Xilinx VC707, Getting Started

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8 www.xilinx.com Getting Started with the VC707 Evaluation Kit
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Chapter 1: Getting Started with the Virtex-7 FPGA VC707 Evaluation Kit
6. Select an unused COM Port Number and then click OK . Figure 1-4 shows COM1 as the
selected COM port number.
7. Click OK in the properties window ( Figure 1-3, page 7 ), and then close the Device
Manager and the Control Panel.
Install the Terminal Program
Download and install the Tera Term Pro terminal program on the host computer. Tera Term
is available for download at no cost from the
LogMeTT download page.
To communicate with the VC707 board, configure the New Connection and Serial Port
settings as shown in
Figure 1-5 . These settings must match the host computer COM port
settings shown in Figure 1-3, page 7 and Figure 1-4 .
Preliminary setup is complete and the reference designs can now be run.
X-Ref Target - Figure 1-4
Figure 1-4: Advanced Settings
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S elect a n u n us ed COM port
X-Ref Target - Figure 1-5
Figure 1-5: TeraTerm Pro Settings
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