Licensing Issue when connection with EVM6678

Alois HAHN

Hi,

I just installed the latest ccs5.1 release ((5.1 RC1, Release Candidate, 5.1.0.08020, Oct 12, 2011), along with BIOS-MCSDK 02_00_03_1.

Now I receive a licensing error, when I connect to my Avantech EVMC6678 Evaluation Board.

The EVM6678 uses an onboard xds100v1 usb emulator. It seems that the restricted license for xds100 ist not recognized properly.

It use the restricted license file, which came with the Evaluation Board CD (CCSv5.0-EVM-C6678.lic). This workes fine for CCS v5.0, but fails for CCS 5.1 RC1.

License File CCSv5.0-EVM-C6678.lic:
INCREMENT CCS_LINKER_FULL tidspssw 4.99 permanent uncounted \
    VENDOR_STRING=Advantech HOSTID=ANY ISSUER="Texas Instruments \
    Inc." SN=ADVANTECH_EVM_C6678 START=01-jan-2011 TS_OK \
    SIGN="0007 859A 1079 7890 7E8C C919 5832 2A00 E65C 6B54 6071 \
    8213 C371 F51D 966E"
INCREMENT CCS_ISA_ALL tidspssw 4.99 permanent uncounted \
    VENDOR_STRING=Advantech HOSTID=ANY ISSUER="Texas Instruments \
    Inc." SN=ADVANTECH_EVM_C6678 START=01-jan-2011 TS_OK \
    SIGN="0033 C5E9 87FC 94B1 5DF2 BDDD 965E 4A00 E69A 9F73 7BA0 \
    13EC A5F9 0E89 6157"
INCREMENT CCS_CONNECTION_RESTRICTED tidspssw 4.99 permanent uncounted \
    VENDOR_STRING=Advantech HOSTID=ANY ISSUER="Texas Instruments \
    Inc." SN=ADVANTECH_EVM_C6678 START=01-jan-2011 TS_OK \
    SIGN="0020 58BF BB6D 7232 DDEA C8DA 0F7C 5F00 68DF 9FD5 9BBF \
    497B 3A9F 7BA7 FA34"
INCREMENT CCS_DEBUGGER tidspssw 4.99 permanent uncounted \
    VENDOR_STRING=Advantech HOSTID=ANY ISSUER="Texas Instruments \
    Inc." SN=ADVANTECH_EVM_C6678 START=01-jan-2011 TS_OK \
    SIGN="0051 80D6 E53F E6D5 0071 E2F3 55FE E800 9D12 F299 4BD1 \
    641C B10B A5A7 D418"

any suggestion ?

best regards

Alois

over 13 years ago

0 JohnS over 13 years ago

TI__Guru**** 161575 points

Alois,

I suspect that RC1 i requiring a v5 version of the license instead of a v4. 5.0 and 5.1 betas would accept v4 licenses. I am checking with the dev team to confirm.

john

0 JohnS over 13 years ago in reply to JohnS

TI__Guru**** 161575 points

Yes, RC1 has been updated to require a v5 license.

Here is one you can use for the C6678 EVM. 2783.CCSv5-EVM-C6678.lic

Alternatively you can generate one by going to Help -> Code Composer Studio Licensing Information. Click on the Upgrade Tab, the click on the Launch License Setup button. it should give you an option to create a free license that works with dev kits.

Regards,

John

0 Alois HAHN over 13 years ago in reply to JohnS

Intellectual 545 points

Hi John,

your infos helped a lot, the v5 license works fine now.

many thanks

Alois

0 Brian Vajda over 13 years ago in reply to JohnS

Prodigy 160 points

I've run into the same issue, except I'm using an XDS510 emulator (which I believe is not supported by the free lic option). How do I go about upgrading my existing 4.0 license into a 5.1 license?

TI should probably update the Release Notes to clarify. The notes still say a 4.0 license can be reused under 5.1 (which is no longer the case starting with CCS RC1).

0 JohnS over 13 years ago in reply to Brian Vajda

TI__Guru**** 161575 points

Brian,

I added a link to a license file on the download page that you can use through Dec.

http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Download_CCS#Code_Composer_Studio_Version_5_Downloads

Once we release the final 5.1.0 image if your subscription is valid you will be able to go to www.ti.com/myregisteredsoftware and upgrade your license to a v5 license.

Yes we need to update our release notes.

Regards,

John

0 Brian Vajda over 13 years ago in reply to JohnS

Prodigy 160 points

John-

Thanks for putting up a license key.

Brian

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