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CCS/CCSTUDIO: Cannot download examples from Resource Explorer in CCS 7.3.0.00019 in OSX

Nick Sears
Prodigy 230 points
Part Number: CCSTUDIO

Tool/software: Code Composer Studio

Hello,

I am trying to get started with CCS. The IDE is installed and running. I open Resource Explorer, navigate to the desired project (blestack/simple_broadcaster for the CC2640R2 LaunchPad). When I go all the way down to the bottom level of the tree I see the "Import to IDE" button. When I click it, it tells me I need to "Download and install." When I try that at any level of the tree, it appears to work (I have to accept terms, a progress bar appears and goes away without error), but the project still will not import, and I'm still told I have to download it. I looked in the directory where it tells me it's downloading and I don't see any changes. I also don't see the green arrows in Resource Explorer that I see referenced in Youtube videos as indicating that a package has been downloaded.

I have tried adding the download directory (~/ti) to the Product discovery path in Preferences -> Code Composer Studio -> Products and restarted a number of times, with the same result.

If anyone can help get me up and running, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Thanks!

Nick

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    TI__Guru**** 162325 points

    Nick,

    Unfortunately what is happening is that the software package you are attempting to download is not available for Mac. I hit this myself quite frequently. CCSv7.4 has a fix to actually tell you this instead of making it look like the package downloaded. CCSv7.4 still has an issue in that it says the package is not available for Darwin instead of MacOS.

    You could download the installer for the package from ti.com and then installer it on Windows and then copy the folder to your Mac.  The CCS Project Import feature will be able to import the projects from the SDK.

    http://www.ti.com/tool/download/SIMPLELINK-CC2640R2-SDK



    Regards,
    John

  • 0 in reply to JohnS
    Prodigy 230 points
    OK, thanks. Strange that if the files work they won't just let you download them directly. Do you find that development on Mac generally works well or would I be better off to work in a Windows VM? (I'd rather not)
  • 0 in reply to Nick Sears
    TI__Guru**** 162325 points

    In general I find things are ok on Mac.  Personally I do not like VMs at all.  We have lots of trouble with debug probes working properly or having performance issues on VMs.  The "core" of the SDK is shared across SDKs and is validated on Windows/Linux/Mac.  Not all of the complete SDKs are released for Mac and Linux yet (I say yet as they are planned to be).  I know of a number of people who are using them fine on Mac.  There are some supplementary tools that only run on Windows, like SmartRF Studio.

    Regards,

    John

  • 0 in reply to JohnS
    Prodigy 230 points
    I agree re: VMs, particularly after spending the last 4 hours unsuccessfully getting Windows 10 up and running on the latest VMWare Fusion. After copying the files over from a Linux install, the empty example is compiling and debugging perfectly but simple_broadcaster isn't building because of a couple of missing files in the stack_library project (ble_r2.symbols and lib_linker.cmd).
  • 0 in reply to Nick Sears
    Prodigy 230 points
    Got it building by copying the files over from Ubuntu and updating the paths. Looks like I'm up and running for now. Thanks for your help.