JTAG UART in Windows

[Altera_Forum]

Hello, 

 does somebody have some sw. application for Windows (something like Hyperterminal, Hercules etc.), which can read data from jtag uart, or write to jtag uart ?   I found simple program with c source code and dll library in Altera forum (included in attachement - from another thread), but i need to save some data from jtag uart to file in pc and make some analyses, so i had to changed source code and compile ... but i am not familier with c programming for windows...   Thank you for your answer.   Jan Naceradsky, Czech Republic

[Altera_Forum]

In niosii,you can send characters via Jtag by printf() function. 

Can't you accept that? Just print what you want to see in niosii c-program  Or you can also use insystem memory content editor. Just store data what you want into on-chip memory. And read it via jtag as hex data. How to use it is below. http://www.akiron.com/fpga/insystemmemoryprogram.zip

[Altera_Forum]

Thank you for answer, but i would need the sw. like hyperterminal or hercules for pc (windows xp etc.), which read jtag uart. 

 So i tried InSystemMemory Content Editor, but in instant manager is written - no instances found, i load my nios2 design .sof with sdram, uart, jtag, led, lcd etc...   Where is error ?  Or is some another tool to read jtag uart ?    Thanks.   Jan

[Altera_Forum]

--- Quote Start ---  but i would need the sw. like hyperterminal or hercules for pc (windows xp etc.), which read jtag uart.   --- Quote End ---   Why not nios2-terminal ? It works exactly the way you want.

[Altera_Forum]

But I need to choose the text and copy to file .... 

 Is this possible ?

[Altera_Forum]

Sure, you can paste and copy from terminal window. 

Another simple solution is redirecting terminal output to a file. e.g. : nios2-terminal >dump.dat

[Altera_Forum]

Oh yes, on the left side up on the window when i click to the icon is menu, where i can select all or choose the text and copy to clipboard ... great ! 

 Sorry, I didnt know about this.   The second choice is good too, i will try it.   Thank you.   Jan

[Altera_Forum]

I wrote a simple nios2-terminal monitor and logger. 

You can do a little more than command redirection with it. I hope you find this useful.