Problems with ISE Source Wizard


tuxadecimal

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Hi, I just bought a Papilio One - 500K. While waiting for it to arrive I was playing around with the ISE Software and I was trying to follow the DCM tutorial but was unable to use the ISE IP Wizard. Here are my project settings:

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When I try and go into the soure wizard and add the DCM it says it's not compatible with my part:

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But it is:

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In fact, I can't add any IP to it. Everything everywhere is grayed out. If I click on "Only IP compatible with chosen part" I get nothing:

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Can someone show me what I am missing? Thanks very much in advance for any assistance!

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Hi Tuxadecimal,

Not sure if this is your problem, but I found out the very latest Webpack ISE version 14.4 is no longer compatible with the Spartan 3E part used in the Papilio One (at least for IP cores). This version was only released very recently. However, the good news is the older 14.3 version should still be available (only another 6GB download away...).

I recently tried to upgrade to 14.4 (in the hopes it would help with the 14.3 BMM block ram mapping tool crashing for me) and found out about this compatibility issue out the hard way (with basically the symptoms you describe). I found I have to keep using 14.3 for the Papilio One.

-Xark

P.S. From reading the notes 14.4 *should* be OK with Papilio Pro Spartan 6, but I still had problems with IP cores (error message when trying to get a list if IP cores, so I suspect a bug). Sticking with 14.3 for Spartan 6 too for the time being. :-)

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Thank you for your help! My license was fine, tried that first but the problem was with the 14.4 version of ISE. 14.3 fixes the problem. I appreciate the suggestion because I was going to uninstall and reinstall 14.4 thinking that might be my problem, considering I hadn't used any previous version it would not have occurred to me that it could be my problem. Thanks again!

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Yes, I gather there is a precedent for Xilinx to discontinue older products in newer tool revisions.  However, they should keep the ISE 14.3 download available for an extended period.

 

It would probably be a good plan to add a note about this issue to the Papilio download page (a 6GB download is a terrible thing to waste). :-)

 

I am curious if anybody else has tried 14.4 ISE for Spartan 6 (as used in Papilio Pro/Plus) with success?

 

-Xark

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  • 2 weeks later...

Here is a solution to this emailed to me by Gary Ashton-Jones:

 

"I found a note on the Net to do a full install of ISE 14.4 not a WebPack install (but only acquire a WebPack licence) and the IP will be installed. Apparently a bug.

 

So I deleted the Xilinx folder and re-install and I can find all the IP now."

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Thanks Hamster,

 

I tried that and indeed, now Spartan 6 IP is working nicely for me with ISE 14.4 (and co-exists nicely with ISE 14.3 for Spartan 3E use).

 

Part of me is just a tiny bit sad that I probably won't even miss those gigabytes that are wasted on my hard drive. :-)

 

-Xark

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Hello,

 

Another little update for others finding this thread.  I looked into the 14.3 vs 14.4 ISE issue again today and found that Xilinx now has a proper "device pack" upgrade for ISE 14.4 available here: http://www.xilinx.co...nload/index.htm

 

After installing the update, I no longer have problems any problems using 14.4 with Spartan 3E IP cores and I think this also addresses the issue forcing you to do a "full install" for Spartan 6 IP cores (that Hamster mentioned).

 

Apparently the removal of 3E IP cores in 14.4 was "accidental" - i.e. a bug (which is nice to know for Papilio One owners).

 

- Xark

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