XScope on dual board setup

[gerrykurz]

I am making an XN file for chaining two L16 SliceKit boards together.

There is a node for XScope on the original single L16 SliceKit xn file.

How do I set up the XScope for the second L16 board?

Do I setup a second XScope Node for the second board?

Do I just setup a link to the XScope Node from the second board?

I have attached the xn file.

[TSC]

There's no need to do any additional setup for XScope on multiple tiles. Just make sure that NodeId in the XScope link matches the NodeId of the node where the XTAG-2 plugs in (0 in my case).

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<Link Encoding="2wire" Delays="4,4" Flags="XSCOPE">
  <LinkEndpoint NodeId="0" Link="X0LA" />
  <LinkEndpoint RoutingId="0x8000" Chanend="1" />
</Link>

I see in the code you attached there is a Node declaration that involves a Service and XScope stuff. I'm not sure where you got that from, but it wasn't necessary for me. I had Xscope working across all four Tiles with 2x SliceKit Core boards.

One more thing: The Node Type declaration in your XN file keeps changing. For the SliceKit, it should be Type="XS1-L1A" for every node.

[gerrykurz]

I copied the xscope stuff from the SliceKit-L16 xn file which I understood to be the most current.

I had to change the type and package info back to the way it was in the SliceKit-L2 xn file because the ethernet module didn't like it.

[gerrykurz]

oops I forgot to say that it is working.....

[TSC]

I'm glad you got it working.

I just checked the most recent version of SLICEKIT-L16.xn and I'm curious what the purpose of the additional node service stuff for XScope is for.

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    <Nodes>
      <Node Id="2" Type="device:" routingId="0x8000">
        <Service Id="0" Proto="xscope_host_data(chanend c);">
          <Chanend Identifier="c" end="3"/>
        </Service>
      </Node>
    </Nodes>

I don't think it was there in earlier versions and it doesn't seem to be critical to basic XScope functionality. So I posted a question in the Xcore Q&A.

Edit: It probably enables PC to XMOS data transfer through XScope during runtime, which would be very useful. There doesn't seem to be any documentation on it yet though.