FPGA Compilation hangs in "Translating"

[jaifraic]

Hi there,

when compiling FPGA-Projects on a developing machine, the compiliation does not continue when it's in the translating-process.

There were serveral LabView-Versions installed, so I removed all of them (all National Instruments Software) and did a fresh install of LV2015 32-Bit with RealTime and SoftMotion Module and the needed FPGA-Tools, but this did not solve the error.

I tried another machine (with LV2015) and on this one, everything went fine.

I've checked the logs to see where the error occurs. 

Last Xilinx.log-Output on the non-working machine is: 

Partition Implementation Status
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  No Partitions were found in this design.

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NGDBUILD Design Results Summary:
  Number of errors:    31
  Number of warnings: 143

Total REAL time to NGDBUILD completion: 2 min  9 sec
Total CPU time to NGDBUILD completion:  1 min  43 sec

One or more errors were found during NGDBUILD.  No NGD file will be written.

Writing NGDBUILD log file "toplevel_gen.bld"...

After this, nothing happens for at least two hours (I cancelled the last compilation after two hours and started a new one).

On the working machine, the log continues:

Process "Translate" failed

% a bunch of infos


Started : "Translate".
Running ngdbuild...

and the new ngdbuild results are:

NGDBUILD Design Results Summary:
  Number of errors:     0
  Number of warnings:  80

Writing NGD file "toplevel_gen.ngd" ...
Total REAL time to NGDBUILD completion: 1 min  46 sec
Total CPU time to NGDBUILD completion:  1 min  39 sec

Writing NGDBUILD log file "toplevel_gen.bld"...

NGDBUILD done.

Process "Translate" completed successfully

I've attached the complete log file of the working machine. 

What can I do to solve this error? I've tried reinstalling Labview serveal times, this already cost me almost two days.

Greetings

Jaifraic

[AustinManinTown]

What operating system are you using on the PC that hangs jaifraic? The reason I ask is that the FPGA compilers are not compatible with Windows 8 or 10. 

[jainvnano]

Is that actually true that FPGA doesn't compile with Windows 8 or 10? What would be the solution then?

I am running LabView 2014 with the FPGA and Real-Time Modules installed. I recently tried compiling software after a long time and it is stuck in the 'Translating' Status for more than an hour now.

[Sam_Sharp]

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@jainvnano wrote:

Is that actually true that FPGA doesn't compile with Windows 8 or 10? What would be the solution then?

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Use the cloud compilation service provided by NI, or use a virtual (or another) machine running Windows 7.

[jainvnano]

Thanks, @Sam_Sharp. This is turned out to help a lot in addition to upgrading to LabView 2014 Service Pack 1 and all the NI Installer suggested Updates.