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eZ430 Chronos Center Driver Installation Failed in Windows 10

Hi All

I tried to install the Chronos Center, but the device driver for RF Access Point is not installation, it's getting failed. I tried with different USB ports and even reinstall. My device manager doesn't show this device in the list. When i plug in RF Access point the green LED Starts and stops afrer 1-3 secs.

Please suggest the troubleshooting steps.

  • Hi Nidish,

    I've the same unresolved problem. I've the 898MHz eZ430 Chronos and I can't install the "usb_cdc_driver_msp430_white" driver to manage it with "Chronos Center".

    I've Windows 10 64bits with the Chronos Center installed, but when I plug the RF Access Point the Chronos Center does not recognize it (same as you described).
    It's strange, because my Device Manager says drivers are just installed for "Serial Device USB (COM3)" [wich I've realized it's the only new when I connect the RF Access Point, but it isn't named as "eZ430 Access Point" or anything similar] and if I try to install manually the drivers they can't because a "Installation error".

    I've tried looking for my VID and PID USB port numbers but they are right the same than in the drivers.
    I've tried uninstalling "Serial Device USB (COM3)" drivers (with RF Access Point plugged) and installing it from Texas Instrument Drivers but it doesn't work. Same error appears.

    I hope someone can clarify us!
  • Hi All,

    Same problem here. Exactly as described by acsatue. Cannot get it to work/install.

    TI support team, pls, help!
    Thanks in advance.
  • Hi All,

    I could get it installed by following the procedure for allowing non digital signed drivers to install on 64bit windows 10.
    www.howtogeek.com/.../
    Try it.
  • Hi All,

    Tested the whole chain from code generation (CCS) up to firmware upload and checking with ezChronos control center
  • I don't have this warning, but I'll try disabling driver signature tonight. Now I'm studying for a digital control of dynamic systems exam I'll have Tuesday... hobbies before responsibilities (aren't they the same? ....) Thanks for your help!
  • It works. That is were the "mystical error" was with drivers installation!

    Thanks for your help, now let's play with it:

  • I don't get the TI hardware name.. It just comes up as a COM port (5 in my case).
    The Debug interface does the same (COM 7 in my case)
    Update Driver says it's "The best driver software ...installed"
  • I have the same problem of installing Chronos drivers (usbser). It's 64-bit Windows 10.
    I have done whatever suggested in a couple of forum topics:

    0- Chronos-Setup .exe (slac341d) failed to install drivers. All other software got installed well. Chronos Control Center now opens but there is no RF access point available.

    1- I set the Windows to Test Mode in order to install unsigned drivers. There is a TestMode label on the right bottom of the corner of the screen now.

    2- I found inf files under C:\Program Files (x86)\Texas Instruments\eZ430-Chronos\Driver. I opened usb_cdc_driver_cc1111_black.inf and replaced the text in lines 27,30,33 with "USB\VID_8086&PID_2937". This was the Hardware Ids for one of the Device Manager/USB controllers. Then I ran DPinst64 and the drivers failed to install. In fact, there was no "unknown" USB Root Hub entry in the list, so I tried entering Hardware Ids of all existing known entries into the inf file and tried DPinst64. To my chagrin, no success.

    3- In the same .inf file, I replaced line 120 with this:
    ServiceBinary=%12%\usbser.sys;;%12% == "%WINDIR%\system32\drivers"
    as suggested in one forum topic. Before I replaced the line, there were 3 tabs after filename, and \drivers was missing from the line. Again, to no avail.

    Well, forum suggestions are now exhausted and I'm still without connection to my new Chronos. Any help at this point is highly appreciated.

    Thanks very much.
  • A lot of good suggestions here.  I found the problem to be two fold:  1.)  The change in Windows 10 precluding automatically installing unsigned drivers (work around described in detail above), and 2.) The .inf files created for the white and black versions reference including:  mdmcpq.inf, the catalog files of which were not found.  I had successfully installed TI's "SmartRFTools", which successfully installed drivers for the eZ430-Chronos, I copied the catalog file (msp430tools.cat) from the SmartRF installation directory and updated the white.inf file to reference this catalog:

    changed line 12 in .inf file to:  

    CatalogFile=msp430tools.cat

    Regards...

  • Thanks Jim. I did what you suggested to my white.inf file. But it didn't do any difference. I kept trying other mods though.

    Earlier I was editing both black.inf and white.inf, but later realized by USB dongle was the white one so I kept working on white.inf only.

    In the white.inf file, there are two instance of the VID/PID lines. I changed the numbers to 2047 and 0340 on both lines, like the following:

    [DeviceList]
    %DESCRIPTION0%=TIUSB, USB\VID_2047&PID_0340

    [DeviceList.NTamd64]
    %DESCRIPTION0%=TIUSB.NTamd64, USB\VID_2047&PID_0340

    I found the numbers 2047, 0340 by choosing the USB dongle under the Ports (COM&LPT), right clicking Properties and selecting Events tab. Clicking on the last event shows those numbers.

    Then I realized that people said that their USB dongles appeared as eZ430 ChronosAP (COMxx). Mine was a simple Generic USB under Ports (COM&LPT). So I clicked on it, selected Properties, selected Driver tab, clicked on Update Driver. Then I selected Browse My Computer, and selected C:\Program Files (x86)\Texas Instruments\eZ430-Chronos\Driver. It then found eZ430 Serial and installed it. Then the dongle showed as eZ430 ChronosAP (COMxx).

    I then ran the Chronos Control Center.... and SUCCESS

    At this point, I don't know what particular modification made it work. But for those who struggle, please read my message with the earlier one I sent. 

    Now...

    Although the control center now works, and I can start the device as the manual suggests; I struggle for pairing the watch with the dongle or the PC. As soon as I click the DOWN button on the watch on SynC/ACC/PPT settings, the software says the access point is removed and shuts down. I have to unplug the USB dongle and insert again to get back to software.

    I'm yet to use this nice watch in its full functionality, but I'm not as hopeless I once was.

    Best regards.

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