Revision as of 12:00, 16 June 2009

Critical Notes

Quartus II 8.0 and 8.0 + sp1 generate .pof files that seem to program the configuration device, but do not work after a power-cycle. When generating .pof files, do not use these versions of Quartus II. For more information, refer to the Quartus 8.0 .pof Generation Bug page.

Always cleanly reset the MCE after a power-up or a reconfiguration! If you do not, MCE communication with the PC or Sync Box may not work.

> mce_reset_clean

Note that after a reset, not all of the DAC outputs are reset to zero. In addition, values written to RAM-based registers are not reset. To reset these registers, a full reconfiguration is required.

> rs psc cycle_pow 1
> mce_reset_clean

You can download all the MCE firmware configuration files here. When copying files to this folder, make sure that that they are readable:

> ssh phas.ubc.ca
> cd ~mce/public_html/mcedocs/firmware
> chmod o+r rc_*.pof

Versions of firmware running at each telescope are listed here:

Information on the firmware for each card can be found through the links below:

All that you need to know about logging into our CVS repository can be found here:

We decided (sadly) NOT to migrate from CVS to SVN, if we ever do here is some information:

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 = Critical Notes =
-Quartus II 8.0 and 8.0 + sp1 generate .pof files that seem to program the configuration device, but do not work after a power-cycle.  When generating .pof files, do not use these versions of Quartus II.  For more information, refer to the [[Quartus 8.0 .pof Generation Bug]] page.
+* Quartus II 8.0 and 8.0 + sp1 generate .pof files that seem to program the configuration device, but do not work after a power-cycle.  When generating .pof files, do not use these versions of Quartus II.  For more information, refer to the [[Quartus 8.0 .pof Generation Bug]] page.
- Use Quartus II 7.2, or 6.1, or older to generate .pof files.
-Always cleanly reset the MCE after a power-up or a reconfiguration!  If you do not, MCE communication with the PC or Sync Box may not work.
+* Always cleanly reset the MCE after a power-up or a reconfiguration!  If you do not, MCE communication with the PC or Sync Box may not work.
   > mce_reset_clean
-Note that after a reset, not all of the DAC outputs are reset to zero.  In addition, values written to RAM-based registers are not reset. To reset these registers, a full reconfiguration is required.
+* Note that after a reset, not all of the DAC outputs are reset to zero.  In addition, values written to RAM-based registers are not reset. To reset these registers, a full reconfiguration is required.
   > rs psc cycle_pow 1
   > mce_reset_clean