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Error initializing emulator: No USB FET was found, eZ430, CCS5.2.0.00069, Ubuntu 11.10 32-bit

Has anybody successfully connected to an eZ430 using CCS5.2.0.00069 on Ubuntu 11.10 32-bit?

I have it installed and I have run install_script.sh using sudo.

When trying to run an example project using the supplied debug configuration I get the message

    MSP430: Error initializing emulator: No USB FET was found

On investigation I found that the eZ430 is installing as /dev/ttyACM0 with owner - root, group - dialler and permissions - 660. I discovered that the removable device installation rule added by the install script to file /etc/udev/rules.d/61-msp430uif.rules is for a different device. I added another rule in file 61-ez430.rules as follows...

    ATTRS{idVendor}=="0451",ATTRS{idProduct}=="f432",MODE="0666"

This is the same as the other rule but has the vendor and product IDs taken from the output of the lsusb command...

    Bus 002 Device 017: ID 0451:f432 Texas Instruments, Inc. eZ430 Development Tool

Now the device installs with permission for anyone to read and write.

    crw-rw-rw- 1 root dialout 166, 0 2012-06-05 12:41 /dev/ttyACM0

...but I still get the same error.

I've been trying to find a setting to set the device CCS uses to talk to the FET. I would have expected to find it in the Debug Configuration, but the CCS Device Debugging - Project launch configuration doesn't have Eclipse's usual Debugger settings.

Does anyone have some wisdom to share that might help?

  • Having the same problem with linux Mint 12, 32 bit.  MSP-FET-430UIF shows up as /dev/ttyUSB0, from CCS, project->properties connection have only options: TI MSP430 USB1[default], USB2 and USB3 as options.  Made sure /dev/ttyUSB0 was rw for users.

    Anyone have a suggestion.

    Regards

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