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Is SEED-XDS560v2 usable with Windows 7?

Martin H.
Expert 2315 points

Hi,

last week I bougt a SEED-XDS560v2 emulator from Farnell.
I did not get it running. Even the latest update (July 2012!!) did not help.
So I tried to contact the manufacturer SEED (www.seeddsp.com) for support - without success. Email and fax did not
get through.

The information I got from a third party is this:
- SEED has been overtaken by a TI distributor.
- A XDS560 emulator without "PLUS" in the name is more than 5 years old. A driver for Windows 7 does not exist.

So my first idea was to send it back to Farnell.
But perhaps I am wrong and the fact that the test connection fails has other reasons (I activated the 60-days-
license, so far XDS100v2 worked fine).

Which emulator should be used for this configuration instead?

Thank you.
Martin H.

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    TI__Guru**** 465581 points
    Hi Martin,
    The XDS560v2 is the next generation version of the XDS560. It is a relatively new emulator type and I would be surprised if it is not supported on Windows 7. According to information on their website, it is supported on Windows 7 (www.seeddsp.com/.../XDS560v2.html)

    What is the error message you see when you use the "test connection" option? Can you cut and paste to here the full results?

    Thanks
    ki
  • 0 in reply to Ki
    Expert 2315 points

    Hi ki,

    thank you for replying.

    This is what I get from Test Connection:


    [Start: Texas Instruments XDS560 Debug Probe_0]

    Execute the command:

    %ccs_base%/common/uscif/dbgjtag -f %boarddatafile% -rv -o -F inform,logfile=yes -S pathlength -S integrity

    [Result]


    -----[Print the board config pathname(s)]------------------------------------

    C:\Users\Manfred\AppData\Local\TEXASI~1\
    CCS\ti\0\0\BrdDat\testBoard.dat

    -----[Print the reset-command software log-file]-----------------------------


    This utility has selected a 560/2xx-class product.
    This utility will load the program 'xds560.out'.
    Failed to open i/o connection (\\.\xds5600)

    An error occurred while soft opening the controller.

    -----[An error has occurred and this utility has aborted]--------------------

    This error is generated by TI's USCIF driver or utilities.

    The value is '-250' (0xffffff06).
    The title is 'SC_ERR_ECOM_EMUNAME'.

    The explanation is:
    An attempt to access the debug probe via USCIF ECOM has failed.

    [End: Texas Instruments XDS560 Debug Probe_0]

    The strange thing is that I have a XDS560v2, not a XDS560v2PLUS.
    On the other hand that link shows a device named XDS560v2 claiming it is a XDS560v2PLUS. That is a bit confusing.

    Regards,
    Martin H.

  • 0 in reply to Martin H.
    TI__Guru**** 465581 points

    Martin,

    Martin H. said:
    [Start: Texas Instruments XDS560 Debug Probe_0]

    It looks like you selected the connection type "Texas Instruments XDS560 Debug Probe". This is the wrong connection type for your emulator. You need to select the 560v2 type for your emulator. For example, I have a XDS560v2 from Spectrum Digital and I have their drivers installed. So I use:

    In your case, you would need to use the connection type for SEED. If one does not show up in the drop down list, I would guess that the drivers did not install correctly or installed in the wrong directory (missing the xml files needed by CCS)

    ki

  • 0 in reply to Ki
    Expert 2315 points

    ki,

    you were right with the wrong directory.
    The manual is not very precise with the installation directory.
    This time I installed the software to c:\ti\ccs6\ccs_base.
    2 connections are offered now:
       SEEE XDS560V2 USB Emulator and
       SEEE XDS560V2 LAN Emulator
    I have chosen the 1st one. The Test Connection does not show any errors.
    Loading and stepping through the program is possible.

    Thank you for your help!

    Regards,
    Martin H.