Using the JTAG Server

In the dialog box you can add JTAG servers. A JTAG server allows different applications to share access to JTAG cables (such as the ByteBlaster cable). Clients connect to the server using a TCP/IP connection. You can access JTAG cables connected to a remote computer, which is useful when you use an operating system that has no fast JTAG hardware available.

You can specify that remote clients should be enabled to connect to the JTAG server in the Configure Local JTAG Server dialog box, which you can access from the JTAG Settings tab of the Hardware Setup dialog box.

You can specify the remote server you want to connect to in the dialog box. When you connect to a remote server, the programming hardware that you attached to the remote server is displayed in the Hardware Settings tab.

You create these files, as follows, to store programming data for programming, configuring, verifying, and blank-checking one or more devices in a JTAG chain.

In the Programmer, in the Mode list select JTAG.
Add a device to the JTAG chain or add a programming file to the JTAG chain.
On the File menu, point to Create/Update and click Create Jam, SVF, or ISC File.
In the File name box, type the name of the file ( Jam file (.jam), Jam Byte Code File (.jbc), Serial Vector Format File (.svf), or In System Configuration File (.isc)) you want to create, or select the file name by clicking Browse.
In the File format list, select the file type that you want to create.
Under Operation, select the operation of the Serial Vector Format file.
Under Programming options, choose or type the options you wish to use. Blank-check is only available for Serial Vector Format files.
Click OK.

In Programmer, click Hardware.
In the Hardware Setup dialog box, click the JTAG Settings tab.
Click Add Server or select an existing server and click Remove Server.
In the Add Server dialog box, type the name of the JTAG server in the Server Name box.
In the Server Password box, type the password for the JTAG server.
Click OK.

In Programmer, click Hardware Setup.
In the Hardware Setup dialog box, click the JTAG Settings tab.
Click Configure Local JTAG Server.
In the Configure Local JTAG Server dialog box, turn on Enable remote clients to connect to the local JTAG server.
In the Password box, type the password for your local JTAG Server.
In the Confirm Password box, retype the same password.
Click OK.

On the File menu, point to Create/Update, and then click Create/Update IPS File.

To edit an I/O Pin State File (.ips), click Open IPS File.
1. In the ISP Clamp State Editor dialog box, again click Open IPS File.
2. In the Select I/O Pin State File dialog box, browse to the I/O Pin State file you wish to open and edit.

Important: The ISP Clamp State Editor works only with MAX II and MAX 7000AE devices.

To choose the device from which to create the I/O Pin State File (.ips) follow these steps:
1. Click Select Device.
2. In the Select Devices dialog box, select a device family and turn on a device name.

Specify the following device options:
1. To create an I/O Pin State file, select a device family in the Device family list, and turn on a device name.
2. To edit an I/O Pin State file, select the device family of the device used in the I/O Pin State file in the Device family list, and turn on the device name of the device used in the I/O Pin State File.
To edit a pin name, perform the following steps:
1. Select the row of the pin name you want to edit and click Change Name, or click the pin's Name cell.
2. In the Name cell, type the new name of the pin.
To edit the ISP CLAMP state of a pin, perform the following steps:
1. Select the row of the pin name you want to edit and click Change State, or click the pin's ISP CLAMP State cell.
2. In the ISP CLAMP State cell, select the pin state.
Save the I/O Pin State file.

In the Device list in the Programmer, select the device to which you want to add, change or delete an I/O Pin State File (.ips).

Note: You must have a device for which you can generate an I/O Pin State File selected in the programmer list for the Add IPS File command to work

To add an I/O Pin State File, on the Edit menu, click Add IPS File and perform the following steps:
1. Select the I/O Pin State file you want to add to the device.
2. Click Open.
3. If you want to use the I/O Pin State file with a programmer operation, turn on ISP CLAMP in the programming list.

To edit an I/O Pin State File assigned to a device in the Programmer, perform the following steps:
1. In the programmer list, in the IPS File list, select the I/O Pin State File you want to change.
2. Right-click Change IPS File.
3. Select the new I/O Pin State File.
4. Click Open.
5. If you want to use the I/O Pin State File with a programmer operation, turn on ISP CLAMP in the programming list.
To delete an I/O Pin State File assigned to a device in a Chain Description File, perform the following steps:
1. In the programming list, in the IPS File list, select the I/O Pin State File you want to delete.
2. Right-click Delete IPS File.