Setting Up Programming Options

After successfully compiling a design, you can open the Programmer and set options that control device programming. You can control the device configuration, and you can select from a variety of programming file formats for use in further programming or device configuration.

The Programmer also allows you to make changes to existing settings, and you can turn on programming options for background processes, such as monitoring progress and automating procedures. Different programming options are available in different programming modes, as follows:

If you do not select an option for a particular device in the chain, the Programmer performs no action on that device during programming or configuration.

On the Tools menu, click Programmer.
In the Mode list, select JTAG, In-Socket Programming, Active Serial Programming, or Passive Serial mode.

Note: Make sure you are using SRAM-based devices before choosing Passive Serial mode.

On the Assignments menu, click Settings.
In the Category list, select Device.
Click Device and Pin Options.
Click the Configuration tab.
In the Configuration scheme list, select the configuration scheme you want to use.
In the Configuration mode list, select the configuration mode you want to use.
If you selected Passive Serial in the Configuration scheme list, and you want to use a configuration device to configure the device, turn on Use configuration device under Configuration device options and select a device name in the Use configuration device list.

Important: If you specify a configuration device before you perform a full compilation, the Compiler generates both an SRAM Object File (.sof) and a Programmer Object File (.pof). If you do not specify a configuration before you perform a full compilation, the Compiler only generates an SRAM Object File. If you target a complex programmable logic device (CPLD), the Programmer Object File is generated.

If you turned on Configuration device, and want to specify configuration device options, click Configuration Device Options.

In the Configuration Device Options dialog box, click the Options tab.
Under JTAG user code settings select Auto usercode or Configuration device JTAG user code and type the 32-bit hexadecimal JTAG user code for the configuration device.
If you want, you can turn on Automatically increment JTAG user code for multiple configuration devices, Disable nCS and OE pull-ups on configuration device, Compression mode, or Low-voltage mode.
You can specify clock settings for the configuration device under Clock settings. This feature allows you to change the clock source (internal or external), frequency and frequency divisor.
Click OK.
You can turn on Generate compressed bitstreams. This feature allows the device to accept and decompress bitstreams during configuration.
If you want to reset the configuration scheme and its related options to their original settings, in the Configuration tab click Reset.
Click OK.