RealView ICE and Trace (RVI / RVT) Knowledge Articles

RealView ICE (RVI) 3.3 is now available as part of RealView Development Suite (RVDS 4.0). It is also available as a standalone product. To obtain the latest version of RVDS or RVI, please contact your supplier.

Patch updates to RVI are available here: RVI Downloads

Knowledge Articles in this section

How do I configure RVD/RVI to capture ETM Trace using RVT on the PB-A8?
Can I connect to RVI over USB?
Can I connect to an ARM core with a debugger if it is daisy-chained with non-ARM devices?
Can I reprogram my board with RealView ICE?
Can I use RealView ICE with AXD/ADS?
Can I use RealView Trace on Solaris or Linux?
Can I use adaptive clocking with a hard macrocell, for example an ARM7TDMI?
Can I use my existing RealView Trace unit for hardware profiling using RealView Profiler?
Cannot load RVI DLL in RVD on Solaris or Linux
Cortex-M Debug Connectors
DSTREAM and RealView ICE (RVI) Code Sequence Information
Debugger cannot connect to a core with a very slow clock / Can I stop the core clock when debugging with RealView ICE?
Do DSTREAM / RVT2 / RVT units support 'Demultiplexed' trace port mode?
Do I need any RAM on my target to connect with a debugger? What is a 'Code Sequence'?
Do I need to connect DBGRQ and DBGACK to the 20-pin JTAG connector?
Do I need to connect DSTREAM/RVI to a working target to see it in the network?
Do I need to connect nSRST to the 20-pin JTAG connector?
Do I need to connect nTRST to the 20-pin JTAG connector?
Do RVD and RVI support CEVA digital signal processors?
How can I connect my DSTREAM / RealView ICE directly to my computer with an Ethernet cross-over cable?
How can I investigate suspected network problems with my DSTREAM or RVI unit ?
How do I configure DSTREAM/RVI to connect to a target using Serial Wire Debug (SWD)?
How do I configure DSTREAM/RVI to debug cores behind a JTAG-AP in CoreSight systems?
How do I configure RVD v3.1/RVI v3.1 to capture ETM Trace using the Embedded Trace Buffer (ETB) on the PB1176?
How do I configure RVD v3.1/RVI v3.1 to debug the PB1176?
How do I configure RVD v3.1/RVI v3.2.1 to capture ETM trace using the Embedded Trace Buffer (ETB) on the PB1176?
How do I configure RVD v3.1/RVI v3.2.1 to debug the PB1176?
How do I configure RVD v4.0/RVI v3.3 to capture ETM trace using the Embedded Trace Buffer (ETB) on the PB1176?
How do I configure RVD v4.0/RVI v3.3 to debug the PB1176?
How do I configure RVD_3.1/RVI_3.1 to capture ETM Trace using RVT on the PB1176?
How do I configure RVD_3.1/RVI_3.2.1 to capture ETM Trace using RVT on the PB-A8?
How do I configure RVD_3.1/RVI_3.2.1 to capture ETM Trace using RVT on the PB1176?
How do I configure RVD_4.0/RVI_3.3 to capture ETM Trace using RVT on the Microcontroller Prototyping System (MPS)?
How do I configure RVD_4.0/RVI_3.3 to capture ETM Trace using RVT on the PB1176?
How do I configure RVI and RVD to debug my Cortex-M3?
How do I configure and debug my CoreSight system using RVD/RVI?
How do I configure semihosting in RVD?
How do I configure vector_catch in RVD?
How do I control memory access size when using RVD / RVI?
How do I find my ARM serial number?
How do I find the Version and Build Numbers for my RVD/RVI tools?
How do I halt execution at the reset vector ?
How do I install RVD and RVI on a network drive under Linux?
How do I produce a trace Association file to describe my CoreSight systems to RVD/RVIv3.1?
How do I select RealView-ICE Serial Wire Debug?
How do I set top_of_memory?
How do I trace the MCBSTM32E using the CoreSight High Density Probe?
How do I use GDB with a RVI unit to debug my standalone application on an ARM target?
How do RVI and MultiICE access memory on a hardware target?
How does RVD/RVI debug affect the contents of my core's caches?
How does the ARM11 JTAG synchronisation logic work?
How does the JTAG synchronisation logic work? / How does adaptive clocking work?
How many cores can I trace at the same time with RealView ICE and RealView Trace?
How much trace can RealView-Trace capture ?
How to change the frequency of the RVI/DSTREAM sampling clock
How to use the ARM Support Trace Examiner Utility to Capture and Validate Trace
I cannot see my DSTREAM / RealView ICE unit in the network with the RVConfig Browse button
I cannot see my DSTREAM / RealView ICE unit on the network with the RealView ICE Config IP utility
I designed a board to be used with Multi-ICE. Can I use RealView ICE instead?
Is Windows Vista a supported platform for RVDS 3.1?
Is there a TAPOp equivalent for RealView ICE?
JTAG signal integrity and maximum cable lengths
My board has a 14-pin JTAG connector. Can I use Multi-ICE or RealView ICE with it?
On what platforms will my ARM development tools work?
RVI Target Interface levels and pull-up/pull-down resistors on the JTAG signals
RVI, RVT and DSTREAM Fault Report Form
RealView ICE Update reports a time-out or fails to program a DSTREAM / RealView ICE correctly
RealView ICE version 1.1 Installation Problems on Solaris
RealView Installation problems on Solaris
Set $top_of_memory to match target board memory
TAP order when using manual configuration
What JTAG connector should I specify if I wish to debug with RealView ICE?
What are the nSRST and nTRST signals from the JTAG connector?
What are the restrictions when debugging the ARM968E-Srd core?
What does RealView ICE do in its boot sequence? / The RealView ICE boot sequence does not finish / LED B does not stop blinking
What is Error S0004 (Server): This operation has failed (no details)?
What is the CoreSight High Density Probe?
What is the maximum TCK frequency that I can set up with DSTREAM / RVI ?
What is the maximum core frequency RealView Trace can capture at?
What is the part number for the 38-pin mictor trace connector?
What tools are required to debug my Cortex-M3 with RVD/RVI?
When designing development boards what style JTAG connector should I use?
When should I use adaptive clocking? Do I need to route RTCK to the JTAG connector?
When should I use the LVDS probe?
Which core should I select when I am debugging the ARM1136J-S using RealView-ICE?
Which debuggers is RVI compatible with?
Which versions of RVD can I use with which versions of RVI?
Why am I getting "ERROR: RVI not connected. Configure RVI" in the eXDI console after successfully configuring RVI using USB?
Why am I seeing error and warning messages after I upgraded to RVD 4.1 or RVI 4.0?
Why are the Evaluator-7T board registers not visible in RVD when using RealView ICE?
Why can I not see RealView ICE in the Connection Control Window?
Why can I not see my RVI over USB?
Why can I only see the core(s) in the RVD "Connect to Target" window when I have more components on my scan chain?
Why can't I add a custom device to the scan chain when using RVI 3.3?
Why do I get a 'Configuration item not supported' warning in RVD?
Why do I receive errors when installing the RealView-ICE USB driver
Why do I see External Error: No Interface Initialized when trying to connect the Trace Analyser in RVD?
Why do detailed tracepoints and triggers fail in Thumb code?
Why does "RealView ICE Update" fail when I attempt to upgrade my RVI firmware?
Why does GDB show "Device is not selected" if UNKNOWN or non-ARM devices are present in the scanchain?
Why does RVD fail to connect to or step my SecurCore Target?
Why does RVIUpdate fail to update my RealView-ICE firmware?
Why does my LVDS probe fail to work with RVI 3.4 and later? - Unprogrammed EEPROM devices
Why does progcards_rvi report an error after I try to connect to my RVI?
Why does the installer/uninstaller repeatedly insist I reboot my machine?
Why is RealView-ICE v1.5 firmware no longer available for download?

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