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iMPACT:923 - Can not find cable, check cable setup !

I have just bought myself a Sparten 3 starter kit, I usually use a 2E kit in my lab and have never had any problems, however when trying to connect to the board using iMpact (part of ISE 8.2i) I get error 923, the console output is:

Welcome to iMPACT // *** BATCH CMD : setMode -bs // *** BATCH CMD : setMode -bs GUI --- Auto connect to cable... // *** BATCH CMD : setCable -port auto AutoDetecting cable. Please wait. PROGRESS_START - Starting Operation. Connecting to cable (Parallel Port - LPT1). Checking cable driver. Installing WinDriver6...Installing WinDriver6... Installer exit code = 1. Successful. Connecting to cable (Parallel Port - LPT2). Checking cable driver. Installing WinDriver6...Installing WinDriver6... Installer exit code = 1. Successful. Connecting to cable (Parallel Port - LPT3). Checking cable driver. Installing WinDriver6...Installing WinDriver6... Installer exit code = 1. Successful. Connecting to cable (Parallel Port - LPT4). Checking cable driver. Installing WinDriver6...Installing WinDriver6... Installer exit code = 1. Successful. Connecting to cable (Usb Port - USB21). Invalid OS minor version = 2. Cable connection failed. PROGRESS_END - End Operation. Elapsed time = 3 sec. Cable autodetection failed. WARNING:iMPACT:923 - Can not find cable, check cable setup !

The board is on LPT1, and I have never had any problems with that parallel port as I use it to print when my board isn't connected!

Anyone have and ideas?

TIA

Reply to
Skyrunner
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What is the interface voltage for the Spartan3 header? If it's 2.5V, the Programming Cable III has a little trouble working with the in/out levels. Try strapping the Vref to 3.3V instead. It powers the buffers in the Parallel Cable III.

Just FYI: this isn't any trouble for the Parallel Cable IV or the USB Programming Cable.

- John_H

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John_H

I can find any definitive info as to what the board uses for the JTAG interface, some people say 2.5V, other say 3.3V, how would I got about changing this? I can't seem to find anything in the board manual.

I did intend to get the Parallel IV cable but I couldn't get one with my development board order (so I am using the bundled 3) and they seem to be quite hard to source in the UK.

Cheers,

Reply to
Skyrunner

The Windriver6 "Installer exit code=1" followed by "Success" is suspicious, especially repeated for each port. It looks like a failure to install Windriver; can you check this instllation outside Impact?

Available from the online store at

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and they do ship to the UK. Check if currently in stock...

I try to work with UK distributors, but when they quote a 6 week leadtime for something ex-stock (or even a software download, and I'm not kidding!) it's VERY good to have that option.

- Brian

Reply to
Brian Drummond

Just a thought - I remember having to play with the EPP ECP port configuration in the BIOS to get the cable to work properly.

Maybe that was just for the high-speed though...

Ben

Reply to
Benjamin Todd

WinDriver is installed and I have verified that the driver files are there, I even updated to the latest version, 8.1.0 from Jungo.

I have tried it with my parallel port set to ECP and ECP+EPP and no joy!

Reply to
Skyrunner

I have just installed ISE on my laptop and it is connectiong to the board perfectly! Thankfully it means the cable and board are fine, it's obviously a software issue that I can now fix at my leisure!

Thanks for you help!

Reply to
Skyrunner

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