ppdev. It was written against impact from ISE Webpack 9.1SP1 and tested with
the following software:
- * ISE Webpack 9.1SP3
- * ISE Webpack 9.1SP2
- * ISE Webpack 9.1SP1
+ * ISE Webpack 9.2SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4
+ * ISE Webpack 9.1SP1, SP2, SP3
* ISE Webpack 8.2SP3
* ISE Webpack 8.1SP3
- * ChipScope 9.1.03i
- * ChipScope 9.1.02i
+ * ChipScope 9.2.01i, 9.2.02i, 9.2.03i, 9.2.04i
+ * ChipScope 9.1.02i, 9.1.03i
* ChipScope 8.2.04i
- * EDK 9.1.02i
- * EDK 9.1.01i
+ * EDK 9.2.01i, 9.2.02i
+ * EDK 9.1.01i, 9.1.02i
* EDK 8.2.02i
* EDK 8.1.02i
+ * Synplicity Identify
In addition to the XILINX USB and parallel cables, devices based on the FTDI
2232 serial converter chip are also experimentally supported. This includes
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To use the device as an ordinary user, put the following line in a new
-file in /etc/udev/rules.d/ and restart udev:
+file "libusb-driver.rules" in /etc/udev/rules.d/ and restart udev:
ACTION=="add", BUS=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="03fd", MODE="666"
2. Install the package containing /sbin/fxload from your linux distribution.
It is usually called "fxload"
-3. copy the file /path/to/ISE/bin/lin/xusbdfwu.hex to /usr/share/xusbdfwu.hex
+3. copy the files /path/to/ISE/bin/lin/xusb*.hex to /usr/share/
4. restart udev and re-plug the cable
+If you have multiple cables connected, you can specify the cable to use
+in the XILINX_USB_DEV environment-variable as "bus:device".
+These identifiers are available in the output of lsusb:
+Bus 001 Device 004: ID 03fd:0008 Xilinx, Inc.
+ ^^^ ^^^
+To use this cable, set the XILINX_USB_DEV variable to "001:004".
+
+
Notes for the parallel cable
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The support for FTDI 2232 based devices is experimental and they are currently
significantly slower than the other supported cables.
+
+
+Locked cables
+=============
+
+If you get the message 'The cable is being used by another application.' from
+impact, try running the following command:
+
+echo -e 'cleancablelock\nexit' | impact -batch