Ise Webpack License Windows 8
Unfortunately for me, and many other Xilinx users, the ISE Design Suite 14.6 Webpack Edition was not supported in Windows 8. Specifically, many users including myself encountered instability in the Xilinx License Manager (xlcm.exe) that made it impossible to validate a Webpack License therefore rendering the ISE tools unusable.
Ise Webpack License Windows 8.1
I didn't find any relevant info in the video, could you possibly type out the steps to get ISE 14.7 running under Windows-8? BTW, I too find it amazing that Xilinx wouldn't officially support Windows-8 for the tool that is the only way to do designs with Spartan-6 and older devices. How are we to handle legacy support? Keep an old PC locked away somehow?
My old Windows-XT machine is barely usable due to the lack of support for the operating system, so I hardly see that as an option. No, that seems to relate to older issues. My issu stems from trying to run ISE 14.7 under a not supported OS (Windows-8).
I looked at the license file and checked it using the 'lmutil lmdiag -c C: Xilinx Xilinx.lic' command and it checks out fine. In there is a solution, set an environment variable 'XILINXD_LICENSE_FILE = C: Xilinx Xilinx.lic' and ISE will automatically detect the license without having to run LMUTIL. This works fine as far as I have tested, so problem solved for now. Windows 7 pro 64 bit iso. Edit 20141110: There is an excellent desriptions on ISE under Win-8 in that also shows how to get PlanAhed up and running. Government cracks down on kodi.
Ise Webpack License
The '_pn.exe' is something that has with licensing to do, I guess. Was the installation as such successful?
The installation as such was successful for me when I ran it in Windows7 compatible mode (right-click, 'Troubleshoot compatibility', 'Try recommended settings'.). But '_pn.exe', following after the installation, terminated with the error message quoted. However, it has not made any harm to me, maybe because I had earlier versions installed (10.1, 13.3; the program folders copied from a Windows7 machine, the installeers did not work in Windows8, not even in Windows7 compatible mode) and therefore required licenses; or because the WebPack is a freeware. Running '_pn.exe' afterwards requires a modification of the 'Path' system variable ('My computer', righ-click and 'Properties', select 'Advanced System Settings'/'Environment variables', edit the 'Path' System variable, adding ';C. ISE_DS ISE lib nt' last, the '.'
Depending upon how/where you installed ISE14.7). Otherwise you will at once have an error message about a missing DLL. I tried this, '_pn.exe' started and finished at once, without any error message.
Sorry, I don't know whether this means that it ran successfully and fast, or that it crashed 'softly' at once. (I think that, if you try this above with '_pn.exe', you should restore the 'Path' System variable to its original value afterwards.) /dindea.