Specifications
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i If you click the heading of a column, the entries in the column are displayed in 
alphabetical order. If the click the column heading again, the entries in the column 
are displayed in reverse alphabetical order.
i You can remove a system port by selecting it and clicking Remove.
4. When you have finished your edits, click OK.
Viewing and Editing All of the Ports in the System
You can view and edit the all of the ports in the system (internal and external) in a single 
dialog box. Using this dialog box, you can also print a port list or export the ports as a CSV 
(Comma Separated Value) file formatted for the PBD Editor or for the Xilinx PACE (Pinout 
and Area Constraints Editor) tool.
To view and edit all of the ports in the system:
1. Select 
Add o Ports or click the Add Ports toolbar button.
2. If you want to print the 
System Ports table, click Print.
3. If you want to export the ports to a CSV file:
a. If you only want to export selected ports, select the ports to export.
b. Click Export.
c. In the Export Ports dialog box, enter a 
CSV File Name, select an Output Format of 
PBD Editor or PACE, and specify whether you want to export All Ports or 
Selected Ports.
d. In the Export Ports dialog box, Click 
OK. 
4. Edit the entries in the 
System and Component Ports table as desired.
Some notes about the table:
i Fields that the you can edit are displayed in white; read-only fields are displayed 
in grey.
i If you click the heading of a column, the entries in the column are displayed in 
alphabetical order. If the click the column heading again, the entries in the column 
are displayed in reverse alphabetical order.
5. When you have finished your edits, click 
OK.
Viewing and Editing Interrupts
You can view and edit the interrupts driving a component. Not all components have 
interrupt ports, and most components that use interrupts have only one interrupt port.
An interrupt may be driven by more than one net. If an interrupt is driven by multiple nets, 
you must specify the priority of each net driving the interrupt.
To edit the interrupts driving a component instance:
1. Double-click the component instance in the workspace.
2. In the Properties dialog box, click the 
Interrupts entry in the tree view on the left side 
of the dialog box.










