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Has anyone had any success using the USB port (not the one for emulation) to transfer data to a PC host?  I believe this would be of general interest to a lot of people, and the facilities seem to be available, but several steps are involved.  The first 6 steps are straightforward but beyond that I've run into problems.  Here are the steps:

1) Download the CSL (low-power version) from here:   http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/folders/print/sprc133.html

2) Once you've installed it, you'll find a doc directory which has documentation for all of the examples in the CSL library.  Following the docs for the USB port, you must then:

3)  Contact your nearest TI sales rep and obtain a host side program called dm350_diag.exe.  It has its own set of instructions for installation which you must follow.

4)  Download a PC USB host driver (called "WinDriver") from www.jungo.com.  The current version available is 10.2.  It's available as a 30-day trial.

5)  Import the the entire CSL library project in CCS V4 and then select example that you want to be the active sub-project , i.e. CSL_USB_PollExample_Out.

6) Build and run the target program and connect the USB cable to your host pc.

7) The CSL example documentation now instructs you to: "Open the Windriver driver wizard and install the inf file for the USB device (Only when running for first time)".  But when I try to do this, the WinDriver wizard doesn't seem to give me an option to install any .inf file.  I presume it's the .inf file that came with the dm350_diag.exe package.  The driver wizard let's you create a project file based on some existing installed items, but the TI USB connection does not show up on this list.  This crucial step is necessary to run step 8, which is to run dm350_diag and observe a trace of the communication between target and host via the USB.

I've tried this on a Windows XP and Vista systems (both 32-bit), but have had no luck.  Has anyone out there had any success with this?

Thanks, Ed