M430G2553 + Ubuntu 12.10 + Error initializing emulator: No USB FET was found

Sergey Gordeychuk

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Hello guys,

I have a problem with my MSP430 on linux.

I installed CCS 5.2.1.00018 on my Ubuntu 12.10. It's installed fine.

But when I try debug Project 0 for blinking LED I have a debug error: MSP430: Error initializing emulator: No USB FET was found.

CCS I did install not as root. But launch it as root. And also I did install drivers as root, just execute script:

:~/ti/ccsv5/install_scripts$ sudo sh install_drivers.sh
udev stop/waiting
udev start/running, process 13808

And after plug of board in lsusb I see:

Bus 001 Device 013: ID 0451:f432 Texas Instruments, Inc. eZ430 Development Tool

Is it good?

What I do wrong?

Thanks.

over 12 years ago

0 Lisa TI over 12 years ago

TI__Guru*** 130875 points

Hi Sergey,

unfortunately the only current support in Linux is for the USB FET. In Linux there is no current support for msp430 launchpad or eZ tools.

Sorry for any inconvenience. This is something we expect to be coming in future.

Best Regards,
Lisa

0 Sergey Gordeychuk over 12 years ago in reply to Lisa TI

Prodigy 30 points

Thanks for reply.

So this is driver problem?

I'll not solve it if I'll install other compiler(not CCS)?

0 Lisa TI over 12 years ago in reply to Sergey Gordeychuk

TI__Guru*** 130875 points

Hi Sergey,

well, the USB drivers are only part of the story and that I am aware of there is no at least obvious work around. The only thing I can suggest is using google to see if there is anyone who has managed to get theirs working or for any third party tools that may be of use. I have not come across one that people have been using.

I suspect, unforutnately you may simply have to wait until support is released.

Best Regards,
Lisa

0 Sergey Gordeychuk over 12 years ago in reply to Lisa TI

Prodigy 30 points

Thanks a lot, Lisa.

0 Fabio Martins over 12 years ago in reply to Lisa TI

Intellectual 315 points

Hi Lisa,

Still no support for this driver on Linux?

Thank you..

Fabio

0 Lisa TI over 12 years ago in reply to Fabio Martins

TI__Guru*** 130875 points

hi,

you may want to ask in the msp forum. I am not aware of plans for the current hardware releases to be supported, only future ones once support does come.

Best regards,

Lisa

0 Rafael Toledo over 11 years ago in reply to Fabio Martins

Prodigy 10 points

Hi Fabio,

Have you found out anything about the support for this driver on Linux?

Rafael

0 Chester Gillon over 11 years ago in reply to Rafael Toledo

Guru 92251 points

Rafael Toledo said:
Have you found out anything about the support for this driver on Linux?

From investigation found that:

a) The pre-compiled MSP430.dll installed with the Windows CCSv6 beta 4 works with an eZ430 emulator.

b) The pre-compiled MSP430.so installed with the Linux CCSv6 beta 4 doesn't work with an eZ430 emulator.

c) Compiling the MSP430.dll in Windows from the http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/MSPDS_Open_Source_Package SLAC460h doesn't work with an eZ430 emulator.

I guess that the pre-compiled MSP430.dll installed by the Windows CCS is built from closed-source software which has more emulators supported than by the contents of SLAC460h, and the Linux MSP430.so. Don't understand why.

0 Attilio Dona' over 11 years ago in reply to Chester Gillon

Intellectual 415 points

Some info for linux (ubuntu) users

I'm just installed CCSv6 beta version 6.0.0.00156 and the error "MSP430: Error initializing emulator: No USB FET was found" is still present on linux with a launchpad connected (ez430-rf2500 device).

As a workaround I'm using mspdebug http://mspdebug.sourceforge.net/ to flash the launchpad:

> mspdebug rf2500 "prog <elf_file_from_ccs>"

Attilio

0 Berkin Kartal over 11 years ago in reply to Attilio Dona'

Prodigy 50 points

Attilio Dona' said:

Some info for linux (ubuntu) users

I'm just installed CCSv6 beta version 6.0.0.00156 and the error "MSP430: Error initializing emulator: No USB FET was found" is still present on linux with a launchpad connected (ez430-rf2500 device).

As a workaround I'm using mspdebug http://mspdebug.sourceforge.net/ to flash the launchpad:

> mspdebug rf2500 "prog <elf_file_from_ccs>"

Attilio

Hi Attilio,

Might be a blind question but, Do you think/know if there´s any way to integrate mspdebug into CCS as a debugger? Since I'm planning to move all my msp430 develeopment into Ubuntu, this is the only bottleneck I have and it's really not understandable how come TI doesn't support this since so many years... It 's strange.

Thanks,

Kind regards,

Berkin

0 Attilio Dona' over 11 years ago in reply to Berkin Kartal

Intellectual 415 points

For what I known there isn't a way to integrate mspdebug into CCS.

The way to go would be wait for CCSv6 production release with the driver limitation fixed by the dev team.

greetings

Attilio

0 Randy Yates over 11 years ago in reply to Attilio Dona'

Expert 1940 points

It is now July 3rd, 2014. I just installed CCS 6.0.0.00190 and am attempting to start a debug session with an MSP-FET and a MSP-EXP5438 under linux (fedora 20) and am getting the same error. I tried running the /opt/ti/ccsv6/install_scripts/install_drivers.sh and rebooting to no avail.

Why can't I get a debug connection?

0 Chester Gillon over 11 years ago in reply to Randy Yates

Guru 92251 points

Randy Yates said:
It is now July 3rd, 2014. I just installed CCS 6.0.0.00190 and am attempting to start a debug session with an MSP-FET and a MSP-EXP5438 under linux (fedora 20) and am getting the same error.

Does the batch number on your MSP-FET match that on http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/MSP430_JTAG_Interface_USB_Driver#Linux, which requires a firmware update to first be performed under Windows?

0 Randy Yates over 11 years ago in reply to Chester Gillon

Expert 1940 points

Hi Chester,

Thanks for your suggestion.

Yes it does begin with 1401 and I did apply the patch as far as I can tell. The patch procedure wasn't very well documented, e.g., the exact sequence was not specified.

I also got further by adding the dialup group to root. Here is a more complete post on my problem:

http://e2e.ti.com/support/development_tools/code_composer_studio/f/81/t/352810.aspx

--Randy

0 Vesselin Mishev over 10 years ago in reply to Lisa TI

Prodigy 20 points

It's 2015 and still there is no fix...

0 Jonathan Willis over 9 years ago in reply to Lisa TI

Prodigy 10 points

have there been updates to supporting the eZ or launchpad on Linux (Ubuntu)?

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