MSP430FR5972: Boot Loader Enable - RX Password from Hex file or timing of BSL Enable.

Bob Sullivan

Prodigy 20 points

Part Number: MSP430FR5972

Using the reference to the Beaglebone Linux host:

http://www.ti.com/lit/an/slaa760/slaa760.pdf

And the supplied source here:

http://www.ti.com/lit/zip/slaa760

I have created a sample application to communicate from a Linux host to the MSP430FR5972 over a serial UART connection.

I am not getting through using this code. I suspect that using a 32-bit 0xFF value is not the correct RX password.

I could read the RX Password from the incoming ti-txt Hex file if that is the process.

Also - How sensitive is the BSL enable for this part?

It does not seem to do much other than refuse the password.

Excerpt of program output follows:

*****New Attempt*****

UART_BSLEntrySequence called
TEST(): RTS PIN is set to: LOW
RST(): DTR PIN is set to: LOW
MsDelay: Sleep 200 msecs
TEST(): RTS PIN is set to: HIGH
usDelay: Sleep 20 usecs
TEST(): RTS PIN is set to: LOW
usDelay: Sleep 20 usecs
TEST(): RTS PIN is set to: HIGH
usDelay: Sleep 10 usecs
RST(): DTR PIN is set to: HIGH
usDelay: Sleep 10 usecs
TEST(): RTS PIN is set to: LOW
usDelay: Sleep 10 usecs
MsDelay: Sleep 100 msecs
Receiving Data With Timeout:
Receive Timeout
MsDelay: Sleep 5 msecs
Write password failed

UART_Reset called
TEST(): RTS PIN is set to: LOW
RST(): DTR PIN is set to: LOW
MsDelay: Sleep 200 msecs
RST(): DTR PIN is set to: HIGH
MsDelay: Sleep 200 msecs
Max retries exceeded
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