Quartus, JTAG, Programming Hardware

Hi!

I am using three CPLDs in my design. Each one has its own JTAG 
connector, an I have three Byteblasters connected to LPT1-LPT3 on my PC.
Is there any way to save the configuration, which hardware is to be used 
for programming in the .cdf-file for each design?

When I reopen the .cdf-files the programming-hardware is always the last 
one used - even if it was used in an different project.

Thanks,
Christian

Hi Christian,

    The Hardware information is stored separately from the cdf, as it is a
function of the programmer not the chain. However your suggestion to have
multiple HW profiles is a good one, and I will pass it on.

- Subroto Datta
Altera Corp.

"Christian Kramer" <RemoveThis_chr_kramer@web.de> wrote in message
news:bm33hk$3vj$1@news.uni-stuttgart.de...
> Hi!
>
> I am using three CPLDs in my design. Each one has its own JTAG
> connector, an I have three Byteblasters connected to LPT1-LPT3 on my PC.
> Is there any way to save the configuration, which hardware is to be used
> for programming in the .cdf-file for each design?
>
> When I reopen the .cdf-files the programming-hardware is always the last
> one used - even if it was used in an different project.
>
> Thanks,
> Christian
>
>

"Subroto Datta" <sdatta@altera.com> wrote in message news:<hKdhb.11831$PT5.10267@newssvr32.news.prodigy.com>...
> Hi Christian,
> 
>     The Hardware information is stored separately from the cdf, as it is a
> function of the programmer not the chain. However your suggestion to have
> multiple HW profiles is a good one, and I will pass it on.
> 
> - Subroto Datta
> Altera Corp.
> 
> "Christian Kramer" <RemoveThis_chr_kramer@web.de> wrote in message
> news:bm33hk$3vj$1@news.uni-stuttgart.de...
> > Hi!
> >
> > I am using three CPLDs in my design. Each one has its own JTAG
> > connector, an I have three Byteblasters connected to LPT1-LPT3 on my PC.
> > Is there any way to save the configuration, which hardware is to be used
> > for programming in the .cdf-file for each design?
> >
> > When I reopen the .cdf-files the programming-hardware is always the last
> > one used - even if it was used in an different project.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Christian
> >
> >


Hi Christian,

  If using the command line (DOS prompt) is possible you can try using
the command line quartus programmer as follows:

quartus_pgm --cable=ByteBlasterMV[LPT1] lpt1.cdf
quartus_pgm --cable=ByteBlasterMV[LPT2] lpt2.cdf
quartus_pgm --cable=ByteBlasterMV[LPT3] lpt3.cdf

Hope this helps.

- Subroto Datta
Altera Corp.