Xilinx Pods – Installation Instructions (LabTools)

Installation instructions for the more lightweight installer Xilinx LabTools 14.6 to work with JTAG Live on Windows Operating Systems.

Download & Install the Xilinx LabTools package from the Xilinx Website

Set the following environment variables:
It’s recommended to add them to the System variables section

When using the Windows Environment Variables dialog to add System Environment Variables,
please make sure that you append or prepend the additional Xilinx paths to the already existing System PATH variable on your system
e.g. Variable name: PATH, Variable value: %XILINX%\lib\nt;%XILINX%\bin\nt;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem

Xilinx LabTools 14.6

XILINX = C:\Xilinx\14.6\LabTools\LabTools
PATH = %XILINX%\lib\nt;%XILINX%\bin\nt;%PATH%

Note: For 64 bit Windows, the 64 bit server version of CSE JTAG must be used with the 32 bit LabTools enviroment.

Xilinx LabTools 14.6
1. Set up the environment variables as follows (pointing to the 32bit version of the LabTools installation):

XILINX = C:\Xilinx\14.6\LabTools\LabTools
PATH = %XILINX%\lib\nt;%XILINX%\bin\nt;%PATH%
2. Start cse_server.exe in the 64bit Xilinx LabTools installation directory ( default location: C:\Xilinx\14.6\LabTools\LabTools\bin\nt64 )
3. Select to use the “Server Version” of your Xilinx Instrument in JTAG Live.