diff --git a/9_Firmware/9_2_FPGA/scripts/50t/gen_xfft_2048_ip.tcl b/9_Firmware/9_2_FPGA/scripts/50t/gen_xfft_2048_ip.tcl
index f09d90f..0e68efc 100644
--- a/9_Firmware/9_2_FPGA/scripts/50t/gen_xfft_2048_ip.tcl
+++ b/9_Firmware/9_2_FPGA/scripts/50t/gen_xfft_2048_ip.tcl
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 #   - Architecture:     Pipelined Streaming I/O (Radix-2, 11 stages)
 #   - Data Format:      Fixed Point
 #   - Scaling:          Scaled (fixed schedule via cfg_tdata SCALE_SCH bits)
-#                       Schedule [1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1] = /N (unitary FFT).
+#                       Schedule = 12'hAA9 (PG109 Pipelined Streaming layout):
+#                       stage 1 alone >>1, stages 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11
+#                       grouped each >>2 (per pair). Total = /N = unitary FFT.
 #                       AUDIT-C10/C-8 resolution: BFP previously hid a per-frame
 #                       block exponent the bridge dropped, making sim/silicon
 #                       absolute magnitudes incomparable. Scaled mode locks a
diff --git a/9_Firmware/9_2_FPGA/scripts/50t/run_xfft_xsim.sh b/9_Firmware/9_2_FPGA/scripts/50t/run_xfft_xsim.sh
index b943c86..2467960 100644
--- a/9_Firmware/9_2_FPGA/scripts/50t/run_xfft_xsim.sh
+++ b/9_Firmware/9_2_FPGA/scripts/50t/run_xfft_xsim.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ mkdir -p "$WORK_DIR"
 cd "$WORK_DIR"
 
 echo "===== Compiling Verilog sources ====="
-# Wrapper + testbench with the IP-on define
-xvlog -d FFT_USE_XILINX_IP "$WRAPPER" "$TB"
+# Wrapper + testbench with the IP-on define. -i adds the FPGA root so
+# `include "radar_params.vh"` resolves from inside tb/.
+xvlog -d FFT_USE_XILINX_IP -i "$PROJ_ROOT" "$WRAPPER" "$TB"
 # IP simulation netlist — references unisim primitives
 xvlog "$IP_NETLIST"
 # fft_engine etc. NOT needed because FFT_USE_XILINX_IP routes around it,
diff --git a/9_Firmware/9_2_FPGA/xfft_2048.v b/9_Firmware/9_2_FPGA/xfft_2048.v
index 65c9e37..e1ddcee 100644
--- a/9_Firmware/9_2_FPGA/xfft_2048.v
+++ b/9_Firmware/9_2_FPGA/xfft_2048.v
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ module xfft_2048 (
     output wire        s_axis_data_tready,
 
     // Data output channel (AXI-Stream master). 64-bit packed {Q[31:0], I[31:0]}.
-    // No tuser — scaled mode does not emit BLK_EXP, and the design has no
-    // XK_INDEX / OVFLO consumers.
+    // No tuser — scaled mode does not emit BLK_EXP, and the IP is configured
+    // with no XK_INDEX / OVFLO outputs (see gen_xfft_2048_ip.tcl).
     output wire [63:0] m_axis_data_tdata,
     output wire        m_axis_data_tvalid,
     output wire        m_axis_data_tlast,
@@ -68,15 +68,11 @@ module xfft_2048 (
 // ============================================================================
 // XILINX LOGICORE FFT v9.1 — production / XSim path
 // ============================================================================
-// Side-channels (status/event) are tied off here; if downstream needs them
-// (e.g. for pipeline-stall debug), surface them through this wrapper.
-
-wire [7:0] xfft_status_tdata;
-wire       xfft_status_tvalid;
-// tuser still exists on the IP port surface (Vivado emits a 1-bit dummy in
-// scaled mode with no XK_INDEX/OVFLO). Wired to a local sink so the placer
-// elides it.
-wire [7:0] xfft_dout_tuser_unused;
+// Per the regenerated IP (Pipelined Streaming + scaled + 1 channel + no CP +
+// no XK_INDEX / no OVFLO), the IP exposes only the AXI-Stream config / data
+// channels and six event signals. There is no m_axis_data_tuser and no
+// m_axis_status_* channel in this configuration. Event signals are left
+// unconnected — none are consumed downstream.
 
 xfft_2048_ip u_xfft (
     .aclk                        (aclk),
@@ -88,13 +84,9 @@ xfft_2048_ip u_xfft (
     .s_axis_data_tready          (s_axis_data_tready),
     .s_axis_data_tlast           (s_axis_data_tlast),
     .m_axis_data_tdata           (m_axis_data_tdata),
-    .m_axis_data_tuser           (xfft_dout_tuser_unused),
     .m_axis_data_tvalid          (m_axis_data_tvalid),
     .m_axis_data_tready          (m_axis_data_tready),
     .m_axis_data_tlast           (m_axis_data_tlast),
-    .m_axis_status_tdata         (xfft_status_tdata),
-    .m_axis_status_tvalid        (xfft_status_tvalid),
-    .m_axis_status_tready        (1'b1),
     .event_frame_started         (),
     .event_tlast_unexpected      (),
     .event_tlast_missing         (),