current_hw_server - 2020.2 English

Get or set the current hardware server

Syntax

current_hw_server [‑quiet] [‑verbose] [<hw_server>]

Returns

hardware server

Usage

Name	Description
`[-quiet]`	Ignore command errors
`[-verbose]`	Suspend message limits during command execution
`[<hw_server>]`	hardware server

Description

Defines the current hardware server from the list of hardware servers that are connected to the Vivado Design Suite, or returns the currently connected hardware server object.

Hardware servers are instances of the Xilinx hardware server (hw_server) application running remotely, or on the local machine. The hardware server manages connections to a hardware target, such as a hardware board containing a JTAG chain of one or more Xilinx devices to be used for programming and debugging your FPGA design.

Hardware servers are connected to the Vivado Design Suite with the connect_hw_server command. The current hardware server, and the current hardware target and device are the focus of most Hardware Manager Tcl commands. The current target and device can be defined using the current_hw_target and current_hw_device commands.

Note: There is usually a current hw_server defined, either the last connected hardware server, or one you have defined with this command. However, if you disconnect the current hardware server, you will need to define a new current hw_server object.

You can get a list of connected hardware servers using the get_hw_servers command. You can get a list of available hardware targets and devices using the get_hw_targets and get_hw_devices commands respectively.

This command returns a hw_server object. If the <hw_server> is specified as part of the current_hw_server command, the specified server is defined as the current hardware server and that object is returned. If no server is specified, the current_hw_server command returns the current hardware server object.

Arguments

-quiet - (Optional) Execute the command quietly, returning no messages from the command. The command also returns TCL_OK regardless of any errors encountered during execution.

Note: Any errors encountered on the command-line, while launching the command, will be returned. Only errors occurring inside the command will be trapped.

-verbose - (Optional) Temporarily override any message limits and return all messages from this command.

Note: Message limits can be defined with the set_msg_config command.

<hw_server> - (Optional) The hw_server to set as the current hardware server. If the server is not specified, the command will return the currently defined hw_server. The hardware server can be specified by name, or specified as a hw_server object returned by the get_hw_servers command.

Example

The following example sets the current hardware server to the specified name:

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The following returns the current hardware server:

current_hw_server