error with NIOS2

[Altera_Forum]

Hello Friends , 

   My design contains one .sof file and the board i'm using is TR4230 (Terasic) board. This people will give the gui kind of flash program.  And by using this windows bat file(gui) i have to program the flash using my .sof file . But while trying to do this its showing an error like "sh-nios2-flash-programmer:command not found " .. Please help me out friends . Since from 2 days i'm working to resolve this issue and i'm using Quartus 11.1 and nIos 11.1 version .

[Altera_Forum]

If you are using a Windows host make sure to open the "Nios II Command Shell". You can find it in the start menu under the Nios II EDS you installed. It uses Cygwin which allows Linux oriented tools to run in Windows.

[Altera_Forum]

--- Quote Start ---  If you are using a Windows host make sure to open the "Nios II Command Shell". You can find it in the start menu under the Nios II EDS you installed. It uses Cygwin which allows Linux oriented tools to run in Windows.  --- Quote End ---     I'm using TeraAsic Board which contains Stratix IV FPGA.  Thanks . I followed the same step before also . The steps i followed are 1)Opened Nios 2 EDS through start Menu and moved to the directory where i have .sof file . 2) Now i have to convert .sof to .flash file by using the script   " sof2flash --input= filename.sof --outpu=filename_hw.flash --offset=0x00020000 --pfl --optionbit=0x18000 --programmingmode=FPP   After this i'm able to generate .flash file successfully.  3)Now ,i programmed .sof through JTAG(Quartus ) and it is 100% successfull. 4)now i have programm flash using .flash file which i created in step 2  and i used the script  " nios2-flash-programmer --base=0x08000000 filename_hw.flash "  But the error displayed is " "there are no nios iiprocessors available which match the values specified. please check that your pld iscorrectly configured, downloading a new .sof file is necessary ". please help me out friends .   aiim

[Altera_Forum]

Try running this from the Nios II Command Shell: 

 jtagconfig -n  Take the output and post it here in the forum, that'll tell me what JTAG devices and IP are hanging off the programming cables.

[Altera_Forum]

--- Quote Start ---  Try running this from the Nios II Command Shell:  jtagconfig -n  Take the output and post it here in the forum, that'll tell me what JTAG devices and IP are hanging off the programming cables.  --- Quote End ---    D:/a$ jtagconfig -n 1) USB-Blaster [USB-0]  024090DD EP4SGX230(.|ES)  Node 0C006E00 JTAG UART# 0  Node 19104600 Nios II# 0  This lines appeared when i type that jtagconfig command

[Altera_Forum]

Hmm that is strange because that 19104600 node is the Nios II JTAG debug module. That information means: 

 1) USB-Blaster [USB-0] <--# 1 is your cable number, you can also identify the cable using "USB-0" 024090DD EP4SGX230 <-- this is the device that was found hanging off the programing cable Node 0C006E00 JTAG UART# 1 <-- JTAG UART with an instance ID of 0 Node 19104600 Nios II# 0 <-- Nios II JTAG debug module with an instance ID of 0  Cable 1 and Nios II JTAG debug module instance ID 0 should be the defaults when you call nios2-flash-programmer from the command line. Perhaps you can try passing in the cable number and instance IDs into nios2-flash-programmer to see if it behaves differently. If I remember correctly the flags should be -c 1 -i 0

[Altera_Forum]

--- Quote Start ---  Hmm that is strange because that 19104600 node is the Nios II JTAG debug module. That information means:  1) USB-Blaster [USB-0] <--# 1 is your cable number, you can also identify the cable using "USB-0" 024090DD EP4SGX230 <-- this is the device that was found hanging off the programing cable Node 0C006E00 JTAG UART# 1 <-- JTAG UART with an instance ID of 0 Node 19104600 Nios II# 0 <-- Nios II JTAG debug module with an instance ID of 0  Cable 1 and Nios II JTAG debug module instance ID 0 should be the defaults when you call nios2-flash-programmer from the command line. Perhaps you can try passing in the cable number and instance IDs into nios2-flash-programmer to see if it behaves differently. If I remember correctly the flags should be -c 1 -i 0  --- Quote End ---    Thanks !!  But now i'm getting error while creating .flash files using sof2flash command..the command i used is  sof2flash --input= filename.sof --outpu=filename_hw.flash --offset=0x00020000 --pfl --optionbit=0x18000 --programmingmode=FPP   and the error i'm getting is  jun 6, 2013 5:33:33 pm - (severe) sof2flash: error creating intermediate files, exiting  please help me out friendss   

[Altera_Forum]

You might be running into the same issue that is discussed here: http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20577&page=3&highlight=%28severe%29+sof2flash%3a+error+creating+intermediate+files