CCSv4 Administrative Questions

Andi,

1.) Is it possible to get updates for CCSv4 as install files instead online update, like CCS 3.3 and below? It would be nice to have all updates on CD/DVD for archiving projects/tools or installations on computers without internet connectivity.

Updates are actually a number of separate installers.  For CCSv4.1 and forward we hope to provide a zip of the update in addition to the full install that we post here:

http://tiexpressdsp.com/index.php/Download_CCS

Short-term there is another option.  When you update CCS via the update manager it downloads all the needed installers and saves them in <installdir>\ccsv4\eclipse\features\com.ti.ccstudio.product_xxxxxxxx where xxxxxxxx is the feature of CCS that you are downloading, i.e. 4.0.2.01003

2.) Is it possible to install CCSv4 in parallel to CCS 3.3 and CCS 3.0 without problems? I would need this because different projects are frozen at different CCS versions. And debugging using SD XDS510USB or SD XDS560R is still possible, without driver clashes?

CCSv4 installs fine beside CCSv3.3.  I have never tried it beside 3.0 but that should be fine too.  One thing to watch is that sometimes the firmware for the emulator is different for different versions of CCS.  I have seen this with the USB510 with CCSv3.3 and 3.1 co-existing where I would need to unplug and replug the usb cable when I switch between versions.  You could encounter the same thing with CCSv4.  I don't think SD has XDS560R drivers bundled with CCS right now.  They may have something if you contact them directly.

3.) Consequently for the future: will it be possible to install eclipse-based CCS versions in parallel, for example CCSv4 and CCSv5 (in future).

This also should be no problem.  You would need to maintain separate workspaces but other than that it should be fine.

4.) Whats about workspaces for different eclipse installations? I have currently Eclipse 3.5 for java development, CCSv4 and MontaVista DevRocket. I guess I must select different folders for each workspace?

Right, you will need different workspaces.

5.) is it possible to run general eclipse add-ins in CCSv4? I tried Splint for Eclipse very short, but it looks like not working. Other desired add-ins would be for example AnyEdit, Subclipse, CopyrightWizard, etc.

Depends.  Most Eclipse 3.2 compatible plug-ins will work fine.  Some exceptions are editors and alternative debuggers (like gdb).  We have wiki topics on how to install some common ones.  Here is the link to the subeclipse instructions: http://tiexpressdsp.com/index.php/SubVersion_plugin_installation

Regards,

John