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MSP FET connectivity issues

Michael Sanda
Prodigy 180 points

Other Parts Discussed in Thread: MSP430F5529, MSP-TS430PN80USB

Hello,

I'm having trouble connecting to my MSP430F5529 (sitting on the MSP-TS430PN80USB development board) using the MSP FET.  I've installed CCSv6.1.2, and all the drivers for the MSP FET seem to have installed properly.  When I connect the MSP FET to my computer via USB, the green LED stays lit on the MSP FET, and my Windows Device Manager (Windows 10) seems to properly detect the hardware and load the appropriate driver.

When I try to start a new project in CCS to run the 'Hello World' example to blink the LED on the development board, it won't let me identify the target.  CCS just hangs on the popup saying "Starting Debug Server..."  It continues to hang until I unplug the USB cable, at which time it shows an error message saying there was a communication error.

I've also installed CCSv6 on an Ubuntu system and had the same problems.

I've tried searching through similar problems in the forums, but none of the solutions there seemed to help (update drivers, re-install CCS, try another computer, etc...)

Any help or redirection to another post would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Mike

  • 0
    Guru 74080 points
    Hi Michael!

    I have never pressed on this "Identify..." button so far. If you start a new project and try to download your code into the processor, doesn't it work either?

    Dennis
  • 0 in reply to Dennis Eichmann
    Prodigy 180 points

    Unfortunately, no that hasn't worked either.  After loading up the new project using the blink.c example, and pressing 'debug' to compile the project and download to target, it hangs when it gets to the part where it's trying to configure the debugger.  The popup does say it "may take a few minutes on first launch", however I've let it run for roughly 30 minutes with no change to the screenshot attached.

    Cheers,
    Mike

  • 0 in reply to Michael Sanda
    Prodigy 180 points
    Really bizarre, but I just left CCS running and the 'Configuring Debugger' popup hanging while I went to work. When I came home, my computer had gone into a sleep mode, and when I woke it up and unlocked the screen, that somehow shook things loose and all of a sudden the 'Configuring Debugger' popup started progressing. It then said it needed to update the firmware on the FET and proceeded to do so. Everything now seems to be working and I'm able to debug my target (MSP430F5529)

    I'm wondering if it has something to do with what I read in other posts, where another program on the computer is communicating to the USB port and preventing CCS from talking to the FET? Perhaps cycling from the hibernate to active mode allowed CCS to access the USB port when waking up? No idea, but anyway, seems to work now! :)
  • 0 in reply to Michael Sanda
    Guru 74080 points

    One thing I noticed in the past were problems with connecting to the target when the FET was connected via an external USB hub. It took quite some time until I could figure out it was the hub in between that caused the problem. In my case I used FET-Pro-430 and the program often said FAIL when trying to program the device, but not everytime - it was absolutely unpredictable. After connecting the FET directly to an USB port of the PC it worked 100%. The hub was externally powered by the way.

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