Target Board and Server Set Up - 2020.2 English

Vivado Design Suite Tutorial: Programming and Debugging (UG936)
Document ID
UG936
Release Date
2021-02-26
Version
2020.2 English
Connecting to the target board remotely
If you plan to connect remotely, you need to make sure that the KC705 board is plugged into a machine and you are running an hw_server application on that machine. If you plan to connect locally, skip steps 1-5 below and go directly to the Connecting to the Target Board Locally section.
  1. Connect the Digilent USB JTAG cable of your KC705 board to a USB port on a Windows system.
  2. Ensure that the board is plugged in and powered on.
  3. Power cycle the board to clear the device.
  4. Turn DIP switch positions (pin 1 on SW11, De-bounce Enable) to the OFF position.
  5. 5. Assuming you are connecting your KC705 board to a 64-bit Windows machine and you will be running the hw_server from the network instead of your local drive, open a cmd prompt and type the following:
    <Xilinx_Install>\Vivado\2020.x\bin\hw_server

    Leave this cmd prompt open while the hw_server is running. Note the machine name that you are using, you will use this later when opening a connection to this instance of the hw_server application.

Connecting to the Target Board Locally
If you plan to connect locally, ensure that the KC705 board is plugged into a Windows machine and then perform the following steps:
  1. Connect the Digilent USB JTAG cable of your KC705 board to a USB port on a Windows system.
  2. Ensure that the board is plugged in and powered on.
  3. Power cycle the board to clear the device.
  4. Turn DIP switch positions (pin 1 on SW13, De-bounce Enable) to the OFF position.