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jon replied to the topic Disabling VHDL 2019 in the forum OSVVM 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Hi Jim

I am having some issues with the local settings file. I created a new file called OsvvmSettingsLocal.tcl from the example. I then set the following in the file. All other items not touched

variable DefaultVHDLVersion “2008”

I then set OSVVM_SETTINGS_DIR to a directory. When I call startup.tcl and then GetVHDLVersion it always…[Read more]

Jim Lewis replied to the topic Disabling VHDL 2019 in the forum OSVVM 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Hi Jon,
Which OSVVM version are you using? If it is a recent one, the following should work.

To turn it off, create an OsvvmSettingsLocal.tcl file (see documentation OsvvmSettings_user_guide.pdf) and add:
SetVHDLVersion 2008

Next time you start the scripts do the following to verify the version:
GetVHDLVersion

After that, recompile…[Read more]

jon started the topic Disabling VHDL 2019 in the forum OSVVM 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Hi Jim

I need to be able to set compile the OSVVM libs uisng VHDL 2008 as I am using some Xilinx libs that are 2008. Questasim wont allow mixed 2008 and 2019. I think its a case of a adding a local setttings file. I added one in the scripts directory but it stil compiles as 2019.
Thanks
Jon

Jim Lewis replied to the topic Using Siemens Visulaizer in the forum OSVVM 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Hi Jon,
The intention is that for visualizer you run VendorScripts_Visualizer.tcl instead of VendorScripts_Questa.tcl. That said, the reason the directions don’t spell this out is that the VendorScripts_Visualizer.tcl needs to be updated. When I tried running OSVVM regressions in the past with Visualizer it was crashing (likely due to running…[Read more]

jon started the topic Using Siemens Visulaizer in the forum OSVVM 2 weeks, 2 days ago

I am using Questasim Base and I was looking at trying the Visualizer rather than using the classic GUI. Is there a way to start the Visualizer with the design after the build rather than using vsim?
Thanks
Jon