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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I decided, after an email from Dave wa8ywq, to
update the firmware. Dave gave me some step-by-step instructions
so t</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>his is what I did and what
happened.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN>1. Created a directory C:\HPSDR\USB
Blaster</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN>2. Right click on it and select SVN
Checkout. The directory is loaded</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN>3. Find Read Me.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN>4. Logged into Altera and created an
account (JB 66).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN>5. Downloaded the download manager
and then the Quartus II Programmer and Signal Tap II. Installed
in:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN>
C:\altera\90sp2\qprogrammer.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN>6. Installed just the Ozy board,
cabled it up and turned it on. Nice connect sound.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN>7. Ran the file usbblaster.bat by
double clicking on it, It disconnect Ozy and reconnected a couple of times then
completed.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN>8.Opened the Device Manager and got
it to scan for new hardware since this seems to be what the Altera instructions
wants. Vista went out looking through its updates (couldn't stop it from trying)
but finally came back and asked me where to look. I entered the location of the
driver in the Altera directory.</SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN>9. This did work and the Device
Manager now shows \Universal Serial Bus controllers\Altera
USB-Blaster.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN>10.Set the jumper on the JTAG JP7 for
Mercury (slot 5).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN>11. Turned on the system and ran the
Program-Mecury-EPCS16.bat script. Many errors came up to do
with: </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN lang=EN>" Could not find: VID and
PID". Then I moved Mercury to slot J6 and Ozy to slot J7 and ran the bat
again. </DIV>
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<P>This time it ran much further but then I came to a problem in the bat
itself (I think). I got several messages like:</P>
<P>"usb_find_busses returned: 1" and "usb_find_devices returned:1" which I
expect are good returns from routines. I got:</P>
<P>"UploadFirmware<'\ozyfw-sdr1k.hex\'>...HPSDR_UploadFirmware:Precessed
740 lines.. Returns 740"</P>
<P>Then the bat came tot:</P>
<P>Which version of the Quartus Programmer are you using?</P>
<P>1. Quartus V8.1</P>
<P>2. Quartus V9.0</P>
<P>3 Quartus V9.0sp1</P>
<P>Q.Quit</P>
<P>I had Quartus V9.0sp2 which wasn't on the list so I picked choice 3.
The bat ran again until it came to:</P>
<P>Type the number and press Enter:3</P>
<P>A. Program using Mercury_v1</P>
<P>B. Program using Mercury_v2.1</P>
<P>. . .</P>
<P>H. Program using Mercury_v2.7</P>
<P>Q. Quit</P>
<P>Type the letter and press Enter:H "I selected 'H' simply because
it was the latest.</P>
<P>The bat replied "The system cannot find the path specified." and then
quit.</P>
<P>==========================================</P>
<P>It sounds like I am nearly ready to program the FPGA. What do you
think? Should I see if I can find Quartus V9.0sp1 and try again?</P>
<P>Regards.......... Jim</P></DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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