From ae58ad23305baf3695237c10d0f7285779cc4f2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kolja Waschk Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:50:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Info about installing precompiled version for Windows git-svn-id: https://urjtag.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/urjtag/trunk@1497 b68d4a1b-bc3d-0410-92ed-d4ac073336b7 --- jtag/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ jtag/doc/UrJTAG.txt | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/jtag/ChangeLog b/jtag/ChangeLog index 7ccb31ea..1683b574 100644 --- a/jtag/ChangeLog +++ b/jtag/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2009-04-17 Kolja Waschk + + * src/flash/jedec.c: Add license info + * doc/UrJTAG.txt: Info about installing precompiled version on Win + 2009-04-16 Arnim Laeuger * THANKS: added contributors diff --git a/jtag/doc/UrJTAG.txt b/jtag/doc/UrJTAG.txt index 322dc283..415bb02a 100644 --- a/jtag/doc/UrJTAG.txt +++ b/jtag/doc/UrJTAG.txt @@ -179,11 +179,12 @@ wings of the UrJTAG project at Sourceforge. ==== Supported host operating systems ==== JTAG Tools should run on all Unix like operating systems including MS Windows -with Cygwin installed. +with Cygwin installed. A precompiled version that runs on MS Windows without +Cygwin is available as a Windows installer executable. ==== Required software for running UrJTAG ==== -Required only for MS Windows: +Required only for MS Windows, unless you use the precompiled version: * current Cygwin net installation from http://cygwin.com[] * ioperm package (a part of the standard Cygwin net installation) @@ -308,6 +309,32 @@ algorithm. === Compilation and installation === +==== Installation of precompiled UrJTAG for Windows ==== + +By simply running UrJTAG-xxx.exe, the executable and data files will +be installed in your Windows program folder, usually some place like +C:\Program Files\UrJTAG. It comes ready with support for JTAG cables that are +directly attached to a parallel port. However, if you work with Windows Vista +and want access to the parallel port, a driver for it has to be installed +separately. It is available from + + http://www.highrez.co.uk/Downloads/InpOut32/ + +If you want to use UrJTAG with a JTAG cable attached to the USB port, +actual cable drivers have to be installed beside UrJTAG itself. Usually, +the cable vendor will provide the drivers. For example, drivers for +Altera USB-Blaster come with their Quartus software. For FTDI-based +cables, you need an INF file describing the cable and FTDIBUS.SYS and +FTD2XX.DLL from FTDI (CDM drivers). If your cable shows up in the device +manager without any warning sign, UrJTAG probably is able to talk to it. + +Finally, UrJTAG additionally needs libusb-win32 to talk to some USB cables that +are not based on FTDI chips (Xilinx Platform Cable USB, Segger J-Link). The +so-called libusb-win32 filter driver is available from the project's download +page at Sourceforge: + + http://libusb-win32.sourceforge.net/#downloads + ==== Required software for compiling UrJTAG ==== To run autogen.sh, you need autoconf and automake, bison, and a recent flex.