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SHARCS Problem: Sidecar ASIC IDE Failure

Manifestation:

• Via rdesktop to Windows XP (Version 2002, Service Pack 3) host: stealthie.ucolick.org:

  Attempts to start the Sidecar ASIC IDE software are unsuccessful.

  Attempts to load the appropriate .soln file are unsuccessful. Sidecar ASIC IDE GUI disappears, but continues running in a minimized window. Clicking on the minimized window and selecting close returns a SAVE? pop-up window asking Save changes to Test before exiting?, the response to which is No.

• The following error message:

   
     There is an error in XML document (0,0). at 
     System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(XMReader xmlReader, String 
     encodingStyle, 
     XmlDeserializationEvents events) 
     at System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer.Deserialize(stream stream) 
     at SidecarApp.MainForm.loadRecentSolutionsList() 
     at SidecarApp.MainForm..ctor(Boolean hidefloorplan) 
     at SidecarApp.MainForm.Main(String[] args) 
     

  Acknowledging the error via OK causes the Sidecar ASIC IDE software to close.

  Re-starting the Sidecar ASIC IDE software yeilds the following error message:

   
     The process cannot access the file ‘C:\Program Files\Teledyne Scientific\Sidecar ASIC IDE\Solution.Settings.xml’ because it is being used by another process. 
     at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, string maybeFullPat) 
     at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, 
     SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy) 
     at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, 
     Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, String msgPath, Boolean bFrom proxy) 
     at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode) 
     at SidecarApp.MainForm.loadRecentSolutionsList() 
     at SidecarApp.MainForm..ctor(Boolean hidefloorplan) 
     at SidecarApp.MainForm.Main(String[] args) 
     

  Acknowledging the error via OK yeilds the following error message:

   
     Object reference not set to an instance of an object. 
     

• stealthie.ucolick.org unable to mount /data disk on covert.ucolick.org, even following a re-start of smb on covert.ucolick.org.

Solution/Recovery:

• Re-start sharcs.sh.
• Verify integrity of USB port and cable on stealthie.ucolick.org.
• Prepare to back-up, copy repositories, remove and re-installTeledyne Scientific Sidecar ASIC IDE sofware on Windows XP (Version 2002, Service Pack 3) host: stealthie.ucolick.org.
• On stealthie.ucolick.org: copy all relevant directories and files (e.g. /Test, /HxRG/Test.soln, /HxRG/DefaultJade2Registers.xml, etc.) to a logically named (e.g. date stamped) back-up directory.
• Locate source files in cvs repository (e.g. user@shred.ucolick.org:/u/will/cvs/install/stealthie/). Copy (e.g. using WinSCP) relevant repositories containing installer files (e.g. /10-software/ktzipstore_2025293777.zip) to stealthie.ucolick.org.
• On stealthie.ucolick.org, remove pre-existing (suspected corrupted) version of Sidecar ASIC IDE software:
  • Select Windows Start icon.
  • Select Control Panel... menu item.
  • Select Programs... menu item.
  • Select Programs and Features... menu item.
  • Locate and select Sidecar ASIC IDE from list.
  • Select Uninstall.
• On stealthie.ucolick.org: uncompress the relevant installer files (e.g. ktzipstore_2025293777.zip).
• On stealthie.ucolick.org: run the relevant Sidecar Server installer.
• On stealthie.ucolick.org: From previously-created logically named (e.g. date stamped) back-up directory, copy relevant directories and files (e.g. /Test, /HxRG/Test.soln, /HxRG/DefaultJade2Registers.xml, etc.) to relevant destination sub-directories (e.g. C:\Program Files\Teledyne Scientific\Sidecar ASIC IDE).
• Run the Sidecar ASIC IDE program and proceed in accordance with the Starting ShARCS instructions.

  Note: failures to progress may result from absent or mis-placed support files: Actions taken (e.g. connect, init) in the ShARCS GUI on the linux/VNC host may trigger pop-up error messages in the Sidecar ASIC IDE window on the stealthie.ucolick.org Windows XP host.

Cause:

• Corrupted Sidecar ASIC IDE software, possibly caused by uncontrolled shut-down(s) /power-cycles of stealthie.ucolick.org.

  The recommended method to shutdown stealthie.ucolick.org is via rdesktop:

  • Select Start icon.
  • Select Run... menu item.
  • At command prompt, type shutdown -s and execute the command.
  • Exit the rdesktop session by closing the window.

Associated Issues:

• Issue 10629

Change Log:

2016-12-15: Updated.

2016-11-23: Updated.

2016-11-21: First version.