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DSK 6711 interfacing to laptop windows 7 via USB to parallel converter

abhishek srivastava
Intellectual 270 points

hi all

i got an old box of TMS320C6711 DSK in good condition (working), but the interface available is via parallel port. my laptop (HP pavillion DV6) do not have parallel port nor PCI slot only USB ports available. i have brought USB to parallel port converter but could not able to connect to DSK.it shows "unspecified" device with name USB2.0-print even though driver is installed. but CCS could bot recognize it. i am using CCS 2 which was provided along with kit.

  any possible way u all can suggest so that i can use my available hardware??i dont have enough money to buy new DSK.any cheaper solutions?

thank you

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    TI__Guru* 84110 points

    Abhishek,

    Since this is a Code Composer issue and not a C6000 Single Core device issue, a Moderator will move this post to the Code Composer Forum for the best answers.

    They may want to know which version of CCS you are trying to use.

    I doubt this configuration is supported, but please provide the extra information so they can give you a full answer.

    Regards,
    RandyP

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    TI__Guru**** 483701 points

    Hi Abhishek,

    Your environment has a lot of unsupported configurations. You are using an extremely old version of CCS (v2) which is unsupported on Windows 7. And you didn't mention if it is 32bit or 64 bit windows. If it is 64bit, then you will need 64bit drivers which I doubt exist for CCSv2. Next, you are using a USB to parallel port converter which theoretically should work but again it was never tested and hence never officially supported. Perhaps Spectrum Digital can help with that configuration but again you are using old unsupported hardware and tools never supported on your host OS.

    ki

  • 0 in reply to Ki
    Intellectual 270 points

    hi

    i am having windows 32 bit.

    which CCS version should i use with 6711 DSK?? i dont think ccs5.3 is going to support that old hardware. does it?

    what if i use windows xp on virtual machine and then try to connect via USB to parallel port ?

    is there any chances for success?

  • 0 in reply to abhishek srivastava
    TI__Guru**** 483701 points

    5.3 does work with .the C6711 DSK. I have used it with an external JTAG USB emulator. I'm not sure about the onboard PP. I know that the external PP JTAG emulator is supported. You can give it a try.

    abhishek srivastava said:
    what if i use windows xp on virtual machine and then try to connect via USB to parallel port ?

    Sorry I have no idea. When using various USB to serial cables, some cables worked, others did not. You will just have to try and experiment.

    ki

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    Prodigy 110 points

    DSK driver serarch printer on a processor IO port. USB paralel port is virtual, therefore not provide any IO port access for drivers. 

    Maybe I'm one step forward.

    I try to use paralel DSK (CCS2) on a desktop PC. But modern MB has no paralel port. Therefore I use PCIE paralel card.

    But that kind of card map paralel port to high io address range. Instead DSK handle only standard IO address for paralel port (PRN, LPT1, LPT2). Looks like no way to change PP base address to nay other.

    Therefore  this route is not passable. Now I use a very old PC which has MB embedded paralel port.   

  • 0 in reply to Ki
    Prodigy 225 points

    Hi Ki-Soo Lee,

    May I know what kind of external JTAG USB emulator you are using? Since I also need one that can interface C6711 and win7 to do a DSP project, but those emulators I searched are too expensive. Thanks.

  • 0 in reply to Zhexin Qiu
    TI__Guru**** 483701 points

    It has been awhile but I usually use my Spectrum Digital XDS510USB emulator with that DSK and works well.