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MSP430 Launchpad, CCS v5.5, Linux VirtualBox WinXP Debug RXD/TXD Fix

tma
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Greetings,

            I am running Linux Mint 13 (based on Ubuntu 12.04) as a host with Windows XP Pro running within VirtualBox 4.3.2.

            I installed CCS v5.5  into VM WinXP only to discover CCS could not detect the FET430 Launchpad interface. I found that I could not set up the the MSP-FET430UIF USB interface link under Devices>USB Devices. It rejected the link attempt and provided the following error message:

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Failed to attach the USB device Texas Instruments MSP-FET430UIF [0105] to the virtual machine WinXPpro.
Failed to create a proxy device for the USB device. (Error: VERR_READ_ERROR).

Result Code:
NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component:
Console
Interface:
IConsole {8ab7c520-2442-4b66-8d74-4ff1e195d2b6}
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          After spending quite a bit of time with this issue I finally read a VirtualBox forum message that mentioned there is a problem with Linux being overwhelmed during the Linux USB port driver setup from temperature data reports being sent from the MSP430 default application. Removal of the RXD/TXD u-links on the LaunchPad board blocks this data stream and allows one to establish the VB USB Devices link.

          My program now runs in the debugger OK. I am pleased as I didn't wish to have the need to dual boot my PC back into Windows just for MSP430 code development.

          Hope this tip for a simple work around is helpful!

TMA

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