C2000-CGT: Which last version is compatible with Windows 7 32 bit?

https://www.ti.com/tool/download/C2000-CGT-18/18.12.6.LTS released 15 Jun 2020 has ti_cgt_c2000_18.12.6.LTS_windows_installer.exe

https://www.ti.com/tool/download/C2000-CGT-18/18.12.7.LTS released 25 Sep 2020 has ti_cgt_c2000_18.12.7.LTS_windows-x64_installer.exe

https://www.ti.com/tool/download/C2000-CGT-19/20.2.2.LTS released 20 Jul 2020 has ti_cgt_c2000_20.2.2.LTS_windows_installer.exe

https://www.ti.com/tool/download/C2000-CGT-19/20.2.3.LTS released 19 Oct 2020 has ti_cgt_c2000_20.2.3.LTS_windows-x64_installer.exe

https://www.ti.com/tool/download/C2000-CGT-21/20.8.0.STS released 02 Sep 2020 has ti_cgt_c2000_20.8.0.STS_windows_installer.exe

https://www.ti.com/tool/download/C2000-CGT-21/20.12.0.STS released 15 Dec 2020 has ti_cgt_c2000_20.12.0.STS_windows-x64_installer.exe

I can't seem to find it documented, but appears sometime in Sep 2020 TI changed to 64-bit compilers for Windows.

I'm haven't checked the above versions, but would ti_cgt_c2000_20.8.0.STS_windows_installer.exe be the latest CGT 20.x stream you could use under Windows 7 32-bit?

Hi, Chester!

My fault - I didn't check all minor versions of CGT, I have checked only latest ones from https://www.ti.com/tool/C2000-CGT

I've just installed 20.8.0.STS  but I can't select it for building - it isn't listed as available:

despite the fact that it's in file system:

I tried two times: using "Help - Install New Software..." and by launching downloaded .exe - no success.

Could it be because it's a STS not LTS version?

Regards,
Alex

Hi Alex,

Is there a specific reason that you have not updated your CCS version to a newer one that supports  this newer compiler version? As for installing compiler versions into CCS, in that Compiler window under Preferences, did you click the refresh button to have CCS search for the product?

Regards,

Ozino

Hi Ozino,

My current working OS is 32-bit one. CCS 8.3.1 is the latest version that is supported on 32-bit Windows.

Yes, I clicked the refresh button but nothing happened - the list of available CGT didn't change.

Regards,
Alex

Alex,

You can manually install the desired compiler version by selecting the following option under Help -> Install New Software. Select the appropriate version for the C2800 Compiler Tools.

"Code Generation Tools Updates - http://software-dl.ti.com/dsps/dsps_public_sw/sdo_ccstudio/codegen/Updates/p2win32/ "

Regards,

Ozino

Ozino,

I wrote it earlier: I tried to install CGT 20.8.0.STS using "Help - Install New Software..." - no success. It appeared in file system but not in the list of available CGT's.

Regards,
Alex

I've just reinstalled CCS 8.3.1 (uninstalled it at first) and tried again to install CGT 18.2.0 STS. But for the third time I hadn't success - I see new CGT on disk, but not in the list of available toolchains.

Is there any install-log?

Regards,
Alex

I have found install-log in C:\ti\ccsv8\install_logs\20210714204252 and don't see there any errors:

Log started 07/14/2021 at 20:43:08
Preferred installation mode : unattended
Trying to init installer in mode unattended
Mode unattended successfully initialized
Preparing to Install
Preparing to Install
Creating directory C:\ti\ccsv8\tools\compiler\ti-cgt-c2000_20.8.0.STS
Unpacking files
Directory already exists: C:\ti\ccsv8\tools\compiler\ti-cgt-c2000_20.8.0.STS
Creating directory C:\ti\ccsv8\tools\compiler\ti-cgt-c2000_20.8.0.STS\include
...
Creating directory C:\ti\ccsv8\tools\compiler\ti-cgt-c2000_20.8.0.STS\man
Creating directory C:\ti\ccsv8\tools\compiler\ti-cgt-c2000_20.8.0.STS\man\man1
Unpacking files
Unpacking C:\ti\ccsv8\tools\compiler\ti-cgt-c2000_20.8.0.STS\C2000_RTS_20.8.0.STS_manifest.html
Unpacking C:\ti\ccsv8\tools\compiler\ti-cgt-c2000_20.8.0.STS\README.html
...
Unpacking C:\ti\ccsv8\tools\compiler\ti-cgt-c2000_20.8.0.STS\lib\src\stlport\s__vector.c
Unpacking C:\ti\ccsv8\tools\compiler\ti-cgt-c2000_20.8.0.STS\lib\src\stlport\collate.cpp
Creating Uninstaller
Creating uninstaller 25%
Creating uninstaller 50%
Creating uninstaller 75%
Creating uninstaller 100%
Installation completed
Log finished 07/14/2021 at 20:43:21
Exiting with code 0

So, I don't see any reason why this CGT isn't listed in available list.

Regards,
Alex

Alex,

Can you verify which installers appear in the Help -> About Code Composer Studio -> Installation Details.

Have you tried installing an LTS version of the compiler from the list of available ones provided when using Help -> Install New Software. Do note that STS means short term support. I would advise installing an LTS version if there are not constraints.

Regards,

Ozino

Hi Ozino,

Yes, CGT 20.8.0 is in the list of installed software:

It seems to me that I've found the cause why I'm unable to select this CGT for building. I have found the following line in error log (it's in Russian, Google translation is below):

java.io.IOException: Cannot run program 
"C:\ti\ccsv8\tools\compiler\ti-cgt-c2000_20.8.0.STS\bin\cl2000.exe": CreateProcess error=216, 
Версия "%1" не совместима с версией Windows, работающей на этом компьютере. 
Проверьте сведения о системе, чтобы узнать, какая версия программы x86 (32-разрядная) 
или x64 (64-разрядная) вам нужна, и получите ее у поставщика программного обеспечения

java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "C: \ ti \ ccsv8 \ tools \ compiler \ ti-cgt-c2000_20.8.0.STS \ bin \ cl2000.exe": CreateProcess error = 216, Version '% 1' is not compatible with the version of Windows running on this computer. Check your system information to see which version of the program is x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) you need and get it from your software vendor

I checked it with Dependency Walker from SysInternals and it confirmed that cl2000.exe from CGT 20.8.0 is 64-bit application:

So I find it's very strange that

- this CGT is marked as available for 32-bit version OS (when one searches for available components from CCS under 32-bit OS using Help - Install New Software... menu)

- it's installer is marked without substring 'x64' (and therefore one assumes it's a 32-bit application) when downloading it for TI's site

- it's marked as 32-bit in the list of installed software (look screenshot above)

- but it's actually a 64-bit application

So, it seems that it's impossible to determine which version of CGT will work under 32-bit Windows just by looking at the name of it's installer - even though there might be no substring 'x64', it can be a 64-bit version.

And it's impossible to determine which version of CGT will work even using Help - Install New Software... menu.

It's very frustrating.

Right now I tried to install CGT 21.6 using Help - Install New Software...  First part of installation process finished successfully and CCS said it needs to restart CCS to continue. When I confirmed and the second part of installation process started I got the following error:

So 32-bit CCS working under 32-bit Windows tried to install 64-bit compiler

Regards,
Alex

Alex Guryanow said:

I've just installed 20.8.0.STS  but I can't select it for building - it isn't listed as available

All my Windows PCs are currently running Windows 10 64-bit so I can't repeat the test on a 32-bit windows.

I did confirm that with CCS 8.3.1.00004 on Windows 10 64-bit could install C2000 v20.8.0.STS was was then available:

When dumpbin was run on cl2000.exe reported that actually a 64-bit executable as a result of "machine (x64)" :

C:\ti\ccs831\ccsv8\tools\compiler\ti-cgt-c2000_20.8.0.STS\bin>"c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.28.29910\bin\Hostx64\x64\dumpbin.exe" /headers cl2000.exe
Microsoft (R) COFF/PE Dumper Version 14.28.29914.0
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.


Dump of file cl2000.exe

PE signature found

File Type: EXECUTABLE IMAGE

FILE HEADER VALUES
            8664 machine (x64)
               7 number of sections
        5F4C5209 time date stamp Mon Aug 31 02:27:37 2020
               0 file pointer to symbol table
               0 number of symbols
              F0 size of optional header
              22 characteristics
                   Executable
                   Application can handle large (>2GB) addresses

Which is a different way of confirming what your most recent reply said.

I agree it is confusing trying to find the latest compiler versions which are for Windows 32-bit.

Will have another look by downloading some different versions.

Hi Chester,

Thank you for your investigation!

Best regards,
Alex

Alex, Chester, 

Thanks for looking into these compiler details. I am having this post forwarded to the compiler team for additional help and to further answer your questions.

Regards,

Ozino