Hello,

In fact, I worked with XUPV5-LX110T evaluation platform (Xilinx).
Indeed, I tried to send a data from Matlab script (communication 
protocol) on the RS-232 serial port, where:

-  I use the RS-232 Null Modem (DB9) Female-Female between the computer 
and the platform;

-  The data sent is 8 bits comply with the standard;

-  The serial port (on the platform) is interfaced with the FPGA by 
referring to XUPV5-LX110T user constraints file .ucf (RXD0 - RXD7) (the 
UART module is already on the platform)

Control pins
NET  PHY_COL             LOC="B32";   # Bank 11, Vcco=2.5V or 3.3V user 
selectable by J20
NET  PHY_CRS             LOC="E34";   # Bank 11, Vcco=2.5V or 3.3V user 
selectable by J20
NET  PHY_INT             LOC="H20";   # Bank 3, Vcco=2.5V, No DCI
NET  PHY_MDC             LOC="H19";   # Bank 3, Vcco=2.5V, No DCI
NET  PHY_MDIO            LOC="H13";   # Bank 3, Vcco=2.5V, No DCI
NET  PHY_RESET           LOC="J14";   # Bank 3, Vcco=2.5V, No DCI
NET  PHY_RXCLK           LOC="H17";   # Bank 3, Vcco=2.5V, No DCI
NET  PHY_RXCTL_RXDV   LOC="E32";   # Bank 11, Vcco=2.5V or 3.3V user 
selectable by J20
NET  PHY_RXER              LOC="E33";   # Bank 11, Vcco=2.5V or 3.3V 
user selectable by J20

 Data pins
NET  PHY_RXD0                     LOC="A33";   # Bank 11, Vcco=2.5V or 
3.3V user selectable by J20
NET  PHY_RXD1                     LOC="B33";   # Bank 11, Vcco=2.5V or 
3.3V user selectable by J20
NET  PHY_RXD2                     LOC="C33";   # Bank 11, Vcco=2.5V or 
3.3V user selectable by J20
NET  PHY_RXD3                     LOC="C32";   # Bank 11, Vcco=2.5V or 
3.3V user selectable by J20
NET  PHY_RXD4                     LOC="D32";   # Bank 11, Vcco=2.5V or 
3.3V user selectable by J20
NET  PHY_RXD5                     LOC="C34";   # Bank 11, Vcco=2.5V or 
3.3V user selectable by J20
NET  PHY_RXD6                     LOC="D34";   # Bank 11, Vcco=2.5V or 
3.3V user selectable by J20
NET  PHY_RXD7                     LOC="F33";   # Bank 11, Vcco=2.5V or 
3.3V user selectable by J20

-  The FPGA is connected only to the TX and RX data pins on the serial 
port (by referring to the manual);

-       I checked that I’m getting expected data at serial port of my 
machine properly by doing the loopback, I send and receive the same 
data. I use RealTerm to send and capture data on the port (For the 
Baudrate, when I set it at 9600, the communication works fine according 
that I had as boot loading the platform (bootloader menu) using 
RealTerm).

-  I implemented a VHDL description that is used to link the pins 
RXD0--RXD7 with GPIO_LED_0--GPIO_LED_7 respectively in order to check if 
I have the same data (sent and received) and I downloaded the Bit stream 
configuration file .bit (I verified my VHDL description in ModelSim by 
making a testBench; it works fine).

NET  GPIO_LED_0           LOC="H18";   # Bank 3, Vcco=2.5V, No DCI
NET  GPIO_LED_1           LOC="L18";   # Bank 3, Vcco=2.5V, No DCI
NET  GPIO_LED_2           LOC="G15";   # Bank 3, Vcco=2.5V, No DCI
NET  GPIO_LED_3           LOC="AD26";  # Bank 21, Vcco=1.8V, DCI using 
49.9 ohm resistors
NET  GPIO_LED_4           LOC="G16";   # Bank 3, Vcco=2.5V, No DCI
NET  GPIO_LED_5           LOC="AD25";  # Bank 21, Vcco=1.8V, DCI using 
49.9 ohm resistors
NET  GPIO_LED_6           LOC="AD24";  # Bank 21, Vcco=1.8V, DCI using 
49.9 ohm resistors
NET  GPIO_LED_7           LOC="AE24";  # Bank 21, Vcco=1.8V, DCI using 
49.9 ohm resistors

I started to send a data using Matlab Script (given that Matlab returns 
no problem in the command window), but there is no change on the LEDs.

I want to know if I need to instantiate the control pins of the port in 
my VHDL description (eg PHY_RXCLK may be it requires a clock to operate 
the UART Module)? or I can use just the RXD0—RXD7?

Please can someone help me to solve this problem?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Best regards,
Isamel