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quartus_cpf commands don't work?

Altera_Forum
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‎03-13-2015 06:41 PM
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I'm trying to generate a .jic file for ArriaII booting of an EPCS device using Quartus 13.0sp1 

 

What I'm trying to do is control advanced options in command line: I need Disable EPCS ID Check and Disable AS mode CONF_DONE error check set. 

 

My sof file is setup correctly (I can use GUI with Advanced Options) to generate what I need, now I'm trying to do the same using command line for better workflow.  

 

based on the -help=option, ignore_epcs_id_check=on should accomplish same thing as GUI's Advanced Options -> Disable EPCS ID Check 

based on Altera's KB article rd02062014_485, ignore_condone_check=on should accomplish the same thing as GUI's Advanced Options -> Disable AS mode CONF_DONE error check 

 

running "quartus_cpf -c -o ignore_epcs_id_check=on -o ignore_condone_check=on generate_jic_app.cof" throws an error 

 

"Error: Quartus II 32-bit Convert_programming_file was unsuccessful. 0 errors, 0 warnings" 

 

There was also an article somewhere that adding quartus.ini with "PGMIO_IGNORE_EPCS_ID_CHECK=1" would bypass the EPCS ID check, which actually does work so if the option isn't working, this works, but I can not get "Disable AS mode CONF_DONE error check" working from command line. 

 

Please advise. Is there anyway to find out what command line Convert Programming Files GUI calls? 

 

P.S. Something interesting; although .map doesn't show when ignore_epcs_id_check=on is used, the generated JIC files are identical as if quartus.ini with option PGMIO_IGNORE_EPCS_ID_CHECK=1. the ignore_condone_check=on is still a problem.
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Altera_Forum
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‎03-16-2015 05:30 PM
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OK, so for anyone having issues generating JIC files with advanced options set using quartus_cpf: the issue is with Quartus 13.0sp1. Running the same commands from the bash shell on Quartus 13.1 works. https://www.altera.com/support/support-resources/knowledge-base/solutions/rd02062014_485.html doesn't specify this is 13.1 (or above presumably) 

 

Info: Command: quartus_cpf -c -o ignore_epcs_id_check=on -o ignore_condone_check=on generate_jic_app.cof 

Info (210098): Active Serial/Parallel mode CONF_DONE pin error check is disabled
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