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[TDA4M] Unable to connect the debugger

Hi all,

We are unable to use the integrated debugger XDS110 present of TDA4 EVM. We have set the switch to No Boot mode as follows

SW8[1-8] = 1000 1000
SW9[1-8] = 0111 0000

Using the xds110 utility, the firmware upgrade was successful.

C:\ti\ccs910\ccs\ccs_base\common\uscif\xds110>xdsdfu.exe -m

USB Device Firmware Upgrade Utility
Copyright (c) 2008-2019 Texas Instruments Incorporated. All rights reserved.

Scanning USB buses for supported XDS110 devices...


<<<< Device 0 >>>>

VID: 0x0451 PID: 0xbef3
Device Name: XDS110 Embed with CMSIS-DAP
Version: 3.0.0.2
Manufacturer: Texas Instruments
Serial Num: 24190066
Mode: Runtime
Configuration: Standard

Switching device into DFU mode.

On checking the integrity we get the following error:

C:\ti\ccs910\ccs\ccs_base\common\uscif>dbgjtag -f @xds110 -S integrity

-----[An error has occurred and this utility has aborted]--------------------

This error is generated by TI's USCIF driver or utilities.

The value is '-233' (0xffffff17).
The title is 'SC_ERR_PATH_BROKEN'.

The explanation is:
The JTAG IR and DR scan-paths cannot circulate bits, they may be broken.
An attempt to scan the JTAG scan-path has failed.
The target's JTAG scan-path appears to be broken
with a stuck-at-ones or stuck-at-zero fault.

Please suggest what are we missing.

Even if use CCS to test the connection, i get the same error. Attached image of connection properties for XDS110 

Jtag disabled 

2pin advanced mode C-Jtag

Similarly we tried using the XDS560V2 STM debugger and got the following error when connected to TDA4M:

Spectrum Digital Configuration Utility


@BEGIN-9

CMD:dbgjtag.exe -d sd560v2u -p 0 -r
Loaded FPGA Image: C:\ti\ccs910\ccs\ccs_base\common\uscif\dtc_top.jbc


CMD:dbgjtag.exe -d sd560v2u -p 0 -S pathlength
Loaded FPGA Image: C:\ti\ccs910\ccs\ccs_base\common\uscif\dtc_top.jbc

An error occurred while hard opening the controller.

-----[An error has occurred and this utility has aborted]--------------------

This error is generated by TI's USCIF driver or utilities.

The value is '-233' (0xffffff17).
The title is 'SC_ERR_PATH_BROKEN'.

The explanation is:
The JTAG IR and DR scan-paths cannot circulate bits, they may be broken.
An attempt to scan the JTAG scan-path has failed.
The target's JTAG scan-path appears to be broken
with a stuck-at-ones or stuck-at-zero fault.

CMD:dbgjtag.exe -d sd560v2u -p 0 -S integrity
Loaded FPGA Image: C:\ti\ccs910\ccs\ccs_base\common\uscif\dtc_top.jbc

An error occurred while hard opening the controller.

-----[An error has occurred and this utility has aborted]--------------------

This error is generated by TI's USCIF driver or utilities.

The value is '-233' (0xffffff17).
The title is 'SC_ERR_PATH_BROKEN'.

The explanation is:
The JTAG IR and DR scan-paths cannot circulate bits, they may be broken.
An attempt to scan the JTAG scan-path has failed.
The target's JTAG scan-path appears to be broken
with a stuck-at-ones or stuck-at-zero fault.
@END-9

Even if we use CCS to test the connection, i get the same error. Attached image of connection properties for XDS560v2 

Note: This Spectrum Digital Configuration Utility test runs successfully when connecting the XDS560V2 debugger for the TDA2x

Please suggest what are we missing.