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====== Analysis | Control | Evaluation (ACE) Software ====== | ====== Analysis | Control | Evaluation (ACE) Software ====== | ||
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- | ===== Known Issues ===== | + | This Wiki will serve as a landing page for known issues and other ACE information. |
- | ==== Board & Chip Diagrams Distorted (Regional Formatting Bug) ==== | + | ===== Contents |
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- | There is a known issue with some regional formats that causes bad loading and rendering of board and chip views. | + | [[resources: |
- | We will be working on a solution, but in the meantime there is a workaround. | + | [[resources: |
- | To use the workaround, you need to temporarily change the format settings in Windows to a format that uses ' | + | [[resources: |
- | This issue is addressed in ACE versions 1.7+ | + | [[resources: |
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- | ==== ACE or SDP Driver Install Fails or Warns me the driver/exe is unsigned ==== | + | |
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- | Warnings may be safely ignored and dismissed, but they do highlight likely issues with your PC. The SDPDrivers and ACE package uses the latest signing technology and your PC may be out of date and unable to recognise the signing key. | + | |
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- | - Make sure the PC is connected to the Internet and can get root certificate updates, normally this happens automatically. | + | |
- | - Check group policies to automatically update these run gpedit.msc | + | |
- | - Make sure the setting below is either Not Configured or Disabled | + | |
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- | - Check for and install all the latest Windows updates | + | |
- | - Check your group policy settings, these may be controlled by IT or a System Administrator | + | |
- | - Ideally select Warn as the safer option in case you later encounter malicious software | + | |
- | - Run gpedit.msc and navigate to the setting below | + | |
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- | ==== ACEZIP File Installation Unsuccessful Due to Security Block ==== | + | |
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- | In some cases downloading an ACEZIP file from an e-mail or from a remote/ | + | |
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- | If this happens, follow these steps to verify the ACEZIP has not been blocked and resolve the issue if it has: | + | |
- | - Right click the file. | + | |
- | - Select properties in the context menu. | + | |
- | - Under the General tab, if a file has been blocked a new Security tag and Unblock button will have appeared. {{ : | + | |
- | - Click Unblock. | + | |
- | - Retry the plug-in installation by double clicking the ACEZIP. | + | |
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- | ==== ACE Does Not Discover High-Speed DAC Eval Boards ==== | + | |
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- | The High-Speed DAC boards have a second on-board USB controller, make sure this is connected as well as the main FPGA controller board. To avoid potential confusion, ACE only reports boards on the second controller (where it is required). | + | |
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- | There is also a known driver conflict issue between the NI VISA driver and Keysight' | + | |
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- | The same workaround may be necessary for Rhode-Schwarz VISA. | + | |
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- | If you need to automate equipment and use ACE at the same time you might have to use two separate PCs. The ACE remote control/ | + | |
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- | Another possible issue causing ACE to not detect Hsdac boards is an outdated version of the " | + | |
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- | This is the ACE log entry indicating an incompatible version of the " | + | |
- | Could not initialise DPG Client System.Exception: | + | |
- | System.Exception: | + | |
- | AnalogDevices.DPG.EvaluationBoards.Communication.DPG3_CSA.Finder.AttachedBoards(String[] DevicePaths) | + | |
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- | ==== Register Debugger Does Not Update Software Values ==== | + | |
- | While not a bug, the behavior of the register debugger can be confusing and lead users to think that ACE is not successful communicating to the hardware. The register debugger writes directly to the hardware, and it does not update register values stored in the software. This will cause the register map to be out of sync between the hardware and the software. The registers that are out of sync will be indicated by bold lettering in the register map, as seen in the figure below. If the user clicks the "Apply Changes" | + | |
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- | To preserve the changes made in the register debugger, click the "Read All" toolbar button after completing register debugger writes and before performing any additional operations in ACE. | + | |
+ | ====== External Links ====== | ||
+ | [[http:// |