FT2232 programming mprog vs ft-prog

doug metzler

Hi, attempting to save time, space and money on an implementation of a motor driver I designed a programming dongle that removed the FT2232 and associated components to a separate board.

In the Wiki here:

processors.wiki.ti.com/.../XDS100

In the section called "What should the USB device's UID (VID/PID) be?"

it says to set VID=0403 PID=A6D0. The device name string should be, “Texas Instruments Inc.XDS100 Ver 2.0”.

Unfortunately MPROG has been deprecated and replaced with FT-Prog.

I was hoping that the "Device Name String" in MPROG the same thing as the Product Description in FT Prog but when I try to program it with the above string it complains that the maximum number of characters is 47. The string is only 36 chars but apparently FTDI tacks on an auto-generated serial number that exceeds the available number of characters.

Can you tell me where in FP PROG I can plug in the device name string?

Thanks,

DougM

over 10 years ago

0 Brett Larimore over 10 years ago

TI__Guru 57255 points

Hi Doug,

I'm going to move your post to the CCS forum where you should get the best response.

Thank you,
Brett

0 doug metzler over 10 years ago in reply to Brett Larimore

Prodigy 90 points

Thanks Brett, but I figured it out. It is the Product Description string. The mistake I made was that I left the Manufacturer code as "FTDI", added the product description and then it auto-added a serial number. This was in fact just slightly more than 47 characters. When I changed the Manufacturer Code to "TI" it worked perfectly.

DougM

0 desouza over 10 years ago

TI__Guru**** 171309 points

DougM,

Interesting; I was able to write the attached template to my FTDI device using FTPROG 3.0.56.245. Can you try and see if it works?

BTW, the template is copied from a standalone XDS100v2 I have here with me, thus it is properly recognized by CCS.

Hope this helps,

Rafael

XDS100v2.zip

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