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MSP-FET430UIF not recognized

Jim Beck
Prodigy 80 points
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: MSP-EXP430FR5739

I have looked thru forums quite a bit and haven't yet found answer to my problem. 

Have a MSP-FET430UIF and am using CCS 5.x, but it doesn't recognize that the UIF is there. ('No USB FET was found")

When I plugged the UIF in WinXP automatically gave it a driver (VCP).  I've read in forums that it should be CDC, but can't seem to get Win to change it, nor does running CCS -> Debug (since it doesn't know it's there).

Ran updates on CCS 5.x and no change.

Downloaded Elprotronics Lite and it can't see it either.

Prior to this I was using an experimental board and had no trouble ( MSP-EXP430FR5739) and am wondering if it somehow caused problem.

Also, in Device mgr I see the VCP in COM/LPT, but nothing under USB.  (In some posts it says you should see a USB JTAG device.)

Suggestions?

thx,

Jim

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    Prodigy 80 points

    Well, I'll answer my own question.  Today I tried connecting via another machine using Win7 and it recognized the pod and updated the f/w.  Went back to the XP machine and it then recognized the pod as well and did its own f/w update.  (Do pods require different f/w for different versions of Win or possibly my CCS versions are not aligned?)  Anyway, now it's just not recognizing the device, but that could be my cable or project settings.

    Am not clear why the XP machine couldn't see the pod, but am posting this in hopes of saving someone else some time.

    Jim

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    Guru 227245 points

    Jim Beck said:
    Do pods require different f/w for different versions of Win or possibly my CCS versions are not aligned?


    Different version of the IDEs require different versions of the MSP430.DLL (more features) and different versions of the MSP430.DLL require different FET firmware versions.

    In addition to this, there has been a change in the driver model, requiring different (and incompatible) drivers. On the XP machine, CCS required the newer driver model, but the device was already registered with the old drives. So CCS couldn't see it.
    On the Win7 machine, the device was not registered, so the new driver model was used, CCS was seeing the FET, updated the firmware and when back on the XP machine, the changed firmware was detected as a 'new' device and loading the right drivers.

    Deleting the FET from the device XP manager (so it won't load with the registered old drivers) would likely have had the same effect (and the firmware update on the XP machine).

  • 0 in reply to Jim Beck
    Guru 227245 points

    Jim Beck said:
    Do pods require different f/w for different versions of Win or possibly my CCS versions are not aligned?


    Different version of the IDEs require different versions of the MSP430.DLL (more features) and different versions of the MSP430.DLL require different FET firmware versions.

    In addition to this, there has been a change in the driver model, requiring different (and incompatible) drivers. On the XP machine, CCS required the newer driver model, but the device was already registered with the old drives. So CCS couldn't see it.
    On the Win7 machine, the device was not registered, so the new driver model was used, CCS was seeing the FET, updated the firmware and when back on the XP machine, the changed firmware was detected as a 'new' device and loading the right drivers.

    Deleting the FET from the device XP manager (so it won't load with the registered old drivers) would likely have had the same effect (and the firmware update on the XP machine).

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