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Chapter 25: Trace System MegaCore Function 25–5
Operating the Trace System from System Console
January 2013 Altera Corporation Video and Image Processing Suite
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4. After loading your design, link it to the devices detected by System Console. Do
one of the following:
■ In the System Console window, right click on the device folder, and click Link
device to. Then select your uploaded design.
If your design has a JTAG USERCODE, the System Console is able to match it
to the device and automatically links it after design is loaded.
1 To set a JTAG USERCODE, in the Quartus II software, under Device
Assignments menu, click Device and Pin Options>General Category, and
turn on Auto Usercode.
■ From the System Console TCL shell, type the following command to manually
link the design:
[design_link <design> <device>]
1 Both <design> and <device> are System Console paths as returned by, for
example,
[lindex [get_service_paths design] 0] .
When the design is loaded and linked, the nodes representing the Trace System and
the monitors are visible.
Trace Within The System Console
When the System Console detects a trace system, the Tools menu shows Trace Table
View. Select this option to display the trace table view configuration dialogue box.
Each detected trace system contains an entry at the Select hardware drop down
menu. Select one of them and the available settings for its monitors will display. Each
type of monitor provides a different set of settings, which can be changed by clicking
on the Value column.
Figure 25–3 shows the trace control bar, which lets you control the acquisition of data
through the trace system.
Figure 25–3. Trace Control Bar Icons
SETTINGS STOP
PAUSE
SAVE
FILTER CONTROL
FILTER
EXPORTSTART