Re: Xilinx legacy situation

Tim Forcer wrote:

> Neil Glenn Jacobson wrote:
>>
>> iMPACT (all versions, full or WebPACK install) has
>> supported and does support download via Parallel
>> Cable III (in fact, I have one on my desk
>> and it works just fine) as well as configuration
>> of legacy devices.
>
> Err, not the version embedded in Project Navigator.  It scans
> all the ports (USB, LPT1:n, COM1:n) looking for a compatible
> cable.  This takes quite a while.  Then it stops and asks the
> user to define the cable.  Click "Parallel" and "lpt1" and it
> says there's nothing there.
>
> We think we're not unique in having this problem:
>
<http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=%25Qjv7.59250%24y7.681072%40dbsch1.hom
e.nl>.
>
> We did try the various fixes suggested by
>
<http://support.xilinx.com/xlnx/xil_ans_display.jsp?iLanguageID=1&iCountryID
=1&getPagePath=15742>
> - so far without success.  What we've gone with for the time
> being is Webpack iMPACT running stand-alone.

In my experience, Parallel Cable III only works with the port in SPP (old
fashioned unidirectional) mode, not EPP or ECP mode.

Karl Olsen