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Can I use the same installation of CCS for Stellaris and MSP430?

Marcus Ahlberg
Prodigy 20 points

I found this old thread that deals with the subject, but it is not clear if I can use the same installation for both boards.
http://e2e.ti.com/support/development_tools/code_composer_studio/f/81/t/135961.aspx

It seems that you can only use one license at a time and that I would need to install CCS twice in order to use both licenses. Would it be possible to create a shortcut that specifies on the command line which license to use when starting CCS?

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    TI__Guru**** 168337 points

    Hi,

    Please check the discussion below. It talks about the details and how to switch licenses (and no, it can't be done via command line)

    http://e2e.ti.com/support/development_tools/code_composer_studio/f/81/p/209797/742312.aspx

    Hope this helps,

    Rafael

  • 0 in reply to desouza
    TI__Guru*** 130875 points

    Hi Markus,

    if you have a full license the answer is a definite yes.  Otherwise you will likely need to switch between licenses as Rafael pointed out as this means you are probably using a free license in at least one of the two cases and these are two different licenses.  For Stellaris the only free license is the "free limited license' for the xds100 and for the msp the only free license in the code size limited one.

    http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Licensing_-_CCS

    The above wiki explains this all as well.

    Best Regards,

    Lisa

  • 0 in reply to Lisa TI
    Prodigy 20 points

    Thanks for the reply.

    I was using the free limited license with Stellaris and switched to the code size limit license for MSP430, using the License Setup in CCS. Now it appears that I have got a dual-license and I can use both boards with the same CCS instance. When I look in AppData/Local/.TI, it contains both TI_CCS_CSL_License.lic and TI_CCS_Free_License.lic. Is this a bug or a feature?

    I'm using CCS 5.3.0 and Windows 8.

  • 0 in reply to Marcus Ahlberg
    TI__Guru*** 130875 points

    Hi Marcus,

    this sounds fine.  Each license type has generated a file and CCS tries one but then also finds the other.  Of course, depending on your hardware, one will work and CCS will use that one.  So you do have and need the two licenses, it is just CCS is automatically trying one first.

    Best Regards,

    Lisa