I think I've downloaded and installed installed everything specified (installs can be very slow).  I'm also a little 
concerned installing lots of stuff, as the last lot (SDK, mmWave and the off-line visualiser) trashed my c: 
drive - it came up with "no bootable media"!  This is actually relevant still, as I'll tell you.

Let's go for the FLASH first: screen-shot attached, this seems to run OK, but can't connect to the USB 
ports - although it seems to see them OK.

In the on-line visualiser, where it sticks at "download XDS etc", there is also a "yes I've done this" choice, 
which says something about the XDS stuff being user specific, and words about administrator & ordinary users.
This is exactly what I do on PCs, I never operate the thing normally as an administrator, for extra safety.  Also 
I would need a very good reason to go on-line in admin mode.

So, just in case, I've also now tried everything I have (except on-line visualiser) as an admin user ... it all 
does just the same things, so maybe this isn't an issue.

I mentioned down-loading the Visualiser and crashing the PC - the visulaiser seemed to have disappeared once
I'd fixed the PC - presumably windows repair deleted it.  However, it turned out that it was still there 
to the admin account.  There are two things to report from this:

1) (in admin) it runs, and DOES let me set up the serial ports, without asking for any downloads.  This DOES see 
my com27 & 28 - but although it goes through the motions, it doesn't connect.  I did think of one other thing 
overnight: I had been trying the FLASH, which needs different SOP setting.  I've put it back to what the demo needs 
(001) - and no change, it still doesn't connect ... screenshot attached.  Its hard to see in a static view, but there's 
s red status line moving across the screen too.

2) I can't see the admin directories from the user account -  so I just copied all the visualiser files across: 
there was one file it didn't copy, but close enough.  I cannow run the visualiser in non-admin mode, bar one 
complaint (presumeably the missing file), and it does exactly what it does in admin.  So, again not directly 
connected to what sort of user you are.

There does seem then to be a significant difference between running the visualiser on-line & the off-line 
version, off-line definitely getting further.

However, it still doesn't work!

I have one more thing to add - which may be nothing but ...
The DCX & IWR modules have different types of 5V power connector.  The DCA on seems fine.  However, the
IWR one is pretty bad: you have to be very careful with it to get the IWR to power correctly, and 
not touch it once things are going.  I'm judging "correctly powered" by getting the yellow led on & the 
red warm start one off.  I just wonder if - when it gets to RF power up activities, the power drain 
in creases, and (because the connector is poor) perhaps the 5V supply on-board is dipping ... enough to 
drop the USB momentarily, thus upsetting the mmWave s/w.  Can't see anything like this happening in 
windows device manager - but I'd guess that's pretty slow, so could easily miss it.  Just a thought!
This probbaly doesn't fit with the FLASH & visualiser not connecting, though, so we probbaly have
more that one issue here.

SO - I think I've got all the s/w you wanted, but it's not going yet:

> FLASH won't connect, although it can see the ports
> visualiser works differently on- to off-line, but doesn't connect in either
> doesn't seem to be any significant difference between admin & normal user accounts
> some of your software seems happy to connect (mmWave), and some isn't (FLASH, visulaiser), under seemingly
the same conditions & setups.

What do we try next?