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I'm attempting to program very basic VHDL on eclipse using the Sigasi plugin with an educational license - with the aim to be, I can program a simple entity and a test bench for it, then compile and simulate it in Xilinx's ISim.

I have installed Eclipse, Sigasi & Xilinx ISE Webpack, and have attempted to add the ISim toolchain to Eclipse as shown in the Sigasi website here

It appears okay but it says I need to "activate" the toolchain (as shown below) first window

However, when I follow the "click here to activate now", I get taken to the scree below - from which nothing happens. If I click Apply, nothing happens, there's no further options!

second window

My question - how do I actually configure ISim to launch from Eclipse, is what I want to do actually possible or have I misunderstood and if so, how do I do it.

Thanks very much for your help!

David

Paebbels
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davidhood2
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  • Take a look at Sigasi's [Tool Integration](http://doc.sigasi.com/manual/8_tools.html) Integration page - *For some toolchains you can specify extra command line arguments* under [Configure external compiler](http://doc.sigasi.com/manual/8_tools.html), the second [image](http://i.stack.imgur.com/EMkh3.png) showing Sigasi preferences. –  Oct 23 '15 at 10:27
  • But I'm using the Xilinx toolchain (or attempting too) and theres no options to add extra command line arguments to it...? (As shown in the first image in the question) – davidhood2 Oct 23 '15 at 11:48
  • There's also Sigasi **Run** -> **External Tools** -> **External Tool Configurations** which allows *you to allow you to configure and run programs, batch files, Ant buildfiles and others using the Workbench. You can save these external tool configurations and run them at a later time.* (From Sigasi Help). You can put anything in a batch file, and select it to run, organize the order your batch files show up,... –  Oct 23 '15 at 20:24

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When you enable the ISim toolchain, Sigasi will automatically compile your files with ISim when you save your files. You can check the output in the Console View

To start a simulation, you need to set a top-level first. You can do this in the Hierarchy View. Next, click on the Simulate button.

You can find more details in the Sigasi Studio manual

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