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Hi Chares,

you are loaded with the v3 dll but ccs v4 only supports the v2 dll.

See this wiki to downgrade

http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/MSP_Debug_Stack

Please keep us informed.

Best Regards,

Lisa

My browser won't let me download MSP430.dll v2.4.9.1.

Meanwhile, while I'm fighting that obstacle, another question:  Can I upgrade to ccs v5 on my existing license?

Hi Charles,

if you have an active subscription, then yes you can upgrade to a v5 license.

You should have a utility in the start menu to downgrade the FET.  If not, you can also try the elprotronic free flash programmer to do this.   You can get that at www.elprotronic.com.

Please keep us informed.

Best Regards,
Lisa

I can't find anything in ccs that downgrades the FET.  But.  I was able to download the version 2 of MSP430.dll and HIL.dll.  Is it just a matter of copying these to the C:\Program Files\Texas Instruments\ccsv4\DebugServer\drivers folder?

Hi Charles,

you can give that a try, however I would recommend managing the firmware version with the elprotronic tool I mentioned.

Please keep us informed.

Best Regards,
Lisa

Copying MSP430.dll to the TI folder didn't work.

Is "Flash Programmers for TI's MSP430 MCU uses TI's FET Adapter" what I need to download from Elprotronics?

Hi Charles,

they offer a free flash programming utility for use with the TI FET.  You can search their downloads for their msp430 software and tools.

Best Regards,
Lisa

Hi Charles,

just thought I would check whether there was any udpate with your enquiry.

Best Regards,
Lisa

I had to put the emulation project aside for awhile, but I'm just getting back to it now.

Some progress.  I downloaded the Elprotronics application and was able to use its tool to downgrade my MSP430 FET-430UIF to version 2 of MSP430.dll.

Inside CCS v4, when I click on the Debug button, I now get a new error:  "Error connecting to the target:  Cound not find device (or device not supported)."

I verifed that the CCS ccxml device was set to MSP430F5418A.

I took my circuit board with the MSP430F5418A to a colleague with an IAR compiler and can program the chip just fine.  So there's no problem with the hardware.

Hi Charles,

is the elprotronic software able to connect to your board and for example read the firware out?  What exact CCS version are you using? I would always recommend the latest version - for v4  this is 4.2.5 and for v5 this is v5.3. As you know v5 would require updating to the v3 dll.  Does the colleague with IAR have CCS as well to try?

Best Regards,
Lisa

The elprotronic application successfully blank checks the MSP430F5418A device.  I haven't tried writing a file to it.

My version of ccs is 4.2.5.00005

Hi Charles,

many thanks for your patience.  Unfortunately some of these items are hard to debug.

I am beginning to suspect either for some reason you are not being able to downgrade quite properly or perhaps an issue/corruption with your ccs installation.

Some next things

- would you be willing to migrate to v5.3 and let the FET upgrade?

- can you verify your FET is no longer a CDC device when you downgrade? (v2 dll should appear as an HID device instead)

- sometimes it has been seen that this odd behaviour is fixed by an upgrade and then a downgrade

Best Regards,
Lisa

The device manager says MSP-FET430UIF - VCP(COM19)   When I try to debug, I see the MODE light on the FET light up, so I think it's communicating. 

How can I tell whether my license is still active so that I can upgrade from ccs v4 to v5?

In addition to having an MSP-FET430UIF, I also have an Elprotronic FlashPro430.  But ccs v4 doesn't recognize it as a USB device.  Is there any way to make ccs v4 work with the FlashPro430?

Hi Charles,

your subscription status should be shown if you login to myregistered software:

www.ti.com/myregisteredsoftware

That is also where the below instructions can help you do the upgrade. Note the license name/type might be different ... this is an example from a floating license.

Regards the Elprotronic FET and v4.  Please don't quote me and I will try to verify for you (I have one) but I may not have feedback until tomorrow.  My understanding was they provided instructions in their documentation to do this.  If I remember correctly from the last time I did this it was a dll swap out.  So my recommendations and notes

- again v4 needs the v2 dll

- have a look at elprotronics documenation on their tool

Their tool may or may not also have some firmware dependancies (best to learn from them as it is their tool).  I know they at one point were working to catch up with our v3 dll for example.

Best Regards,
Lisa

• Go to www.ti.com/myregisteredsoftware
• Find your row for TMDSCCS-ALLF03-v4.0
• Click MANAGE and then click UPGRADE – GET NEW LICENSE
• Click E-mail license - you will receive two (2) emails: Instructions and License File with attachment (.lic)

·       You MUST follow these instructions to save this new License File (.lic) before you can use your upgraded version

Hi Charles,

I just used the Elprotronic FET with my v4 installation successfully.  All I did was follow their documention on driver installation and their "read me first" document on dll swap out.

Hope this helps.

Best Regards,
Lisa

Your kidding. It can't be that simple.

But I will give it a try.

I knew there had to be a catch.  I don't have the Elprotronic FET-Pro430.  What I have is FlashPro430, for which there's no option of downgrading to v2 and which ccs v4 doesn't recognize, and I get "No USB device found."  I swear I'm not making this up just to be difficult.

Hi Charles,

ok I hope this helps.

Elprotronic offers two software versions

The Lite for use with the TI USB FET.    You can use this to manage the firmware versions.

The PRO for use with their emulation tool/FET.  You can you their FET with CCS as well as I have just verified for you.

Hope this helps.

Best Regards,
Lisa

I just can't get any of two TI FETs or my Elprotronic FlashPro to work.  I keep getting the "Device not found" error.

I was able to downgrade my TIFETs to v2, using the Elprotronic utility.  I am able to erase and blank check using the Elprotronic utility.

Also, I can emulate with an IAR KICKSTART and the Elprotronic.  So all the hardware seems ok.

But CCS v4 is a non-starter.  I'm thinking I will just order an IAR compiler.

Charles