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CCS/MSP430F5524: Flash Emulation Tools not working on CCSV8 on Windows 7 PC

Andrew Felicetti
Prodigy 315 points
Part Number: MSP430F5524
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: MSP-FET, MSP430-FLASHER, UNIFLASH

Tool/software: Code Composer Studio

On my Windows 7 PC I have loaded CCSV8 and imported a project from CCSV6.  I can get the project to build without issue on CCSV8.

Here is the problem:

Flash emulation tools will not work with CCSV8.  Serial number on the old tool starts with a 15 and the newer tool starts with a 17.  I am using the old tool with CCSV6 right now which works. Old tool starts with serial #15 (gray).  New tool starts with serial #17 (black). 

How do I get the Flash emulation tools to work with CCSV8?

Thank you,

Andrew

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    TI__Prodigy 315 points

    To clarify, the table below summarizes what works/does not work:

    CCS Version

    MSP-FETUIF430 (Old Tool, Grey)

    MSP-FET (New Tool, Black)

    CCSv6

    Works

    Does not work

    CCSv8

    Does not work

    Does not work

     I’ve also included a screen shot of the error that occurs when trying to run a debug session with the new tool with CCSv6.

    The recovery process completes but the newer device does not work. Each time trying to start a debug session, it brings up this error. One more thing to mention is that when using the newer device. It is shown as an hid generic device in the drivers not a CDC MSP device under comports. My assumption is that it is not installed correctly and does not get the proper drivers installed.

    Thank you,

    Andrew

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    TI__Guru 56685 points

    Andrew,

    Thank you for the additional information. As you suggested, I'm thinking a driver and/or FW corruption of the MSP-FET has occurred as well as another issue we have documented.

    First, let's make sure we have good drivers on the PC for the device. Since we are having issues with the currently installed CCS's, let's do this by installing the latest version of MSP430-FLASHER or UniFlash to do this. Try to download an example as well here as it will upgrade your MSP-FET to the newest FW version. ****For the next few steps, you may be asked by CCS to upgrade to the newest version of FW (especially by v6). Go ahead an ignore/cancel the upgrade for now. This sometimes happens on older SW as the FW it believes is the newest is not on the MSP-FET as its just an is equal to check instead of locking to see if version number is greater. I believe this has been changed on newer versions of CCS.*****

    Second, once the drivers are in a known good state, then let's move on to getting the newer MSP-FET working with CCS6. For that, please see the following E2E post as its a known issue and requires a patch. e2e.ti.com/.../614826 . I suspect a FW upgrade on this older version caused your issue in the first place.

    Third, you should be able to load up CCSv8 now and have everything work fine.