A bug in quartus_pgm ?

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Hi,everyone. 

I follow the example20-1 in the altera's file"qts_qii53022.pdf".The example20-1 in page 31.The command and result are as follows: quartus_pgm -c usb-blaster -m jtag -o bpv;test.sof Info: ******************************************************************* Info: Running Quartus II Programmer  Info: Version 7.2 Build 151 09/26/2007 SJ Full Version  Info: Copyright (C) 1991-2007 Altera Corporation. All rights reserved.  Info: Your use of Altera Corporation's design tools, logic functions   Info: and other software and tools, and its AMPP partner logic   Info: functions, and any output files from any of the foregoing   Info: (including device programming or simulation files), and any   Info: associated documentation or information are expressly subject   Info: to the terms and conditions of the Altera Program License   Info: Subscription Agreement, Altera MegaCore Function License   Info: Agreement, or other applicable license agreement, including,   Info: without limitation, that your use is for the sole purpose of   Info: programming logic devices manufactured by Altera and sold by   Info: Altera or its authorized distributors. Please refer to the   Info: applicable agreement for further details.  Info: Processing started: Fri Nov 13 19:19:22 2009 Info: Command: quartus_pgm -c usb-blaster -m jtag -o bpv;test.sof Info: Using programming cable "USB-Blaster [USB-0]" Info: Started Programmer operation at Fri Nov 13 19:19:28 2009 Info: Ended Programmer operation at Fri Nov 13 19:19:28 2009 Info: Quartus II Programmer was successful. 0 errors, 0 warnings  Info: Allocated 162 megabytes of memory during processing  Info: Processing ended: Fri Nov 13 19:19:28 2009  Info: Elapsed time: 00:00:06   But the FPGA was not programmed.I don't know why?  best wishes  han

[Altera_Forum]

do you mean by not programmed that the fpga lost it's configuration after power off ? thats normal as the altera FPGAs are volatile types. 

the quartus programmer is used to "test" your image and let it run on the target.

[Altera_Forum]

Thank you for your reply,MSchmitt.But I didn't power off.I think the sof file wasn't downloaded,because the blaster just flash three times,it didn't light for some time.

[Altera_Forum]

--- Quote Start ---  I follow the example20-1 in the altera's file"qts_qii53022.pdf".  --- Quote End ---  Not actually. You modified a command for CPLD device using a *.pof file. Unfortunately, *.sof file download has neither a blankcheck nor a  verify option. The invalid options may be reason enough for the Quartus Programmer to ignore the complete command. I didn't check.  Do you have particular reasons not to use the interactive programmer tool? It would be at least helpful to find out about valid programming options.

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Hi FvM. 

Thank you for you advise.I have used the interactive programmer tool and .sof file was download successfully. Now I can download successfully by use the command "quartus_pgm -c usb-blaster -m jtag -o p;test.sof@2".The blaster cann't choose the right device with the verify option comand,So I must help the blaster to choose the devie_2 by the command "@2".   thanks all for your pure-hearted replay.

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hi, 

is it possible to program the device through the script. I want to use quartus_pgm -c USB-Blaster -m JTAG -o P;mux2_1.sof in my script show below.Plz correct me where I am wrong.  email::ksharma30.AT. gmail  ///////////////////////////////////////// load_package flow  project_new test3 -overwrite # Assign family, device, and top-level file set_global_assignment -name FAMILY CycloneII set_global_assignment -name DEVICE EP2C70F896C6 set_global_assignment -name VERILOG_FILE mux2_1.v set_global_assignment -name TOP_LEVEL_ENTITY mux2_1 # Assign pins set_location_assignment -to clk Pin_AD15 set_location_assignment -to reset Pin_T29 # compile the project execute_flow -compile# execute_module -tool map# execute_module -tool fit# execute_module -tool tan# execute_module -tool asm# execute_module -tool eda # Other assignments could follow  quartus_pgm -c USB-Blaster -m JTAG -o P;mux2_1.sof  project_close //////////////////////////////////////////  Thanks