05-07-2015 11:16 AM - edited 05-07-2015 11:20 AM
Hi Reinhard,
I've done the only thing I can for now: filed a bug report to that dev team. I'm not sure when it will be fixed, and I wasn't able to find any workarounds for having 14_4 and 14_7 installed on the same system. My best recomendation for now would be to pick the one that you use least, and install it on a seperate machine, like the Windows machine running the compile server. I know it's not ideal, but it is the best I can offer you for now.
If you want a status update on the bug report at any time, feel free to contact support and ask about CAR #526234 (they should know how to look it up).
05-08-2015 02:16 AM
Hi TJ,
Thanks again for your efforts!
Hopefully something will be done. It would definitely help, if the issue was also present on the officially supported RHEL.
Until then workarounds with a Windos worker or a Linux VM worker will do.
Regards
Reinhard
08-07-2015 01:55 PM
Hey Reinhard,
Just wanted to follow-up on this thread now that there is a fix:
The version of Xilinx 14.7 found here: [http://www.ni.com/download/labview-fpga-module-2015/5474/en/] will install side-by-side with 14.4, and should work with both LV 2014 and 2015 connections
I tested it myself on a pre-release version, so be sure to let me know if you try it out and run into any issues.
08-09-2015 04:16 PM
Hi TJ,
That must be telepathy
Just some hours before your hint I came back to the topic - after quite a while - and tried to find the download of the RHEL worker for the new LV2015 release. Since I did not succeed in finding it, I'm really happy about your post! I will test the installation as soon as possible and post my results here.
By the way I found the document:
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/02EBA6105D04A1E686257D4E00144C92
quite helpful as a resource for RHEL worker download links. Would be nice, if it was updated with new releases.
Best regards
Reinhard
08-09-2015 04:47 PM
It's only been a few days. Give it time. Those KBs get updated rather often, especially if they are something like that.
08-11-2015 10:01 AM - edited 08-11-2015 10:06 AM
Hi TJ,
Awesome, it works!
I installed all Xilinx Tools inside a Scientific Linux 6.6 virtual machine. Afterwards I started compile jobs from LV2012-SP1, LV2013-SP1 and LV2014-SP1. All compilations worked fine.
Until now I did not try the VIVADO tools. Is there also a new version of these tools for LV2015?
Best regards
Reinhard
08-11-2015 10:28 AM - edited 08-11-2015 10:29 AM
At NI Week this year it was mentioned that anyone with a SSP (comes with new purchases of LabVIEW for support) will have access to the NI cloud compile server for free. I think this is limited to one compile at a time but still great news, for those that can't compile on their local machine for OS or bitness issues (Windows 8 still isn't supported by Xilinx in some cases).
I haven't tried it and I haven't seen any documentation on this, just an NI employee mentioning it.
EDIT: Found a link.
http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/209927
It states:
Unofficial Forum Rules and Guidelines
Get going with G! - LabVIEW Wiki.
16 Part Blog on Automotive CAN bus. - Hooovahh - LabVIEW Overlord
08-11-2015 01:22 PM
Cool, thanks for the hint. I did not know, that compile cloud service is included in the SSP meanwhile.
Still there are some reasons for me to set up an own compile worker:
1. Performance:
According to this article http://www.ni.com/white-paper/14040/en/ a dedicated Linux FPGA compile worker is the fastest solution.
2. Internet Availability:
Due to security reasons our targets and development systems reside in a closed LAN without internet access.
Compatibility-Update: Meanwhile I additionally installed Vivado 2013.4:
it coexists as well.
Next step is to install everything on the real machine.
08-11-2015 02:02 PM - edited 08-11-2015 02:08 PM
Hey Reinhard,
The LV 2015 version of the Xilinx Vivado Tools is 2014.4 (their 4th quarter release from 2014, just FYI). http://www.ni.com/download/labview-fpga-module-2015/5492/en/
If that "Which version of the compile tools do I need?" KB isn't updated by the end of this week, I'll ping the team that owns it to see what's up.
Oh, and @Hooovahh, the cloud should be 5 simultaneous compiles per account.
08-11-2015 04:10 PM
Hi TJ,
Perfect, thanks again! This thread has been very fruitful for me.
No need to hurry with the KB-update. Like I wrote before, I just found this article a useful resource and wanted to make sure, that it is updated at all.
Best regards,
Reinhard