 121: ...nel Check to show uncheck to hide Plot Name name of the plot Click the text field to change plot name In 1D Bathtub scan algorithm mode the table columns correspond to the following Enable Plot shows...

Page 122: ...Manual Scan When Manual Scan is selected use IBERT_A7GTP Scan Now or the Scan Now or S toolbar button to query the IBERT core IBERT Console Window for 7 Series FPGA GTZ Transceivers To open the consol...

Page 123: ...he TX Bit Error Inject button inverts the polarity of a single bit in a single transmitted word The receiver endpoint of the channel that is connected to this transmitter should detect a single bit er...

Page 124: ...nary Some ports are read only and not editable Those cells in the table look like labels The ports in the table that are editable look like text fields and placing the cursor in those fields typing a...

Page 125: ...set the start and end values for that parameter to the same value The Sweep Value Count column indicates how many values are swept through for a particular parameter After all sweep parameters have v...

Page 126: ...SV log file If the 2D Full Scan algorithm is used each plot corresponds to a sweep across the horizontal and the vertical ranges specified in the Scan Settings panel The color of the plot region corre...

Page 127: ...to select which columns and rows to display in the IBERT Console The left panel selects the MGTs by location Use the Check All and Uncheck All buttons to select all or none of the MGTs The right panel...

Page 128: ...r You can use the standalone IBERT sweep test plot viewer to view CSV sweep test result files that were created by running IBERT sweep tests on the following transceivers Spartan 6 FPGA GTP transceive...

Page 129: ...ipScope Pro Analyzer tool can be started either from the command line or from the Start menu On 32 bit Windows systems you can invoke the ChipScope Pro Analyzer tool from the command line by running X...

Page 130: ...ipScope Pro Analyzer tool exits The default is userprofile chipscope cs_analyzer ini log path and filename log stdout Write log messages to the specified file Specifying stdout writes to standard outp...

Page 131: ...nce 14 p 225 A supported JTAG cable such as Platform Cable USB Parallel Cable IV or Parallel Cable III A Tcl shell xtclsh is provided in the ChipScope Pro and ISE tool installations or the ActiveTcl 8...

Page 132: ...a Tcl Commands page 134 CseCore ChipScope Pro core status commands see CseCore Tcl Commands page 136 CseVIO ChipScope Pro VIO core status and control commands see CseVIO Tcl Commands page 136 Table 5...

Page 133: ...arsing a Boundary Scan Description Language BSDL buffer parse_bsdl_file Extracts device data for a JTAG device by parsing a Boundary Scan Description Language BSDL file Table 5 5 Summary of chipscope...

Page 134: ...IR length of a device get_device_idcode Gets the IDCODE of a device set_device_idcode Sets the IDCODE of a device navigate Navigates to a JTAG TAP state shift_chain_ir Shifts a stream of bits into and...

Page 135: ...tus of an FPGA device chipscope csefpga_is_sys_mon_supported Tests if System Monitor commands are supported for the target FPGA device chipscope csefpga_run_sys_mon_command_sequence Executes a sequenc...

Page 136: ..._core_status Retrieves the static status word from the target ChipScope Pro core chipscope csecore_is_cores_supported Tests if a the target FPGA device supports ChipScope Pro cores Table 5 9 CseVIO Tc...

Page 137: ...chipscope csejtag_target get_pin chipscope csejtag_target pulse_pin chipscope csejtag_target wait_time chipscope csejtag_target get_info chipscope csejtag_tap autodetect_chain chipscope csejtag_tap in...

Page 138: ...d fails Example 1 Create a new session with no optional arguments set handle chipscope csejtag_session create messageRouterFn 2 Create a new session using the client server libraries to a server calle...

Page 139: ...rsion of the CseJtag API library Syntax chipscope csejtag_session get_api_version Arguments There are no arguments for this command Returns A Tcl list containing API version information List elements...

Page 140: ...he command fails Example Send the message Hello World to the message router function chipscope csejtag_session send_message handle CSE_MSG_INFO Hello World Back to list of all CseJtag Tcl Commands Tab...

Page 141: ...me of the JTAG target to open See Table 5 14 for available targetName and optional args combinations If targetName is set to CSEJTAG_TARGET_AUTO then the first available JTAG cable target is opened pr...

Page 142: ...with a frequency of 200000 Returns information on the opened target set targetInfo chipscope csejtag_target open handle CSEJTAG_TARGET_PARALLEL progressFunc port LPT1 frequency 200000 Back to list of...

Page 143: ...ope csejtag_target close handle Arguments Returns An exception is thrown if the subcommand fails Example Close the current target in the specified session chipscope csejtag_target close handle Back to...

Page 144: ...nts Returns Connection status 1 indicates connection to target is open and active 0 indicates closed An exception is thrown if the subcommand fails Example Return current target in the specified sessi...

Page 145: ...D_ME CSEJTAG_LOCKED_OTHER CSEJTAG_UNKNOWN An exception is thrown if the subcommand fails Example Attempt to obtain an exclusive target lock and wait at least 1000 milliseconds Obtains the status of th...

Page 146: ...AG target device Syntax chipscope csejtag_target unlock handle Arguments Returns An exception is thrown if the subcommand fails Example Unlock the target in the specified session chipscope csejtag_tar...

Page 147: ...atus of the lock in the form of one of the following CSEJTAG_LOCKED_ME CSEJTAG_LOCKED_OTHER CSEJTAG_UNKNOWN An exception is thrown if the subcommand fails Example Obtain the current lock status set lo...

Page 148: ...only cleans up locks for JTAG cable targets Syntax chipscope csejtag_target clean_locks handle Arguments Returns An exception is thrown if the subcommand fails Example Clean locks as a last resort bec...

Page 149: ...subcommand before calling this subcommand Syntax chipscope csejtag_target flush handle Arguments Returns An exception is thrown if the subcommand fails Example Attempt to flush an opened and locked bu...

Page 150: ...cope csejtag_tap subcommands use the chipscope csejtag_tap navigate subcommand to set the JTAG TAP state machine to the CSEJTAG_TEST_LOGIC_RESET state Syntax chipscope csejtag_target set_pin handle pi...

Page 151: ...command Syntax chipscope csejtag_target get_pin handle pin Arguments Returns JTAG TAP pin value 1 set 0 clear An exception is thrown if the subcommand fails Example Get the current value of the TDO pi...

Page 152: ...cope csejtag_tap subcommands use the chipscope csejtag_tap navigate subcommand to set the JTAG TAP state machine to the CSEJTAG_TEST_LOGIC_RESET state Syntax chipscope csejtag_target pulse_pin handle...

Page 153: ...mand Syntax chipscope csejtag_target wait_time handle usecs Arguments Returns An exception is thrown if the subcommand fails Example Instruct the JTAG target to wait 1000 microseconds before performin...

Page 154: ...le Obtain information about the current JTAG target set targetInfo chipscope csejtag_target get_info handle Back to list of all CseJtag Tcl Commands Table 5 26 Arguments for Subcommand chipscope csejt...

Page 155: ...Returns An exception is thrown if the subcommand fails to detect the chain completely In the case of such an error the devices in the JTAG chain must be detected and assigned manually Example Attempt...

Page 156: ...ample Attempt to interrogate the chain using the default algorithm chipscope csejtag_tap interrogate_chain handle CSEJTAG_SCAN_DEFAULT Back to list of all CseJtag Tcl Commands Table 5 28 Arguments for...

Page 157: ...calling this subcommand Syntax chipscope csejtag_tap get_device_count handle Arguments Returns The number of devices in the chain An exception is thrown if the subcommand fails Example Obtain the numb...

Page 158: ...before calling this subcommand Syntax chipscope csejtag_tap set_device_count handle count Arguments Returns An exception is thrown if the subcommand fails Example Set the number of devices in the JTA...

Page 159: ...mmand Note The JTAG target must be locked by using the chipscope csejtag_target lock subcommand before calling this subcommand Also the device count must be set prior to calling this subcommand using...

Page 160: ...CODE command Note The JTAG target must be locked by using the chipscope csejtag_target lock subcommand before calling this subcommand Also the device count must be set prior to calling this subcommand...

Page 161: ...ing this subcommand using the chipscope csejtag_tap set_device_count Syntax chipscope csejtag_tap get_device_idcode handle deviceIndex Arguments Returns A 32 character string of ones and zeros represe...

Page 162: ...chipscope csejtag_tap set_device_count Syntax chipscope csejtag_tap set_device_idcode handle deviceIndex idcode Arguments Returns An exception is thrown if the subcommand fails Example Set the IDCODE...

Page 163: ...exception is thrown if the subcommand fails Example Navigate the TAP state to Test Logic Reset and keep it in this state for five additional clock cycles chipscope csejtag_tap navigate handle CSEJTAG_...

Page 164: ...Required Handle to the session that is returned by chipscope csejtag_session create shiftMode CSJTAG_SHIFT_READ CSJTAG_SHIFT_WRITE CSJTAG_SHIFT_READWRITE exitState Statetoendinaftershiftiscomplete CS...

Page 165: ...unction shifts in 64 ones into the instruction register captures the 64 bits of received data and navigates to the Run Test Idle state when finished set hextdobuf chipscope csejtag_tap shift_chain_ir...

Page 166: ...Arguments for Subcommand chipscope csejtag_tap shift_device_ir Argument Type Description handle Required Handle to the session that is returned by chipscope csejtag_session create deviceIndex Device i...

Page 167: ...An exception is thrown if the subcommand fails Example This function shifts in 11 ones into the instruction register of the device at index 1 captures the 11 bits of received data and navigates to th...

Page 168: ...Handle to the session that is returned by chipscope csejtag_session create shiftMode CSJTAG_SHIFT_READ CSJTAG_SHIFT_WRITE CSJTAG_SHIFT_READWRITE exitState State to end in after shift is complete CSEJT...

Page 169: ...unction shifts in 64 ones into the instruction register captures the 64 bits of received data and navigates to the Run Test Idle state when finished set hextdobuf chipscope csejtag_tap shift_chain_dr...

Page 170: ...or Subcommand chipscope csejtag_tap shift_device_dr Argument Type Description handle Required Handle to the session that is returned by chipscope csejtag_session create deviceIndex Device index 0 to n...

Page 171: ...TAP An exception is thrown if the subcommand fails Example This function shifts in 11 ones into the data register of the device at index 1 captures the 11 bits of received data and navigates to the R...

Page 172: ...e subcommand fails Example Adding data from the file my_idcode lst to the internal device database Also store the data record buffer and buffer size in local variables chipscope csejtag_db add_device_...

Page 173: ...f bits in the IR of the device cmd_bypass String containing the BYPASS instruction for the device usually all ones An exception is thrown if the subcommand fails Example Look in the database for the d...

Page 174: ...g containing the device name An exception is thrown if the subcommand fails Example Look in the database for the name of the device belonging to IDCODE 01010101010101010101010101010101 set deviceName...

Page 175: ...the size of the IR in bits An exception is thrown if the subcommand fails Example Look in the database for the IR length of the device belonging to IDCODE 01010101010101010101010101010101 set irlen ch...

Page 176: ...of the device cmd_bypass String containing the BYPASS instruction for the device usually all ones An exception is thrown if the subcommand fails Example Extract device information from the file device...

Page 177: ...aining the name of the device irlen Number of bits in the IR of the device idcode IDCODE of the device cmd_bypass String containing the BYPASS instruction for the device usually all ones An exception...

Page 178: ...csefpga_configure_device chipscope csefpga_configure_device_with_file chipscope csefpga_get_config_reg chipscope csefpga_get_instruction_reg chipscope csefpga_get_usercode chipscope csefpga_get_user_c...

Page 179: ...e Do not remove Windows unix end of line characters from fileData fileDataByteLen Required Length of fileData byte array in bytes optional args Optional Enables additional device configuration options...

Page 180: ...s verify_internal_done verify_internal_done true verify_internal_done false Read internal device DONE status after configuration from the device JTAG instruction register Default is verify_internal_do...

Page 181: ...e mydesign bit set configStatus chipscope csefpga_configure_device handle 2 fileName CSE_DEFAULT_OPTIONS progressCallBack Back to list of all CseFpga Tcl Commands Table 5 48 Arguments for Subcommand c...

Page 182: ...Buf A comma separated list of strings that represent configuration register bit names An exception is thrown if the command fails Example Read the contents of the configuration register of the third d...

Page 183: ...imal bitNameBuf A comma separated list of strings that represent configuration register bit names An exception is thrown if the command fails Example Read the contents of the configuration register of...

Page 184: ...s of the USERCODE register in hexadecimal An exception is thrown if the command fails Example Read the contents of the USERCODE register of the third device in the JTAG chain set usercode csefpga_get_...

Page 185: ...in the device 0 if the device does not have any USER scan chain registers An exception is thrown if the command fails Example Get the number of USER scan chain registers supported by the device to whi...

Page 186: ...vice referred to by idcode is supported by the csefpga_configure_device command otherwise returns 0 An exception is thrown if the command fails Example Determine if the device referred to by idcode ca...

Page 187: ...o by deviceIndex is configured otherwise returns 0 An exception is thrown if the command fails Example Get the configuration status of the third device in the JTAG chain set isConfigured csefpga_is_co...

Page 188: ...e device referred to by idcode contains a System Monitor block otherwise returns 0 An exception is thrown if the command fails Example Determine if the device referred to by idcode contains a System M...

Page 189: ...list 10 11 list 55AA 0000 list 1 0 2 Back to list of all CseFpga Tcl Commands Table 5 56 Arguments for Subcommand chipscope csefpga_run_sys_mon_command_sequence Argument Type Description handle Requi...

Page 190: ...s hexAddress An exception is thrown if the command fails Example For the second device in the JTAG chain read the System Monitor register at address 0x07 set hexOutData csefpga_get_sys_mon_reg handle...

Page 191: ...TAG chain write 0xABCD to the System Monitor register at address 0x09 csefpga_set_sys_mon_reg handle 1 9 abcd Back to list of all CseFpga Tcl Commands Table 5 58 Arguments for Subcommand chipscope cse...

Page 192: ...hain register Syntax chipscope csecore_get_core_count handle deviceIndex userRegNumber Arguments Returns The number of cores An exception is thrown if the command fails Example Get the number of cores...

Page 193: ...on the second USER register set coreRef list 3 2 0 set coreStatus csecore_get_core_status handle coreRef Back to list of all CseCore Tcl Commands Table 5 60 Arguments for Subcommand chipscope csecore...

Page 194: ...evice referred to by idcode supports ChipScope Pro cores otherwise returns 0 An exception is thrown if the command fails Example Determine if device referred to by idcode supports ChipScope Pro cores...

Page 195: ...tus word from the target VIO core Syntax chipscope csevio_get_core_info handle list deviceIndex userRegNumber coreIndex coreInfoTclArray Arguments Table 5 62 Arguments for Subcommand chipscope csevio_...

Page 196: ...Element Description manufacturerId Manufacturer ID integer CSEVIO_MANUFACTURER_ID Manufacturer s ID 1 for Xilinx CSEVIO_CORE_TYPE Core Type field different for each ChipScope Core VIO should be 9 CSEV...

Page 197: ...rst core connected to ICON core inside fourth device on second USER register is a VIO core set coreRef list 3 2 0 set isVIO csevio_is_vio_core handle coreRef Back to list of all CseVIO Tcl Commands Ta...

Page 198: ...re connected to ICON core inside fourth device on second USER register is a VIO core set coreRef list 3 2 0 csevio_init_core handle coreRef Back to list of all CseVIO Tcl Commands Table 5 64 Arguments...

Page 199: ...connected to ICON core inside fourth device on second USER register is a VIO core set coreRef list 3 2 0 csevio_terminate_core handle coreRef Back to list of all CseVIO Tcl Commands Table 5 65 Argumen...

Page 200: ...ist of all CseVIO Tcl Commands Table 5 66 Arguments for Subcommand chipscope csevio_define_signal Argument Type Description handle Required Handle to the session that is returned by chipscope csejtag_...

Page 201: ...o list of all CseVIO Tcl Commands Table 5 67 Arguments for Subcommand chipscope csevio_define_bus Argument Type Description handle Required Handle to the session that is returned by chipscope csejtag_...

Page 202: ...ist 3 2 0 set csevio_undefine_name handle coreRef control_bus CSEVIO_SYNC_OUTPUT Back to list of all CseVIO Tcl Commands Table 5 68 Arguments for Subcommand chipscope csevio_undefine_name Argument Typ...

Page 203: ...Tcl Commands Table 5 69 Arguments for Subcommand chipscope csevio_write_values Argument Type Description handle Required Handle to the session that is returned by chipscope csejtag_session create list...

Page 204: ...s Argument Type Description handle Required Handle to the session that is returned by chipscope csejtag_session create list deviceIndex userRegNumber coreIndex A list containing three elements Device...

Page 205: ...linx ISE Design Suite or in the ActiveTcl 8 4 Tcl shell tclsh from ActiveState Software Inc See Reference 24 p 226 To run the Tcl example in a command line shell change to the directory where csejtag_...

Page 206: ...3 October 16 2012 Chapter 5 ChipScope Engine Tcl Interface Other example Tcl scripts such as the CSE VIO example Tcl script called csevio_example1 tcl can be found in the same directory as csejtag_ex...

Page 207: ...rors and issues you might face when using the ChipScope Pro tools In addition this appendix provides a general practices for troubleshooting your ChipScope Pro and Xilinx JTAG based programming cable...

Page 208: ...lation directory for ChipScope Pro tools to operate correctly On Windows systems select Start Settings Control Panel System Advanced System Variables Set the environment variable XILINX to point to yo...

Page 209: ...verifying correct cable connections see Table A 3 page 211 For troubleshooting issues related to INFO Cable connection failed messages see Table A 4 page 211 For troubleshooting issues related to ERR...

Page 210: ...01 INFO Opened socket connection localhost 50001 localhost 127 0 0 1 INFO Connecting to cable Usb Port USB21 INFO Checking cable driver INFO Driver file xusbdfwu sys found INFO Driver version src 1027...

Page 211: ...bit SYS 12 35 07 version 811 INFO LPT base address 0378h INFO ECP base address 0778h INFO ECP hardware is detected INFO Cable connection established INFO Connecting to cable Parallel Port LPT1 in ECP...

Page 212: ...hain Platform Cable USB In the dialog box check to make sure that the Port setting is set to the correct port enumeration for the desired cable For instance for the first enumerated cable select port...

Page 213: ...if target voltage is in the proper range and applied to the correct pin The issue here is usually an incorrect voltage on the VCC Go to Issue 2 2 Is the target board powered on If NO Check that the b...

Page 214: ...t Modify connections so that you have a valid chain A different ribbon cable or fly leads for connection might help Alternatively a different board might not have the issue If YES Go to Issue 3 3 Is s...

Page 215: ...o obtain the resistor value Spartan 3 FPGA Configuration User Guide See Reference 7 p 225 Spartan 6 FPGA Configuration User Guide See Reference 8 p 225 Virtex 4 FPGA Configuration User Guide See Refer...

Page 216: ...your system is denying access to the port socket Go to Issue 2 2 Are you running any firewall applications that might prevent the ChipScope Pro Analyzer tool from connecting to a TCP IP socket If YES...

Page 217: ...pScope Pro Analyzer tool polls the JTAG chain for a status word that indicates the number and type s of core s in the device The reading of the status word can result in corrupt date either by noise o...

Page 218: ...pj file immediately after ChipScope Pro Analyzer tool launches before any other action If NO Go to Issue 5 5 Are there any non Xilinx devices in the JTAG chain If YES You must enter the instruction re...

Page 219: ...8 Have the core constraints being applied correctly If NO or NOT SURE Check that a PERIOD constraint has been added to the clock used as the Clock for your ILA If there is no constraint on this net in...

Page 220: ...clock is running but your trigger condition never occurs In the Trigger Setup windows ensure that you have set the condition correctly if you are certain that this event the trigger condition happens...

Page 221: ...the NCF file associated with the core was applied If the core netlist file ngc ngo was moved during implementation the associated constraint file ncf might not have been moved accordingly If YES Go to...

Page 222: ...y be corrupt message can appear You must re implement your design ensuring that this attribute is set for your ICON generation If YES Go to Issue 4 4 Have the core constraints been applied correctly I...

Page 223: ...cs_analyzer log file is stored in your homepath chipscope directory This location is typically the same as C Documents and Settings username chipscope On Linux The cs_analyzer log file is stored in y...

Page 224: ...224 www xilinx com ChipScope Pro Software and Cores User Guide UG029 v14 3 October 16 2012 Appendix A ChipScope Pro Tools Troubleshooting Guide...

Page 225: ...2 Spartan 3 Generation Configuration User Guide 8 UG380 Spartan 6 FPGA Configuration User Guide 9 UG071 Virtex 4 FPGA Configuration User Guide 10 UG191 Virtex 5 FPGA Configuration User Guide 11 UG360...

Page 226: ...Cores User Guide UG029 v14 3 October 16 2012 Appendix B References Other references 24 ActiveState 25 Agilent Technologies 26 Tcl Developer Xchange 27 Byte Tools 28 UG480 7 Series FPGAs XADC Dual 12 B...

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