Wow, I'm embarrassed.

You were right, I forgot the part in the manual/readme which says I need to
load the DE1_USB_API pof/sof file.  It's working now!

I bought my kit through digikey.com, and it came (flash) preloaded with the
flashing-lights demo-application -- apparently not the same FPGA-bitstream
as the Control-Panel applet.

"RedskullDC" <red@oz.org> wrote in message 
news:wM6dnVKN-L0MO-LbnZ2dnUVZ_o6gnZ2d@giganews.com...
> Hi,
>
> You are of course copying the default project back to the FPGA that comes 
> on the CD?
> DE1_USB_API.pof/sof ?
> (or whatever Altera call it on their CD, I bought mine direct from 
> TerASIC)
>
> The control panel will 'see" the USB port, but will only "talk" to the 
> default project
> (or something that emulates it).
>
> Red
>
> "mitshek" <noal@ajkl.com> wrote in message 
> news:e3Afi.8490$c06.4187@newssvr22.news.prodigy.net...
>> I'm using Altera's "Cyclone II Starter Kit", and while the board seems to 
>> work fine, I can't figure out one of the bundled utility programs.
>>
>> I installed the Cyclone II Starter Kit CD on my Windows/XP machine. I'm 
>> able to use Quartus II 7.1 (web) to compile and then download projects to 
>> the board -- That works fine.
>>
>> However, I cannot get the "Control Panel - Starter II Kit" application to 
>> work. I launch it, and the application window comes up. It appears to 
>> work fine -- I can 'open USB' connection to my board, then click on the 
>> various tabs (sram, sdram, led, etc.) and toggle the controls. However, 
>> when I click 'set' on anything, nothing happens. I see the blue-light on 
>> my Kit board flicker momentarily, so it's getting some kind of traffic 
>> from the PC. But otherwise, nothing happens.
>>
>> For example, I tried the 'SRAM' tab, and wrote several unique values 
>> (0x0123, 0x4567) to the SRAM at address 0x00 and 0x01. But, when I read 
>> them back, they always come back 0x0000. The Control Panel's built-in 
>> self-test also fails on the sdram, sram, and flash.
>>
>> What am I doing wrong? I tried toggling the RUN/PROG switch (SW12) back 
>> and forth, then cycling power to the board. With either position, Control 
>> Panel applet still doesn't work.
>>
> 

Hi,

You are of course copying the default project back to the FPGA that comes on 
the CD?
DE1_USB_API.pof/sof ?
(or whatever Altera call it on their CD, I bought mine direct from TerASIC)

The control panel will 'see" the USB port, but will only "talk" to the 
default project
(or something that emulates it).

Red

"mitshek" <noal@ajkl.com> wrote in message 
news:e3Afi.8490$c06.4187@newssvr22.news.prodigy.net...
> I'm using Altera's "Cyclone II Starter Kit", and while the board seems to 
> work fine, I can't figure out one of the bundled utility programs.
>
> I installed the Cyclone II Starter Kit CD on my Windows/XP machine. I'm 
> able to use Quartus II 7.1 (web) to compile and then download projects to 
> the board -- That works fine.
>
> However, I cannot get the "Control Panel - Starter II Kit" application to 
> work. I launch it, and the application window comes up. It appears to work 
> fine -- I can 'open USB' connection to my board, then click on the various 
> tabs (sram, sdram, led, etc.) and toggle the controls. However, when I 
> click 'set' on anything, nothing happens. I see the blue-light on my Kit 
> board flicker momentarily, so it's getting some kind of traffic from the 
> PC. But otherwise, nothing happens.
>
> For example, I tried the 'SRAM' tab, and wrote several unique values 
> (0x0123, 0x4567) to the SRAM at address 0x00 and 0x01. But, when I read 
> them back, they always come back 0x0000. The Control Panel's built-in 
> self-test also fails on the sdram, sram, and flash.
>
> What am I doing wrong? I tried toggling the RUN/PROG switch (SW12) back 
> and forth, then cycling power to the board. With either position, Control 
> Panel applet still doesn't work.
> 

I'm using Altera's "Cyclone II Starter Kit", and while the board seems to 
work fine, I can't figure out one of the bundled utility programs.

I installed the Cyclone II Starter Kit CD on my Windows/XP machine. I'm able 
to use Quartus II 7.1 (web) to compile and then download projects to the 
board -- That works fine.

However, I cannot get the "Control Panel - Starter II Kit" application to 
work. I launch it, and the application window comes up. It appears to work 
fine -- I can 'open USB' connection to my board, then click on the various 
tabs (sram, sdram, led, etc.) and toggle the controls. However, when I click 
'set' on anything, nothing happens. I see the blue-light on my Kit board 
flicker momentarily, so it's getting some kind of traffic from the PC. But 
otherwise, nothing happens.

For example, I tried the 'SRAM' tab, and wrote several unique values 
(0x0123, 0x4567) to the SRAM at address 0x00 and 0x01. But, when I read them 
back, they always come back 0x0000. The Control Panel's built-in self-test 
also fails on the sdram, sram, and flash.

What am I doing wrong? I tried toggling the RUN/PROG switch (SW12) back and 
forth, then cycling power to the board. With either position, Control Panel 
applet still doesn't work.