CCS is a disaster :(

Hi,

Is this a pure rant or is there a question buried in your post?

If the former, I guess you made yourself clear in your dissatisfaction, and I can tell that,sometimes the environment (type of OS, running third party applications such as antivirus, missing dependencies in Linux, etc.) plays a large role in a successful install of CCS. Also, some of the software packages were created long before the latest version of CCS was released, and some do not even support Linux or Windows - thus incompatibilities can have multiple causes. I personally have had my share or problems in both these regards, but both this forum and the wiki offer a great deal of help and information.

If the latter, it is a long shot for anyone start trying to answer anything. If you would like the help from anyone, details about the system and the software package, as well as complete error messages are critical. An excellent post with a general idea of how to ask a question is shown here.

--Cheers

As a user of TI compilers since before the days of GoDSP and SPox and yea, even before the fabled C10, you have my empathy :)  If it is any consolation, at least you have not (presumably) had to deal with CCS4, unlike some of us unfortunates.   Fwiw, CCS6 does suffer from a plethora of configuration options but it is indeed stable and usable, so there is that to look forward to once the magical menu sequence rituals are mastered.  Best of luck to you and patience patience!

In Chrome I am always getting TI Cloud agent installation.

After I click install it perform installation but does not appear in the list of extensions

So next time it prompts again to install

With Firefox the TI Resource Explorer came as this

Now I occasionally figured out that those red tabs expands the area, but before I did that It did not expand even after selecting a development tool. In Chrome it initially came expanded.

In CSS 6.1.1.00022 imported example OutOfBox_MSP430FR6989 had no files:

Importing MSP Ware example fails with error

Google Chrome	44.0.2403.130 (Розробка) dev-m (32-розрядна версія)
Редакція	d8899c841d0d45e98c9a4c38e11195a96a081304-refs/branch-heads/2403@{#586}
ОС	Windows 
Blink	537.36 (@199588)
JavaScript	V8 4.4.63.25
Flash	19.0.0.226
Агент користувача	Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/44.0.2403.130 Safari/537.36
Командний рядок	"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --flag-switches-begin --flag-switches-end
Виконуваний шлях	C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
Шлях до профілю	C:\Users\Eugene\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default
Різновиди	e9f4800b-39c30599
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Hey Eugene,

I  am an engineer on the ccs development team. I am a bit puzzled over why the chrome extension installation is not working because it is primarily controlled chrome/web store; we have minimum input into it. However, I have the following questions which may provide some insight.

1) What happens exactly when you click on the 'install' button in step 1. Does anything pop up?

     - If nothing happens can you check the chrome developer console for any relevant information.

           - Click 'F12' to bring up the developer tools. 

           - Click on the 'console' tab

           - Please provide the contents of the tab

2) Can you try installing the extension directly from the chrome web store. To do so go here (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ticloudagent-bridge/pfillhniocmjcapelhjcianojmoidjdk?authuser=1)

     - click on the 'Add to chrome' button on the top right hand corner

3) It also looks like you are using a an unofficial development build of chrome. I doubt this would be an issue though.

Regards,

Mandeep Deol

1)  Popup appears, prompting to install TI agent. I agree and it disappears

JS Console contains error message: Extension Installation Failed: NETWORK_FAILED

Connected to CCS Server - initiating handshake...
default/ext/ccs_server/ccs_server.js:115 Connected to Cloud Server - testing connection to CCS Server...
default/ext/ccs_server/ccs_server.js:66 Connected to CCS Server - initiating handshake...
default:422 Total Load Time 8782ms
default/ext/ccs_project/ccs_project.js:101 CCS Server handshake complete!
agent.js:603 Extension Installation Failed: NETWORK_FAILED
agent.js:603 Extension Installation Failed: NETWORK_FAILED

2) When I try direct link to web store I see a popup with error message NETWORK_FAILED.

Any other extension fail too :(

3) I remember Chrome installer offered to participate in some dev programs, so I guess that's how I got chrome-dev.

This is not my main browser, I am using it only when something does not work in Firefox

> 1) This looks like an issue with chrome. It looks like you may have to re-install chrome.

Should the CCS show an error message so I could know about this issue in an easy way?

> 2) What exactly is not working in 'Fire Fox'?

TI Resource Explorer came with collapsed panes in Firefox, which remain collapsed until explicitly expanded

1) Yes, I have filed an issue to fix this

2) I'm unable to reproduce this issue. But, I will forward the concern to the right people to look into.

Regards,
Mandeep

There is a setting for Uniflash to run the device after flashing but it is only available from the command line and not the UI.  I just spoke with the Uniflash guy and I will file a request to add that.  There is more info on how to find the command line options here.  Basically there is a -targetOp option and you can specify "run".

On the firmware update, what is happening is that the versions of the firmware that CCS Cloud and Uniflash are out of sync.  So if you are switching back and forth then each tool is going to prompt you to update.  Uniflash is going to be going through a major revamp that will leverage some of the same components used by CCS Cloud which will address that particular issue.  In general for MSP430 you shouldn't have to jump back and forth very often as you can flash directly from CCS cloud.  Is there a reason you are using Uniflash for flashing?  Typically it is used more later in development.

John

Mandeep Deol said:

2) I'm unable to reproduce this issue. But, I will forward the concern to the right people to look into.

Regards,
Mandeep

With firmware from Online CCS Uniflash flashes only once and hangs on the second time.

It also looks like Uniflash leaves programming cycle unclosed - LED101 on the Lauchpad remains ON (with both firmwares) while Online CCS turns it off at the end

JohnS said:

There is a setting for Uniflash to run the device after flashing but it is only available from the command line and not the UI.  I just spoke with the Uniflash guy and I will file a request to add that.  There is more info on how to find the command line options here.  Basically there is a -targetOp option and you can specify "run".

Thanks, John, I'll try that.

JohnS said:

On the firmware update, what is happening is that the versions of the firmware that CCS Cloud and Uniflash are out of sync.  So if you are switching back and forth then each tool is going to prompt you to update.  Uniflash is going to be going through a major revamp that will leverage some of the same components used by CCS Cloud which will address that particular issue.  In general for MSP430 you shouldn't have to jump back and forth very often as you can flash directly from CCS cloud.  

As I understood you, you recommend using firmware from the cloud?

JohnS said:

Is there a reason you are using Uniflash for flashing?  Typically it is used more later in development.

John

I am using cloud only as a starter. In general it is missing many features I like/need in the dev environment, such as more control on build settings, lookup a symbol, code autocompletion, etc. But before I jump off the cloud I need to ensure that my 'earth' environment produces runnable code.

I am doomed to Uniflash, because CCS6 fails on start on my Windows PC and I am running CCS6-Linux remotely on a virtual Debian 7. This setup does not support access to USB devices and therefor I can't access the programmer from CCS6.

Hi John

JohnS said:

There is a setting for Uniflash to run the device after flashing but it is only available from the command line and not the UI.  I just spoke with the Uniflash guy and I will file a request to add that.  There is more info on how to find the command line options here.  Basically there is a -targetOp option and you can specify "run".

Thanks for the advise, I found command line more practical. Although it neither resets nor runs uploaded  program but at least it leaves the board in the state I can reset with RST. I tried all three targetOp and now I know why Uniflash hangs, please find a stack trace below.

org.mozilla.javascript.WrappedException: Wrapped com.ti.xpcom.XPCOMException: 
The function "issueReset" returned an error condition  (0x80004005) (E:\Programs\TI\ccs_base\scripting\examples\uniflash\cmdLine\uniFlash_operation_msp.js#153)
        at org.mozilla.javascript.Context.throwAsScriptRuntimeEx(Context.java:1705)
        at org.mozilla.javascript.MemberBox.invoke(MemberBox.java:157)
        at org.mozilla.javascript.NativeJavaMethod.call(NativeJavaMethod.java:201)
        at org.mozilla.javascript.optimizer.OptRuntime.callProp0(OptRuntime.java:117)
        at org.mozilla.javascript.gen.c6._c1(E:\Programs\TI\ccs_base\scripting\examples\uniflash\cmdLine\uniFlash_operation_msp.js:153)
        at org.mozilla.javascript.gen.c6.call(E:\Programs\TI\ccs_base\scripting\examples\uniflash\cmdLine\uniFlash_operation_msp.js)
        at org.mozilla.javascript.optimizer.OptRuntime.callName0(OptRuntime.java:106)
        at org.mozilla.javascript.gen.c1._c6(E:\Programs\TI\ccs_base\scripting\examples\uniflash\cmdLine\uniFlash_main.js:342)
        at org.mozilla.javascript.gen.c1.call(E:\Programs\TI\ccs_base\scripting\examples\uniflash\cmdLine\uniFlash_main.js)
        at org.mozilla.javascript.optimizer.OptRuntime.callName0(OptRuntime.java:106)
        at org.mozilla.javascript.gen.c1._c0(E:\Programs\TI\ccs_base\scripting\examples\uniflash\cmdLine\uniFlash_main.js:21)
        at org.mozilla.javascript.gen.c1.call(E:\Programs\TI\ccs_base\scripting\examples\uniflash\cmdLine\uniFlash_main.js)
        at org.mozilla.javascript.ContextFactory.doTopCall(ContextFactory.java:337)
        at org.mozilla.javascript.ScriptRuntime.doTopCall(ScriptRuntime.java:2755)
        at org.mozilla.javascript.gen.c1.call(E:\Programs\TI\ccs_base\scripting\examples\uniflash\cmdLine\uniFlash_main.js)
        at org.mozilla.javascript.gen.c1.exec(E:\Programs\TI\ccs_base\scripting\examples\uniflash\cmdLine\uniFlash_main.js)
        at org.mozilla.javascript.tools.shell.Main.evaluateScript(Main.java:500)
        at org.mozilla.javascript.tools.shell.Main.processFileSecure(Main.java:422)
        at org.mozilla.javascript.tools.shell.Main.processFile(Main.java:388)
        at org.mozilla.javascript.tools.shell.Main.processSource(Main.java:379)
        at org.mozilla.javascript.tools.shell.Main.processFiles(Main.java:176)
        at org.mozilla.javascript.tools.shell.Main$IProxy.run(Main.java:97)
        at org.mozilla.javascript.Context.call(Context.java:540)
        at org.mozilla.javascript.ContextFactory.call(ContextFactory.java:447)
        at org.mozilla.javascript.tools.shell.Main.exec(Main.java:159)
        at org.mozilla.javascript.tools.shell.Main.main(Main.java:137)
Caused by: com.ti.xpcom.XPCOMException: The function "issueReset" returned an error condition  (0x80004005)
        at com.ti.xpcom.internal.XPCOMJavaProxy.callXPCOMMethod(Native Method)
        at com.ti.xpcom.internal.XPCOMJavaProxy.invoke(XPCOMJavaProxy.java:105)
        at $Proxy73.issueReset(Unknown Source)
        at com.ti.debug.engine.impl.AdvancedReset.issueReset(AdvancedReset.java:45)
        at com.ti.debug.engine.impl.DspUser.reset(DspUser.java:879)
        at com.ti.debug.engine.scripting.Target.reset(Target.java:588)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at org.mozilla.javascript.MemberBox.invoke(MemberBox.java:142)
        ... 24 more

Hi Ricky

I tried restart run and there were no difference, please find another log below.

<START: 18:34:30 GMT+0200 (EET)>

> Flash Manager is configured for the following part: MSP430FR6989

> Connecting to the target for Flash operations ...

> Connected.

> Loading Program: X:\workspace\ti\uart_echo\Release__GNU\uart_echo.out
MSP430: Loading complete. There were 1932 (code) and 128 (data) bytes written to
 FLASH/FRAM. The expected RAM usage is 30 (uninitialized data + stack) bytes.

> Finish Loading.

> Restart issued.
> Running target.
> Disconnecting from target.

SEVERE: MSP430: Breakpoint Manager: EEM module not accessible while running in U
ltra Low Power Debug Mode - Deactivate Ultra Low Power Debug mode to enable this
 feature

<END: 18:34:35 GMT+0200 (EET)>

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