Nexys Video No Hardware Target Exists

[AdamZ]

I am trying to operate the Nexys Video development board using the vivado hardware manager on a windows 8 system. However I keep getting  No hardware targets exist on the server error. Steps i have taken to remedy the situation include:

• Re-installed Vivado with included cable drivers
• Tried different versions of vivado
• Tried on a different PC
• Formatted PC and installed vivado
• Updated FTDI drivers
• Tried 3 different (new) USB cables
• Installed cable drivers manually

The programming jumper is in the right position (jtag), the USB cable is plugged into the correct (prog) port and the board is powered. Can anyone suggest anything else I might try to fix the issue?

 

Thanks. 

[attila]

Hello,

You have the reprogramming application in private message.

[Sergiu]

Hello,

After connecting the board (prog port) and powering it on, how is the board recognized by the PC? Please check the USB tree and send us a screenshot.

Sergiu

[AdamZ]

It seems to be recognized fine. I have attached an image of the USB tree when board is plugged (left) and when unplugged (right). 

 

Thanks.

[attila]

For Nexys Video the USB Serial Converters are not supposed to show up as COM ports.
Under USB Serial Converter ( A and B ) properties uncheck the Load VCP option and reconnect the device.

Please check if the device is recognized by Adept Application. This is installed by Adept System: https://reference.digilentinc.com/digilent_adept_2

Which USB driver version do you have installed ?

Which Vivado version are you using ?

 

Edited May 18, 2016 by attila

[AdamZ]

I am using USB driver version: 2.12.16.0

I am Working with vivado 2015.4.  I have also tried 2015.1 and 2016.1. 

The board does not show in adept. It shows no devices connected. 

Unchecking vcp made the com ports disappear. But vivado still gives the error and the board is still not seen in adept.

Edited May 18, 2016 by AdamZ

[AdamZ]

Problem solved. The USB eeprom reconfiguration did the trick. Previously I was not selecting the correct setting for the development board.

MANY thanks for your invaluable help. 

[wangjianli]

hello,

    i have the same problem，Can you tell me in detail how did you solve the problem?The following is my description of the problem：

          I use the FPGA board is nexy Nexys Video A7 board, want to achieve usb and PC information transmission, want to use the synchronization fifo mode,I used FTDI software (FT_Prog.exe) to eeprom into 245fifo mode, but vivado since then show the link is not the device, bit file can not be written. I have two the same board, another board did not eeprom configuration before, vivado can link to the equipment, but after the configuration also appeared in this issue, is not my configuration eeprom there is a problem?Here's my screenshot of the problem。                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         wang

[Bianca]

@wangjianli,

You have a private message and an answer in the topic you opened.

Best regards,

Bianca

[dast2]

I've got the same problem with my brand new Nexys Video.. i can pleez has app?

[jpeyron]

Hi @dast2,

I have sent you a p;m about this.

thank you,

Jon

[RKM]

I believe I have a similar issue. How do I recover my eeprom

[JColvin]

Hi @RKM,

I apologize for the delay.

Which board do you have and what do you see when you attempt to connect to it with the Digilent Adept software?

Thanks,
JColvin

[Carlo27]

Hi, 

I have a similar problem with my Nexys Video. It was fine yesterday, but today, suddenly, is not working anymore.

Vivado, in the hardware manager, is able to recognize the board but unable to effectively open the target (the error " [Labtools 27-2269] No devices detected on target localhost:... " is reported).

Similarly, the Adept software recognizes that it is a nexysvideo but the initialization failed (in the console I read " ... Found device ID: ffffffff, Found device ID: ffffffff, Initialization Failed. ").

I already tryed to use Vivado in another pc or with other cables and it gives back the same error. 

Is it possible to recover in some way the board?

Regards,

Carlo

[JColvin]

Hi @Carlo27,

I have sent you a PM.

Thanks,
JColvin

[LeoZL]

On 10/19/2022 at 7:57 AM, Carlo27 said:

Hi, 

I have a similar problem with my Nexys Video. It was fine yesterday, but today, suddenly, is not working anymore.

Vivado, in the hardware manager, is able to recognize the board but unable to effectively open the target (the error " [Labtools 27-2269] No devices detected on target localhost:... " is reported).

Similarly, the Adept software recognizes that it is a nexysvideo but the initialization failed (in the console I read " ... Found device ID: ffffffff, Found device ID: ffffffff, Initialization Failed. ").

I already tryed to use Vivado in another pc or with other cables and it gives back the same error. 

Is it possible to recover in some way the board?

Regards,

Carlo

I'm having exactly the same problem on nexys video.. how did you fix that?

@JColvin Plz help:) 

Edited November 10, 2023 by LeoZL

[JColvin]

I have sent you a PM.