Xilinx ChipScope Pro User Manual

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UG029 (v14.3) October 16, 2012
ChipScope Pro Analyzer Features
IBERT Virtex-6 FPGA GTH Transceiver Sweep Test Panel
Sweep Test Settings Panel
The Sweep Test Settings panel is used to set up a channel test that sweeps through various
transceiver settings. The TX and RX settings are for the same GTH transceiver. Sweeping
through both TX and RX settings only works if the transceiver is set to one of the near-end
or external loopback modes. Sweeping through RX parameters only can be performed
when the corresponding TX endpoint for the link resides in a different device or a different
transceiver in the same device.
The Sweep Test Settings panel consists of four sections: the Parameter Settings section,
the Sampling Point Region section, the Test Controls section, and the Test Results
section.
Parameter Settings
Setting up the sweep test first involves setting up the sweep parameters. The GTH
transceiver parameters that are available for sweep have the following defaults:
• TX Diff Swing
• TX Pre-Emphasis
• TX Post-Emphasis
• RX EQ
The sweep parameters can be initialized in one of two ways:
• Click the Clear All Parameters button to clear all parameters of the Select… option.
• Click the Set Parameters to Current Values button to set the parameters to their
current values on the MGT/BERT Settings panel.
The order of the parameters in the Sweep Parameter table dictates how the parameters are
swept. The values of the parameters near the top of the table are swept less frequently than
the parameters near the bottom of the table. In other words, the parameters near the top of
the table are in the outer loops of the sweep algorithm while the parameters near the
bottom of the table are in the inner loops of the sweep algorithm.
Each parameter must be set up with a start and end value. The order of the parameter
values cannot be changed. After you select the start value, the end values available for
selection change automatically to include only valid selections. If you do not want to
sweep through a parameter, set the start and end values for that parameter to the same
value. The Sweep Value Count column indicates how many values are swept through for
a particular parameter. After all sweep parameters have valid start and end values, the
total number of sweep iterations appear in the Total Iterations field.
To add or remove items in the table, click the Add/Remove Parameters button. This opens
a dialog box with all available ports/attributes on the left, and the ones to sweep on the
right. To add new parameters to sweep, click it in the left hand list, and click the > button.
To remove a parameter to sweep, click it in the right-hand list, and click the < button. To
specify the sweep order of the parameters, click it in the right hand list, and then the Up or
Down buttons. To revert the sweep attributes and their order to the default setting, click
the Reset to Default button. Click OK to apply the settings, or Cancel to exit without
saving.

Xilinx ChipScope Pro Specifications

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Brand	Xilinx
Model	ChipScope Pro
Category	Computer Hardware
Language	English