IWR6843ISK: DCA1000EVM DataCaptureDemo_xWR.lua

Hello Manuel,

mmWave Studio 02_01_01_00 is the latest studio version for IWR6843 ES2.0, mmWave studio v1 is an old version and we're not supporting it currently.

Do you see any issues when running DCA1000 with the studio? If yes, could you please let us know the exact problem?

Regards,

Ishita

Hi ishita 

i have the problem as mentioned in other threads. 
if I want to use the DataCaptureDemo_xWR.lua in mmwavestudio then the firmware of BSS and MSS will start downloading. Loading BSS works fine, but I have troubles with MSS.
while loading MSS it stops at 0% and doesn’t have any  effect when I wait for 1 hour. 
i have iwr6843ISK Res 2.0

i read That for that Hardware I should use mmwave studio v1

Manuel

Hello Manuel,

Can you please post a screenshot of your mmWave Studio connection Tab? Also please specify the firmware you're using.

Regards,

Ishita

Hi there,

attached you find the screenshot of my GUI.

I installed the MSS and BSS from subfolder in installation folder:

...\ti\mmwave_studio_02_01_01_00\rf_eval_firmware\radarss -> BSS

....\ti\mmwave_studio_02_01_01_00\rf_eval_firmware\masterss -> MSS

Regards

Manuel

Hello Manual,

As you can see in your screenshot, the BSS firmware is highlighted as 0.0.0.0 which means it wasn't downloaded properly and hence that is why MSS firmware download is stuck.

Please choose the correct firmware path in BSS and MSS path(point to the exact firmware and not the folder) :

C:\ti\mmwave_studio_02_01_01_00\rf_eval_firmware\radarss\xwr68xx_radarss.bin

C:\ti\mmwave_studio_02_01_01_00\rf_eval_firmware\masterss\xwr68xx_masterss.bin

Regards,

Ishita

Hi Ishita,

i already tried it. 

When i do i manually then everything works fine.

But when i start the script "DataCaptureDemo_xWR.lua", then MMWave Studio starts to download again and it stucks at 2nd firmware download.

Regards

Manuel

Hello Manuel,

Can you check the firmware paths in the script?

If its working manually for you then the script should also work. There might be just a small error.

I don't have access to a IWR6843 Board at the moment, but let me try this script on my own end with an other EVM as well.

Regards,

Ishita 

Hi Ishita,

i checked the paths. Seems okay for me.

But the download still stucks.

See attached my screenshot for the pathes in the Capture_Demo

Best regards

Manuel

Hello Manuel,

Can you send your mmWave Studio output log in case of failure?

Also, can you highlight the exact sequence of steps you've followed for running this?

I believe you're following the instructions step by step for running this demo script that are found in the DCA1000 Quick Start Guide found here: http://www.ti.com/lit/ml/spruik7/spruik7.pdf 

Regards,

Ishita

Hi ishita

of course. 
I followed exactly the instruction showed in QuickStart guide. Final step (number 8 doesn’t work)

first of all: I plugged in all devices in USB ports and started mmWave studio. 
after that I started the GUI. No error occurs, also in log monitor. 
i did Software-reset and then started the sequence mmWave showed me by clicking the blue buttons. At least I started the script as shown above and the second download Stucks.

the log file I can share you in the Morning when I am back on my office desk. 
regards

manuel

Hello Manuel,

Are you downloading the firmware to the device twice?

I can see from your 2nd screenshot that you were able to download the BSS and the MSS properly and proceed with SPI connect and RF powerup as well. Are you running the DataCaptureDemo script after doing RF power up manually?

Just to clarify the sequence for running the demo script: You have to do SOP set and connect RS232 COM port only. Rest of the steps are handled by the demo script. 

I believe you're first manually downloading the firmware and then running the script again (which also tries to download the firmware) and hence it gets stuck.

Regards,

Ishita

Hi

yes now it is working. Can you tell me also, how do i get the capture data screen as shown in figure 6 of the quick start guide?

Hello Manuel,

That is the result of mmWave Studio post processing. 

You can click on "PostProc" button in the SensorConfig tab to get that window. Please refer to mmWave_Studio_user_guide.pdf for more details on that.

The DataCaptureDemo script also has the lua command to post process the data at the end of capture.

Regards,

Ishita