On 21/04/2011 10:16, Xiaofan Chen wrote:
> I have an issue with the Xilinx Spartan 3E Starter Kit on-board
> USB JTAG. It is enumerated fine and recognized by Windows
> XP SP3 as the Platform Cable USB. But Impact (from Xilinx
> ISE Webpak 13.1) failed to detect it.
>
> The only thing I found a bit relevant is this topic. The Xilinx
> employee says "The 13.1 software will continue to support
> the original Platform USB Cable. There is one small caveat,
> the firmware must have been updated to the latest version in
> the 12.x tools in order to continue working with the
> 13.x software."
> http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/Virtex-Family-FPGAs/Does-Virtex-6-require-upg=
rade-to-Platform-Cable-USB-II/td-p/128814
>
> However, a standalone Platform Cable USB (not the latest
> Platform Cable USB II) works just fine under 13.1. It has
> not been used with 12.x. So the above thread  may not
> really apply here.
>
> Any one has a similar board and similar problem?
I remember an issue with version 11 on XP pro and Spartan 3E starter=20
kit. Driver issues. I forget how I solved it.,

Obviously Xilinx don't know how to do a USB / JTAG driver reliably.
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