RE: Error initializing emulator

larry freeze99755 said:

I tried all the usual solutions, nothing worked.

Thanks for the response.

I searched the forum and the faq, I tried many of the suggestions, but nothing helped. 

I then uninstalled ccs 5.4 and reinstalled the full version keeping the default workspace.

The problem persists. I am using windows 8 on a new hp desktop. 

If I use my laptop  (windows 7) with ccs 5.2 all works okay.

Does your computer recognize your board? If Windows doesn't, CCS won't either. Here's how to check: control panel(desktop mode) > administrative tools > computer management > device manager > ports. if your board isn't listed, the drivers are not installed.  I'm betting that the drivers are not windows 8 compatible. you may have to download the windows 8 drivers from TI.

The device manager under ports, shows :  MSP430 application uart (com 6).

No other ports are shown. Looks like that is correct.  I clicked on the driver

And tried to update it, but the response was that I have the latest driver. I am

At a loss to figure this out, I’m on my third day, any other suggestions would be

Greatly appreciated, I am certain this is some dumb mistake that I have made,

But can’t identify.

Hmm...It appears TI does not provide drivers, i'll keep looking though. after doing some experimenting I found that I can replicate your scenario by taking out the IC. So did you just buy the board? if so the LEDs should be blinking(default firmware). if not, then I suspect that you got a bad IC. I would also check to make sure the indent on the IC  is lined up with the printed indent on the board(closest to the USB). also if you got the Launchpad(which I'm assuming you have), there is another IC in the box you can try.

Let me know how it goes,

Tyler

I originally purchased two launchpads. I had never used the second one. I opened the

Bag containing the new one, connected it (windows 8 ccs 5.4) and observed the default program running correctly.

I then tried to Load a new program (debug) and got the same error. I then connected the new

launchpad to my windows 7 laptop (ccs 5.2). Everything worked okay. I was able to load a new program and

debug it without problem. It certainly appears that the issue is With CCS 5.4 and windows 8,

 but anything is possible. Thanks again for your help

Larry

try installing an older version of CCS and use the workaround here:

http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Windows_8_CCS

If that does not work then you may have to use Energia however you will have to rewrite any code you have because the language is like arduino . A while ago, someone asked about alternatives to CCS. the thread is here. Other then that, consider using your laptop because I don't think anything more can be done.

Tyler

Many thanks for your suggestions, I decided to go with Energia. In order to install Energia Cleanly,

 I uninstalled CCS, I then did the Energia install. The install was clean with no problems. I opened

 the blink led example, I tried to download it and got the same

Error I got with CCS. It did supply one additional piece of info, apparently the problem Has an error code of 57.
I then googled  (error=57)  and found it appears to be a windows error. I went through a Bunch of suggested solutions, nothing helped.

At this point my head hurts, I will revert back to using my laptop with windows 7 to do my launchpad coding. Hopefully a solution

 will be found for this problem.

I do like energia, it has a small clean users window and is just what I needed to develop

My code.

Larry