Unique Serial Number for JTAG-SMT2-NC

[Steve]

Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, I'm not 100% sure which one to use for the JTAG-SMT2-NC board.

We have an application where we use two JTAG-SMT2-NC boards connected to the same host PC through a USB Hub.

Unfortunately both the boards as supplied have the same Serial Number reported.

So far as I can tell this means it is impossible to distinguish between the two boards in the vivado lab edition once they are connected to the same machine. They are soldered down so we actually have to disable the USB port to allow programming to succeed.

We saw this on both a Windows and Linux host PC.

a) Is there a way to change the serial number on one/both of the boards?

Are all JTAG-SMT2-NC delivered with the same serial number? i.e. do we need to go through this process each time?

 

[JColvin]

Hi Steve,

I have asked some of our applications engineers about this; they will get back to you here on the forum.

Thanks,
JColvin

[jpeyron]

Steve,

 

What method did you use to get the serial numbers? I use Digilents Adept. As an example using the nexys4 i would first make sure it is connected to the Nexys4 then under setting click on Device Manager. A second screen opens. on the left click Enumerate and lastly double click on the device in this case the Nexys4 and in the middle it will show the Serial number. I've included screen shots of the process i use.

[Steve]

Hi,

Thanks for your help. Our ultimate system will be Linux which I have logs of the connection, but I was told we had the same matching serial numbers in Windows. I have confirmed that if only one of the JTAG-SMT2-NC is enabled, it works with the Xilinx Driver, so it's not a device driver level issue.

It's purely that the Serial Numbers match for two physical devices as supplied by Digilent. 

I can probably fetch some windows info tomorrow, but today here's the connection info from /var/log/messages on a Centos6.4 system.

Apr  5 17:35:02 labpc-18 kernel: usb 1-1.3.3.3.2: new high speed USB device number 57 using ehci_hcd
Apr  5 17:35:02 labpc-18 kernel: usb 1-1.3.3.3.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0403, idProduct=6014
Apr  5 17:35:02 labpc-18 kernel: usb 1-1.3.3.3.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Apr  5 17:35:02 labpc-18 kernel: usb 1-1.3.3.3.2: Product: Digilent USB Device
Apr  5 17:35:02 labpc-18 kernel: usb 1-1.3.3.3.2: Manufacturer: Digilent
Apr  5 17:35:02 labpc-18 kernel: usb 1-1.3.3.3.2: SerialNumber: 210308A1CB76
Apr  5 17:35:02 labpc-18 kernel: usb 1-1.3.3.3.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Apr  5 17:35:02 labpc-18 kernel: usb 1-1.3.3.3.3: new high speed USB device number 58 using ehci_hcd
Apr  5 17:35:02 labpc-18 kernel: usb 1-1.3.3.3.3: New USB device found, idVendor=0403, idProduct=6014
Apr  5 17:35:02 labpc-18 kernel: usb 1-1.3.3.3.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Apr  5 17:35:02 labpc-18 kernel: usb 1-1.3.3.3.3: Product: Digilent USB Device
Apr  5 17:35:02 labpc-18 kernel: usb 1-1.3.3.3.3: Manufacturer: Digilent
Apr  5 17:35:02 labpc-18 kernel: usb 1-1.3.3.3.3: SerialNumber: 210308A1CB76
Apr  5 17:35:02 labpc-18 kernel: usb 1-1.3.3.3.3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

If you are notfamiliar with this particular type of log, the "usb 1-1.3.3.3.2" describes the physical path to the device. i.e. The last .2, means port 2 of the last USB Hub.

You can therefore see two physical devices are connected (.2 and .3), but the serial numbers are the same "210308A1CB76".

I'm looking for a way to change the serials, and a range of valid numbers to use.

Is there a FTDIconfig tool that will do this for JTAG-SMT2-NC?

Thanks,

Steve

[jpeyron]

Steve,

Thank you for this information. We will be looking into if it is an isolated issue or not with our manufacturing. To change the serial number you will need to download Adept utilities. Use the linux version.  In the dadutil open the man. The man has the exact process to change the serial number.   

thank you,

Jon

[Steve]

Hi Jon,

Thanks for the info, but it looks like I'm not out of the woods yet. The serial number change command fails with "erc = 3087" on both my original JTAG-SMT2-NC boards. I'm unable to change the serial from 210308A1CB76 on either.

We now have a second motherboard which does have different Serial Numbers on each of the two installed JTAG-SMT2-NC: 210308A1CB77 and 210308A1CB78 respectively. This does correctly identify in vivado lab as two different devices! So we are limited to one "broken" motherboard for the moment.

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Here's what I attempted.

I first electrically shorted the USB_P/USB_N of the JTAG-SMT2-NC connected to port 3 of the hub and connected it to the Centos6.4 box. It only discovered the "1.3.3.3.3.2" device.

# tail /var/log/messages
Apr  6 12:08:57 labpc-18 kernel: usb 1-1.3.3.3.2: new high speed USB device number 112 using ehci_hcd
Apr  6 12:08:57 labpc-18 kernel: usb 1-1.3.3.3.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0403, idProduct=6014
Apr  6 12:08:57 labpc-18 kernel: usb 1-1.3.3.3.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Apr  6 12:08:57 labpc-18 kernel: usb 1-1.3.3.3.2: Product: Digilent USB Device
Apr  6 12:08:57 labpc-18 kernel: usb 1-1.3.3.3.2: Manufacturer: Digilent
Apr  6 12:08:57 labpc-18 kernel: usb 1-1.3.3.3.2: SerialNumber: 210308A1CB76
Apr  6 12:08:57 labpc-18 kernel: usb 1-1.3.3.3.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[root@labpc-18 ~]# dadutil enum
Found 1 device(s)

Device: JtagSmt2NC
    Product Name:   Digilent JTAG-SMT2NC
    User Name:      JtagSmt2NC
    Serial Number:  210308A1CB76
[root@labpc-18 ~]# dadutil setsn -d JtagSmt2NC --sn 210308A1BEEF
ERROR: failed to write serial number to device, erc = 3087
[root@labpc-18 ~]# dadutil enum
Found 1 device(s)

Device: JtagSmt2NC
    Product Name:   Digilent JTAG-SMT2NC
    User Name:      JtagSmt2NC
    Serial Number:  210308A1CB76
[root@labpc-18 ~]# 

Then I repeated the above exercise, shorting the other JTAG-SMT2-NC devices USB_P/N pins.

[root@labpc-18 ~]# tail /var/log/messages
Apr  6 12:21:23 labpc-18 kernel: usb 1-1.3.3.3.3: new high speed USB device number 8 using ehci_hcd
Apr  6 12:21:23 labpc-18 kernel: usb 1-1.3.3.3.3: New USB device found, idVendor=0403, idProduct=6014
Apr  6 12:21:23 labpc-18 kernel: usb 1-1.3.3.3.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Apr  6 12:21:23 labpc-18 kernel: usb 1-1.3.3.3.3: Product: Digilent USB Device
Apr  6 12:21:23 labpc-18 kernel: usb 1-1.3.3.3.3: Manufacturer: Digilent
Apr  6 12:21:23 labpc-18 kernel: usb 1-1.3.3.3.3: SerialNumber: 210308A1CB76
Apr  6 12:21:23 labpc-18 kernel: usb 1-1.3.3.3.3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[root@labpc-18 ~]# dadutil enum
Found 1 device(s)

Device: JtagSmt2NC
    Product Name:   Digilent JTAG-SMT2NC
    User Name:      JtagSmt2NC
    Serial Number:  210308A1CB76
[root@labpc-18 ~]# dadutil setsn -d JtagSmt2NC --sn 210308A1CB75
ERROR: failed to write serial number to device, erc = 3087
[root@labpc-18 ~]# 

So I know I'm talking to two different devices and neither of them work with the dadutil I installed.

These were the commands I used to install the dadutil this morning.

# rpm -Uvh digilent.adept.runtime_2.16.1.x86_64.rpm
# rpm -Uvh digilent.adept.utilities-2.2.1.x86_64.rpm

Any ideas? Does this version of dadutil actually work with JTAG-SMT2-NC? I don't really want to try it on our working board at the moment...

Thanks,

Steve

 

[JColvin]

Hi Steve,

I found out from Jon that the error code you are receiving (3087) indicates that there is a device lock on it, so you would need to make sure that no other program is connected to the JTAG-SMT2-NC before being able to reprogram it.

Thanks,
JColvin

[Steve]

Hi JColvin,

To draw most of a line underneath this issue I was finally able to get back to this board and try it again.

This time I used windows, and the Vivado software was not running.

Firstly I installed: digilent.adept.system_v2.16.1.exe and digilent.adept.utilities_v2.2.1.exe

I then powered the board up with both Digilent JTAG-SMT2-NC cards enabled.

C:\Users\Steve>dadutil enum
Found 1 device(s)

Device: JtagSmt2NC
    Product Name:   Digilent JTAG-SMT2NC
    User Name:      JtagSmt2NC
    Serial Number:  210308A1CB76

C:\Users\Steve>dadutil setsn -d JtagSmt2NC -sn 210308A1BEEF
Serial number set to: 210308A1CB76

C:\Users\Steve>

(Weird that it reported it was set to the old serial number)

After I cycled power I obtained the following result.

C:\Users\Steve>dadutil enum
Found 2 device(s)

Device: JtagSmt2NC
    Product Name:   Digilent JTAG-SMT2NC
    User Name:      JtagSmt2NC
    Serial Number:  210308A1CB76

Device: JtagSmt2NC
    Product Name:   Digilent JTAG-SMT2NC
    User Name:      JtagSmt2NC
    Serial Number:  210308A1BEEF

C:\Users\Steve>

Two cards appeared with two serial numbers... Fixed...

One thing of note, it appears I was only talking to one card in the first instance, even though there were two enabled. This is actually a good thing, as it means you can fix serial numbers without disabling hardwired connections.

At least I now have a recipe to fix these situations, thanks.

I'm still curious that if this was a QA issue on your end where two cards ended up with the same serial number?

i.e. should we expect this again in the future?

Thanks,

Steve

[JColvin]

Hi Steve,

I personally don't know if this issue would arise again in the future or not; I'll check on that and let you know.

Thanks,
JColvin

[JColvin]

Hi Steve,

I found out that this particular error was probably a QA issue where the same serial number was accidentally loaded twice into two different boards. That being said, while it is certainly possible that this issue could happen again, I would expect it to be unlikely.

Thanks,
JColvin