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Should CCSV6 work with the EZ430 tool?

Doug Lochner
Intellectual 300 points

Just installed CCSv6 on a Windows 10 laptop, and it won't load code to a "T2012" card attached to an "ez430" programming demo tool,

reporting "Error Initializing Emulator: No USB FET was found."

The USB device was connected to the PC before starting CCS, and the PC played its tones just after the cable was plugged in to the USB port

  • TI__Guru**** 168157 points

    Hi,

    It works for me here on Windows 10 Pro 64 bits with CCSv6.1.3. I am using the EZ430-RF2500 kit, which uses the same ez430 JTAG debugging tool.

    I would do a thorough verification of the connections between the ez430 and the target device, or double-check the Control Panel for the presence of the device below:

    Hope this helps,

    Rafael

  • in reply to desouza
    Intellectual 300 points

    My Control Panel view looks a bit different, but shows the FET device as present but without a driver:

    I tried the "troubleshoot" tab, which spun for a while and had me "restart" the PC, but still the same result.

    Wouldn't the Driver come along with the CCS (version 6.1.3)  install?

    System Settings identifies "Windows 10 Home" edition, OS Build 105684.494

  • in reply to Doug Lochner
    TI__Guru**** 168157 points

    Hi,

    CCSv6.1.3 should have installed this automatically and the device drivers for this board is actually hosted in the CCS install directory. You can manually point to the following path:

    C:\ti\ccsv6\ccs_base\emulation\drivers\msp430\USB_eZ-RF

    Unfortunately the variability of Windows OS makes it very difficult to pinpoint an exact cause to what may have happened in your case, but please give the manual install a try.

    Hope this helps,

    Rafael

  • in reply to desouza
    Intellectual 300 points

    Hi Rafael,

    been out for a couple days so just tried your post now.  Win 10 still fails;    I get to the following screen and locate the folder you mention

    I then click "Next" with the following result:

    the TI doc MSP Debugger, SLAU647D pg 9 mentions "eZ430 tools are not supported on USB3.0 ports" - how do I know if the ports on this laptop are 3.0?

    Thanks for your time...

  • in reply to Doug Lochner
    TI__Guru**** 168157 points

    Hi,

    I suspect it may depend on the chipset of your PC. In my laptop (Asus X401A notebook with the Intel USB3.0 XHCI controller as shown below) it works fine.

    In the past I had issues with other JTAG debuggers and a controller from Renesas, but I am not sure if this affected the ez430. In any case, this is reported in the link below:

    http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/XDS200#What_are_the_known_issues.3F

    Hope this helps,

    Rafael

  • in reply to desouza
    Intellectual 300 points

    My Dell laptop has 2 USB2.0 port and 1 USB3.0.  My ez430 has been using the 2.0's.

    although Windows 10 Device Manager continues to recognize that the ez430 is present, I have not been able to get it to accept a driver for it from the suggested location.

    Likewise for an MSP-FET430UIF that's several years old (and may have never been used yet).  CCSv6 User's guide points to

    c:\ti\ccsv6\ccs_base\emulation\drivers\msp430\USB_CDC for its driver, but also fails to install for that device.

    CSSv5 on my lab PC recently stopped being able to load code to -F5131 devices using the ez430 (after working for several months), so my project is on hold 'til something starts working again

    any further hints greatly appreciated...

    Doug

  • in reply to Doug Lochner
    TI__Guru**** 168157 points

    Doug,

    To be honest, I am starting to suspect two things:

    - Your ez430 is failing. Easy to test if you can use different PCs to test it;

    - Your Windows 10 system somehow had device drivers installed from a previous version; the procedure to completely remove the lingering device drivers is shown in the reference below:
     
    http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Troubleshooting_CCSv6#Clearing_out_an_existing_installation
    (edit: fixed link above)

     
    I will still keep trying to break my system here and report back any findings.

    Regards,
    Rafael

  • in reply to desouza
    Intellectual 300 points

    I have several ez430's and have been working with 2 of them on 2 "lab" PC's, an old XP Dell with CCSv4 and a newer Win10 one with CCSv5.  Both ez430's can program/debug -F2012's, -F2013's, and -F2274's on both systems.

    The "office" PC on which I'm trying to get CCSv6 was recently upgraded to Win 10 and had never seen any version of CCS.  I dread going into Op System stuff, but will crank up my courage and investigate your link -

    thanks for your patience

    Dog