
Connecting the Bitporter Pod Handling Multiple Pods Connected to the Same PC
Bitporter User Guide
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contains elements of Jam STAPL Player Version 2.5 (20040526)
Copyright (C) 1997-2004 Altera Corporation
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* Attempting to find all reachable pods: *
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Attempting to auto-detect Bitporter pods (USB pods and Ethernet pods on
this subnet)...
...autodetection found 3 pods.
|==========|======================================|
| Pod | Detected |
| Name | Availability |
|==========|======================================|
| usb12345 | ++AVAILABLE++ |
| net12346 | --in use, owner is 192.168.100.123-- |
| net12347 | ++AVAILABLE++ |
|==========|======================================|
Refer to “Connecting to Specific Pods by Name (‐p option)” in Chapter4–Using the
AchronixSTAPLPlayerforcompletedetails.
Bitporter-to-Target-Device Connectivity Test
ToverifytheconnectiontothetargetdeviceviatheBitporterpod:
1. OpenacommandpromptandnavigatetotheSTAPLplayerinstallationdirectory.
2. Atthecommandprompt, run:
acx_stapl_player -aREAD_IDCODE read_idcode.jam
Note: Thefileread_idcode.jamisonthedevkitCDinthe/Softwaredirectory.If
thatfileisunavailable,theREAD_IDCODEaction
isalsopresentineverySTAPLbitstream
(*.jam)filegeneratedbyACE.
AftersuccessfullyconnectingtotheBitporterPod,theprogramreturnsthedeviceID
codeofthetargetdevice(examplebelowshowsaSPD60IDcode):
Entering JTAG programming mode...
Reading Device ID code...
IDCODE=0011000 00000000 00001011 001000001
Exiting JTAG programming mode...
Exit code = 0... Success
Handling Multiple Pods Connected to the Same PC
BydefaulttheAchronixSTAPLPlayerassumesthatitisoperatingwithasinglelocalBitporter
pod.Ifthisistrue,nospecialactionsbytheuserarenecessary—whenacx_stapl_playerfinds
onlyonepodduringtheauto‐detectionphase,itusesthatpod.
The Achronix STAPL Player can support multiple
users sharing a collection or pool of
Bitporter pods connected to a single PC via USB, and/or Bitporter pods connected to a
collectionofPCsviaEthernet.
Important! Whenmultiplepodsareauto‐detected,butadesiredpodisnotspecifiedwiththe-p
command‐lineoption,acx_stap l_playerexitswithanerror,
informingtheuserthattheymustspecify
(byname)whichpod(s)is/aretobeused.(Automatedselectionofpodswouldbeerror‐prone,sinceit
wouldlikelyinterruptalready‐runningtests.)
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