Can I Perform a Low-Level Diagnostic on the Wiggler JTAG Cable and Connection?

Can I Perform a Low-Level Diagnostic on the Wiggler
JTAG Cable and Connection?

There are a number of reasons why the FastChip software may fail to communicate with a target board connected via the JTAG download cable. These reasons include:

No power to the target board.
The JTAG download cable may not be connected properly to the target board
The low-level drivers may not be properly installed.
The TCP/IP protocol may not be properly installed on the computer
The printer port may be misconfigured. The Wiggler works in any mode except ECP mode. You may need to check your BIOS settings in order to modify the parallel port mode.

To use the low-level driver to diagnose potential system problems, perform the following steps:

Open a DOS window.

Change the drive setting to the drive containing the Triscend FastChip software.

For example, if the software is on the D drive, enter the following at the DOS prompt:

Change the directory setting to the Triscend FastChip software directory. If you installed the software in the default location, enter the following at the DOS prompt:

cd "\Program Files\Triscend\FastChip_1999"

If not using the default location, modify the path to match your specific set up. (You will need to put the full path within double quotes because it contains a space.)

Verify that the JTAG download cable is properly connected between your printer port and the Triscend E5 Development Board. Also, be sure that power is applied to the development board.

Start the low-level driver called SPIDERD. At the DOS prompt, enter:

spiderd -d 5005

Another DOS box will appear. The SPIDERD driver will attempt to load the proper DLL driver. If successful, SPIDERD will then attempt to find the JTAG download cable to the printer port settings.

Click the MS-DOS icon. Select Edit, click Mark.

Left-click, hold and drag mouse to select the relevant text inside the DOS box.

Click the MS-DOS icon. Select Edit, click Copy Enter from the menu.

Paste the selected text into an e-mail application and send the results to SupportCenter@triscend.com. We will then identify potential downloading problems.

The following is an example of what the SPIDERD driver reports on a machine with FastChip properly installed, but with no JTAG download cable attached:

Searching for the Wiggler DLL... found in the current directory.

Trying LPT1: ...

Wiggler error: 0x03 [CABLE_DISCONNECTED]

Trying LPT2: ...

Wiggler error: 0x03 [CABLE_DISCONNECTED]

Trying LPT3: ...

Wiggler error: 0x03 [CABLE_DISCONNECTED]

Could not set up host <--> target connection!

spiderd: could not initialize target 'TE5'

Press ENTER to exit...

FastChip Version: 1999.0.0

This solution may or may not apply to other versions of the FastChip development system.