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CCS won't update MSP430ware

Dan Cruthirds
Prodigy 130 points
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: MSP430WARE

I updated to CCS V5.2 (manually, since the updater wouldn't work for that either). Then there was an update notice for the MSP compiler tools and MSP430ware package. The compiler tools updated OK but an error occurs on the MSP430ware package:

>>>

An error occurred while collecting items to be installed
session context was:(profile=epp.package.cpp, phase=org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.engine.phases.Collect, operand=, action=).
No repository found containing: org.eclipse.update.feature,com.ti.msp430.msp430ware.win32,1.10.2.21
No repository found containing: binary,com.ti.msp430.msp430ware.win32_root,1.10.2.21

<<<

I have this update site enabled in the "Available Software Sites" list:

http://software-dl.ti.com/msp430/msp430_public_sw/mcu/msp430/MSP430ware/update/latest/

How is it that CCS knows there's an update out there but can't actually perform it?

I could get the latest MSP430 manually (but that drops the GUI features of the package). Any hints on how to help the automatic update process actually work as advertised appreciated.

Relatedly, it would be nice if Eclipse had a pane showing the mapping between update sites and installed software. You can see either separately, but not together in one table. I know that's a request for Eclipse developers, but please TI put such a table on one of your wikis, and some default "Available Software Site" lists. I've had my list wiped out (hasn't happened with CCS 5.2 yet) and recovered by importing a list found on a forum, but that should be in a maintained wiki, not a forum post.

  • 0
    TI__Guru*** 130875 points

    Hi Dan,

    this is a known issue we are looking into.  There are one or two such updates that are generating errors so all I am able to do is ask for your patience.

    Best Regards,
    Lisa

  • 0 in reply to Lisa TI
    Prodigy 45 points

    Any update on this?  I've had this problem for a while...

  • 0 in reply to cubeberg
    Prodigy 130 points

    No, this has not been fixed to my knowledge. About a week ago an Eclipse core update totally messed up CCS for me, so I installed the latest CCS fresh, which has the latest MSP430Ware. Up to that point with my previous CCS it always gave the error when trying to update MSP430Ware.

    One option is discussed here:

    Alternatively, MSP430Ware is available as a standalone package. However, this will only provide the folder structure of the MSP430Ware package, and will not have a GUI-based front end. Download the MSP430Ware executable in the table below.

  • 0 in reply to Lisa TI
    Intellectual 400 points

    I am having this problem and am dismayed it is a known issue for 2? months at this point.  I do occasional MSP430 work and problems like this slow me down and therefore make using the MSP430 more expensive for my clients.  I explicitly explain to clients why their work is delayed and costs more than anticipated, so vendor support deficiencies are "out in the open" and the associated costs passed on to my clients.  Please attend to this.

    J

  • 0 in reply to jesse lackey
    TI__Intellectual 1460 points

    Jesse / Dan,

    I am aware of one issue with MSP430ware update that should have been fixed by now.  So I want to dig deeper into the issue.

    Could you provide me with more details regarding the problem you're encountering?  Mainly:
      (1) What version of CCS did you start from (prior to attempting to applying updates)?
      (2) What platform are you using (WinXP? Win7? Linux?)
      (3) When you check for updates, what are the update features that it lists for you?
      (4) When you clicked on Restart CCS, did it restart error free?  Did you notice other error messages when it tried to apply the updates?

    Thank you.

    Nabil

  • 0 in reply to Nabil Naccache
    Prodigy 130 points

    Nabil-

    I ended up installing all of CCS again which has the latest MSP430ware so I don't have the issue anymore.

    At the time I first had the error I was upgrading the compiler to 4.1.1, which did work, but the MSP430ware update did not.

    I run 64-bit Windows 7.

    -Dan

  • 0 in reply to Dan Cruthirds
    Intellectual 400 points

    Ditto for me, Win7, X64.  I have two machines, the 2nd one being a fresh win7 install, and downloading the latest CCS avoided the issue.

    On my main machine, I updated from ... 5.1.? (I forget, sorry) to 5.2.1 and downloaded MSP430ware separately so I could continue development.

    When I do an Update, I get the message that MSP430ware 1.20.0.16 is available, and then the error: "An error occurred while collecting items to be installed
    session context was:(profile=epp.package.cpp, phase=org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.engine.phases.Collect, operand=, action=).
    No repository found containing: org.eclipse.update.feature,com.ti.msp430.msp430ware.win32,1.20.0.16
    No repository found containing: binary,com.ti.msp430.msp430ware.win32_root,1.20.0.16"

    again.

    I appreciate you looking into this, it isn't a showstopper and has the workaround of doing a reinstall of the latest CCS (which takes a good 30min since the download is 1.2Gbytes and have to redo licensing stuff.)

    Tiny follow-up: not sure this means anything, but in the directory tree where CCS is installed (C:\ti\ccsV5, the default) in the MSP430 directory with all the MSP430 stuff there is a directory "msp430ware_0_00_00_10".  Seems like an odd version#, but it could be fine.  Just FYI.