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2.1i FPGA Editor - ERROR:Portability:90 - Command line error: Switch '-usedpin' is unexpected


Record #7329

Product Family: Software

Product Line: Merged Core

Product Part: FPGA Editor

Product Version: 2.1i

Problem Title:

2.1i FPGA Editor - ERROR:Portability:90 - Command line error: Switch '-usedpin' is unexpected



Problem Description:
Urgency: Standard

General Description: There are some known problems with the way FPGA Editor
writes out the script file used to save probes. When a corrupt script file is loaded from FPGA Editor (Probes -> Open Probes), the following error message will occur.

ERROR:Portability:90 - Command line error: Switch '-usedpin' is unexpected


Solution 1:

This issue has been fixed in the latest 2.1i Service Pack available at:
http://support.xilinx.com/support/techsup/sw_updates/

As a workaround, The probe.scr file can be modified. It should contains a
line similar to...
"probe add netname -usedpin P123" or "probe add netname -targetpins -usedpin P123".

Simply edit this text file, and replace this line with...
"probe add netname -targetpins P123"




End of Record #7329 - Last Modified: 11/18/99 14:39

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