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During Xilinx software downloads, please disable (turn off) virus scanner and firewall to reduce installation time. 2 Installing WebPack 10.1 2.

1 Gandhi Puvvada XILINX WebPack --Installing steps for USC Students (EE101/EE201L/EE560) 1 PC Operating system: 1.1 For the WebPack 10.1i release (as of Aug 9, 2008), the supported platforms are Microsoft Windows Vista Business or Windows XP Professional. During Xilinx software downloads, please disable (turn off) virus scanner and firewall to reduce installation time. 2 Installing WebPack The following installation may take good 2 to 3 hours depending on the download speed of your internet connection. Currently the latest version of ISE WebPACK is 10.1i. As of 8/9/2008, Service Pack 2 is the latest service pack. So the full version number is Go to Click on Design Tools under Products and services. This takes you to Click on ISE WebPACK Software. This takes you to webpack.htm 2.5 Click on This takes you to Click on Fill-in the fields and create an account for yourself. August 24, :35 pm Xilinx WebPACK Installation 1 / 6 C Copyright 2008 Gandhi Puvvada

2.7 You get the following response. 2.8 Use the link sent to you in email and activate your account. It take you to the Xilinx page Fill-in further information such as mailing address etc. 2.9 You get your reg ID: 2.

Depending on your internet speed, it may take a good 30 minutes to 1 H 30 minutes to download the large 2.25GB file. 2.11 If you download it as a single file (webpack_sfd.

2 2.7 You get the following response. 2.8 Use the link sent to you in and activate your account. It take you to the Xilinx page Fill-in further information such as mailing address etc. 2.9 You get your reg ID: 2.10 You can click on which will inturn bring-in the 2.25GB file. Or you can borrow a DVD with this file from your Teaching Assistant. Depending on your internet speed, it may take a good 30 minutes to 1 H 30 minutes to download the large 2.25GB file If you download it as a single file (webpack_sfd.tar) then you need to extract files using an unzip program such as 7-Zip or winzip. On the DVD provided by your TA, we will provide you the unzipped folder webpack If it asks you to permit it to install the download manager, allow it to install the same. August 24, :35 pm Xilinx WebPACK Installation 2 / 6 C Copyright 2008 Gandhi Puvvada

14 Enter the registration ID in the next screen: 2.

3 2.13 Click on in the webpack folder. You will see the welcome message Enter the registration ID in the next screen: 2.15 Accept the Product Selection. August 24, :35 pm Xilinx WebPACK Installation 3 / 6 C Copyright 2008 Gandhi Puvvada

17 Accept the the tool-chosen Destination Directory and Program folder 2.

Make sure that you have enough Disk Space available for the installation. 2.

4 2.16 Accept the 2-part license agreement Accept the the tool-chosen Destination Directory and Program folder 2.18 Unselect CPLD and Virtex4 and Virtex5 devices in the installation options. Make sure that you have enough Disk Space available for the installation Accept the selections by the tool for it to update the environmental variables on your PC Accept the selections by the tool It is not necessary to enable WebTalk unless you want to let the tool collect statistics of the design and sent it to Xilinx automatically. Even if you enable, you can disable it later using Edit => preferences. August 24, :35 pm Xilinx WebPACK Installation 4 / 6 C Copyright 2008 Gandhi Puvvada

5 2.21 Click on Install It takes about 30 minutes to finish the installation and the comes up with the following As of 8/10/08, Service Pack 2 is available as update. Update your installation by clicking OK It takes about 30 minutes to download updates and another 20 minutes or so for applying the updates. August 24, :35 pm Xilinx WebPACK Installation 5 / 6 C Copyright 2008 Gandhi Puvvada

1 => ISE => Accessories => XilinxUpdate Note: You need to close the ISE window for the update process to proceed. 2.

6 2.25 To run updates occasionally in the future, you do one of the following: (a) invoke the tool and do Help => XilinxUpdate <== prefered method or (b) do Start => Programs => Xilinx ISE Design Suite 10.1 => ISE => Accessories => XilinxUpdate Note: You need to close the ISE window for the update process to proceed After updating your software, you may want to check and confirm that there are no more updates by checking for updates once more. 3 Celebrate your success in completing the installation! August 24, :35 pm Xilinx WebPACK Installation 6 / 6 C Copyright 2008 Gandhi Puvvada

Steps to run compxlib to compile Xilinx libraries in Modelsim SE 10.1 for EE101/EE201L/EE560 students as well as USC ITS

Gandhi Puvvada Steps to run compxlib to compile Xilinx libraries in Modelsim SE 10.1 for EE101/EE201L/EE560 students as well as USC ITS 1 Finish installing Xilinx ISE 13.2 and ModelSim SE 10.1 1.1 We assume