• State TI Thinks Resolved
  • Locked Locked
  • Replies 6 replies
  • Answers 2 answers
  • Subscribers 80 subscribers
  • Views 2484 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Support feedback
Options
Options
Related

This thread has been locked.

If you have a related question, please click the "Ask a related question" button in the top right corner. The newly created question will be automatically linked to this question.

How do I add MSP432P401R to CCSv6? ("Null device" error)

Frank McKenney
Intellectual 430 points



My MSP432 LaunchPads are due in today, and I wanted to get Code Composer Studio v6 ready before they arrived. After updating everything CCSV6 would admit existed (including MSPWare_2_00_00_41), I tried importing the MSP432 "Out of box" project. It failed, displaying the following dialog box with a classic generic Java error message:



After booting Win8 I went through the same process. This time the dialog box was a little more informative:

"Device is either 'null' or unrecognized" was a clue. It turns out that I can import MSP430 projects from MSPWare, the error appears -- based on a tiny sample -- only when I attempt to import MSP432 projects.

So I tried to create a new CCS Project for the MSP432 family. Guess what? My currently installed CCSv6 doesn't recognize the MSP432P401R.


Assuming that the CCS error message on Linux means the same thing as the one on Win8(*) -- if rather less informative -- it appears that I missed an update or something that would tell CCSv6 that this device exists.

Any hints would be greatly appreciated.

Frank McKenney / McKenney Associates

(*) Changing both error messages to something more specific like "Device MSP432P401R not recognized" would be nice.

  • 0
    TI__Expert 3390 points

    Frank,

    Thanks for the feedback.  Are you using CCSv6.1? That is the first version of CCS that supports MSP432. Also during the installation you need to check the box to install MSP432 support (see screenshot).

    Regards,

    Zack

  • 0 in reply to Zack L.
    Intellectual 430 points

    Zack L. said:
    ...  Are you using CCSv6.1? That is the first version of CCS that supports MSP432. Also during the installation you need to check the box to install MSP432 support (see screenshot).

    Hi, Zack.

    Thank you for that very prompt response. According to Help->About_Code_Composer_Studio, I'm running this: [Version: 6.1.0.00104]

    I like the dialog box, but I can't seem to find my way to it among my CCSv6 menus. Is there any way to access it short of a complete CCS reinstall? Searching Help doesn't seem to turn up anything useful.

    Frank

  • 0 in reply to Frank McKenney
    Intellectual 430 points

    Great. Now I'm talking to myself. <grin>

    Frank McKenney said:
    According to Help->About_Code_Composer_Studio, I'm running this: [Version: 6.1.0.00104]

    I like the dialog box, but I can't seem to find my way to it among my CCSv6 menus. Is there any way to access it short of a complete CCS reinstall? Searching Help doesn't seem to turn up anything useful.

    It appears that this particular option is only available -- under Ubuntu/Linux, at least -- when you run setup and perform a complete reinstallation of CCS. Here are the steps I followed:

    1) Download the latest  copy of ccs_setup_linux32.bin from here:

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

    2) Run it:    ./ccs_setup_linux32.bin

    3) Since I was reinstalling over my old copy, I used the default installation directory: /opt/ti

    4) When prompted -- e.g. by Zack's dialog above -- be sure to request MSP432 family, as well as any others you are using.

    5) Continue through the prompts and dialog boxes and CCS restarts until you're finished.

    After doing all this, I was able to successfully Import the MSP432 projects into my (much, much better than new!) CCS workspace.

    Whew!

    Thanks again, Zack.

    Frank

  • 0 in reply to Frank McKenney
    Prodigy 95 points

    Hi,

    Just to inform that I had the same error message in Windows OS and I fixed it, by reinstalling CCS with MSP432 option ON

    Regards

    Tino

  • 0 in reply to Tino Solari
    Guru 74080 points
    Had the same issue and as far as I remember there is no need for a complete re-installation. Just run the installer a 2nd time and add this feature.

    Dennis
  • 0 in reply to Dennis Eichmann
    Prodigy 95 points
    Hi Dennis,

    You are right, CCS installer is smart, when you run it, it only install selected missing applications.

    Tino

**Attention** This is a public forum