Trying to use JTAG UART

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Hiya 

 I'm trying to use the JTAG UART, and the obvious thing that needs to be done is to add  "C:\altera\72sp3\ip\sopc_builder_ip\altera_avalon_jtag_uart"  to the list of include paths.  However, it seems to be difficult to add a new include path! Everything I've tried so far hasn't worked! This would take me 5 seconds in Visual C++.  What procedure do I need to follow?

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Hello, 

 I can add the line: # include <altera_avalon_jtag_uart.h>  to a source file and it compiles, without having to add a search path. I assume the IDE automatically searches the correct paths for the hardware you have defined. In a different project with no JTAG UART defined in the hardware, the# include line fails to compile. Have you added a JTAG UART to your SOPC component?  Cheers    

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Ahaa...... 

 OK, added the JTAG UART to the system, I can now compile and run the system with the JTAG UART. The UART appears to send characters, however they don&#39;t appear on the "console" window in the IDE.  However, if I do Run-Debug, and select "jtag_uart" under "Target Connection", I now get an error dialog saying "The NIOS II Terminal communication device &#39;jtag_uart&#39; does not exist in the current SOPC Builder system file".  Closed and restarted the NIOS IDE, then in the debug dialog, I used "Load JDI File". That seemed to overcome the previous problem, now on the console the following appears:   nios2-terminal: There are no JTAG UARTs available which match the --device and nios2-terminal: --instance options you provided.   Hmmmm.