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Can't Initialise target CPU (TMS320VC5510)

Daniel Loo
Prodigy 30 points

Hi,

 

I'm a part time post graduate student and the University loaned 1 set of the above mentioned DSK to each and every student in the class.

 

I'm running Windows 8 (64 bit) and I do not have access to any other OS. The oldest OS in the university runs on Windows 7.

 

I used the cd that came with the DSK and installed CCS via the full install. The kit came with a direct usb cable to connect the board directly to my pc (not JTAG). The installation guide said that leaving the installation cd in the drive would be sufficient for letting the board detect the driver in it to properly install itself. I took the guide's word for it.

 

The board powers on fine. i.e. LEDs flash and stay on.

 

After installing it, I tried to run CCS and got the following error:

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj58/Dethyl/frustration.png

 

Checking the usb cable and power cable with other devices and they were fine. I checked my hardware settings and I obtained this information.

 

http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj58/Dethyl/frustration2.png

Looks like it wasn't installed. Odd....

I tried updating the driver but they couldn't find it on the internet. I chose manual location (the cd drive where the installation disk was loaded) and the PC said it couldn't find the usb driver in the cd.

Please advise? I'm not sure what other information I should provide.

 

 

  • 0
    TI__Guru**** 480411 points

    Hi Daniel,

    Are you using CCSv3.x? Looks like it according to the error message. CCSv3 is flakey on Windows 7 as it is. I don't anyone who has even tried on Windows 8.

    Since you got CCSv3 included with the kit, you have a CCS kit version with works with just the 5510DSK. However it will only support 32-bit Windows. You will need to get the 64-bit drivers from spectrum digital (where I believe the kit comes from) for CCSv3.3

    I would recommend you move to CCSv5 instead. It support Windows 8 and both 32-bit and 64-bit machines. You can also get a free license that you can use with the 5510DSK.

    Thanks

    ki

  • 0 in reply to Ki
    Prodigy 30 points

    Hi Ki-Soo,

    Thanks for the suggestions. The version that was provided by the university was CCS v 2.12.7. I was able to download and install CCSv5 and managed to get my pc to detect the DSK and install a proper driver (sdusb2em.sys). 

    1. However, I am unable to find any diagnostic tools to check if the board and properly interface with my pc. I'm guessing that it's different from the older versions (that dropped a shortcut for both the CCS and diagnostic tool on the desktop)

    2. I haven't had much time to look at it further as I got home rather late last night. Are there any specific issues when importing over a project that used to run in CCS v2.12.7, that I should take note of?

    Thanks and Best Regards,
    Daniel

  • 0 in reply to Daniel Loo
    TI__Guru**** 480411 points

    Daniel Loo said:
    1. However, I am unable to find any diagnostic tools to check if the board and properly interface with my pc. I'm guessing that it's different from the older versions (that dropped a shortcut for both the CCS and diagnostic tool on the desktop)

    There should be a desktop icon called 'Sd560v2Cnfg v5'. If you don't see it, you can run the diagnostics tool by directly running the exe. It is in:

    <CCS INSTALL DIR>\ccsv5\ccs_base\emulation\specdig\sdconfigex

    Daniel Loo said:
    2. I haven't had much time to look at it further as I got home rather late last night. Are there any specific issues when importing over a project that used to run in CCS v2.12.7, that I should take note of?

    A v2->v5 migration is quite a move. CCS has a migration wizard, though it was tested with CCSv3 projects. However, the project format from v2 and v3 did not change much so it should mostly work:

    http://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/Migrating_to_CCSv5#Projects

    Good luck!

    ki

  • 0 in reply to Ki
    Prodigy 30 points

    Hi Ki-Soo,

    CCSv5 did work after some tweaking. Thanks for all the help!

    Regards,
    Daniel