MSP FET driver problem

I'm running into this as well, just reinstalled everything on a new laptop and BOOM "I see the "other devices" the same as you do! Tried the same thing, update drivers etc., and just like you - no joy.

I hope someone answers soon, this is a real issue. Weird as it worked fine on my old laptop...

Ed Averill

The first link had the info I needed, now I see the FET fine.

If this works for Gerard, I'll let him flag this as "answered". Thanks for the help!!

Ed Averill

All these files do exist on my PC. I did copy the files from another windows 7 (32 bits) computer but that did not help.

When I take a look into "ti\ccsv6\ccs_base\emulation\drivers\msp430\USB_CDC" I find the file msp430tools.inf. In this file when I search for VID_2047 and PID_0014 I do find these lines in this file:

under "[DeviceList]" I find this:

%DESCRIPTION_DBG%=TIUSB, USB\Vid_2047&Pid_0014&MI_00

%DESCRIPTION1%=TIUSB, USB\Vid_2047&Pid_0014&MI_02

%DESCRIPTION2%=TIUSB, USB\Vid_2047&Pid_0014&MI_04

When I try to reinstall the device and let the PC pickt the driver from this location, no driver was loaded ....

Next I checked if under c:\windows\inf I could find these VID and PID and I found this located in file c:\windows\inf\oem12.inf. So I reinstalled the device again and told windows to look into c:\windows\inf. That helped because now my 'other devices' showed me 2 new 'other devices'. MSP Application UART and MSP DEBUG Interface. Still no driver was loaded byt by reinstalling the driver again, I managed to get 2 new ports, "MSP Application UART1" and "MSP Debug Interface".

Well, sofa so good. I fired up CCS6 and tried tod ebug a project. OK, a new device probablu needs a new firmware. So CCS6 decided to update the new device:

"

MSP430: Error initializing emulator: A firmware update is required for the MSP430 Debug Interface (MSP-FET430UIF / MSP-FET / eZ-FET). Click the "Update" button to update the firmware and launch your debug session (this may require several update steps).  DO NOT UNPLUG THE INTERFACE DURING THE UPDATE.

 

MSP430: Error: MSP-FET / eZ-FET core(communication layer) update failed.

"

WOW, TI, what a hurdle this is to take to get one device running .... devices are gone in the device manager and I am stuck again now with an unknown device... pffff Man:

Error initializing emulator: One of the connected MSP-FETs / eZ-FETs debuggers needs recovery. Select 'Recover' to start the recovery process. Note: Only one MSP-FET / eZ-FET debugger can be connected to your system during recovery.

Ok, so I hit the Recover button. A new window appears with 'updating firmware' ....

that helped so, WOW, maybe my device is up and running.... Hitting the debug button gave me this:

Error connecting to the target: Unknown device

So, Yes the driver is loaded but the device can not be debugged... My old programmer still works, so for the moment I will use that one. I hope that one of you guys can give me some tips for this problem.