CCS: Can not reach TI-Servers

Marcel,

I tried the same in CCSv6.1.2 and did not have any issue. I then installed Grace from the App centre. Now when I open App Center I see the same message as you. I did a refresh and then it loaded ok.

If you do an update check via the Help menu. Help -> Check for Updates does that work or do you get an error with that as well?

Regards,
John

Hi John,

thank you for your reply. Well, I lost my patience and deinstalled CCSV6 and installed the latest CCSV8. Now I can see the app centre

Regards
Marcel

So now I'm facing the same issue. When I try to setup a grace project it says that: "None of the currently selected products supplies value for the Target. Please specify the Target manually." what am I doing wrong.

When I once started with the MSP430-devices I just had to install CCS and the GracePlugIn and it was pretty easy to set up a small project, plug and play. what about these days? Is it getting worse or am I getting old?

Regards

Marcel

Marcel,

I am sure we are all getting older but that is not the issue. The main problem is that Grace was last supported in CCSv6.1.2, the version you initially were trying. I have never tried to get it going in CCSv8. Maybe we can just enter in the target name. I will see if I can figure that out.

John

Try this as the value for target: ti.targets.msp430.elf.MSP430

Thank you John for your help. I'm sorry this doesn't work. I changed the target but when I open main.cfg it still says:

"js: "./config.bld", line 10: Error: Can't find the target named 'ti.targets.msp430.elf.MSP430' along the path 'C:/ti/grace_2_10_00_78/packages;C:/ti/MSP430Ware_3_50_00_04/driverlib/packages;C:/ti/msp430/MSPWare_2_30_00_49/driverlib/packages;C:/ti/msp430/MSPWare_2_30_00_49/driverlib;D:/CCS_Projects/Safety/20180920_Safety/.config;C:/ti/xdctools_3_50_08_24_core/packages;..;': please check the spelling of the target's name and that it exists along this path."

Do you have any other suggestions?


Regards

Marcel

Marcel,

I have been trying to recreate what you are seeing as well as come up with a solution.  I have not had much luck.

Note that Grace is working for me fine in my CCSv6.1.2 installation. 

I created a fresh CCSv8.2 install.  I attempted to install the Grace add-on into it but have not been able to do so.  I can search the update site and find Grace but when it goes to install it fails on needing xdctools 3.21.  Unfortunately that version of xdctools I believe comes directly with Grace so it is a bit of a catch-22.  

I tried getting CCSv8.2 to discover Grace from CCSv6.1.2.  I did this by going into the Preferences dialog.  Then under Code Composer STudio -> Products I go to the discovery locations and add the Grace folder from 6.1.2.  Something like this:

After doing this I can create a Grace project but have issues building.  I get a null pointer exception.  

I then tried changing my project to use an older version of XDCTools as the one in CCSv8.2 is much newer.  I selected the 3.31 version from CCSv6.1.2.

That gets a lot further but the build still fails trying to find some msp430 header files.  I do believe there was a compatibility change somewhere along the way in those files.   

In short I don't think we are going to get this going in CCSv8.  It should work in CCSv6.1.2 though.  When installing CCSv6.1.2 I believe there was a screen near the end which would give you the option to install Grace.  It would then install on the first startup of CCS.

If you need to use Grace then getting 6.1.2 working is our best option.  Grace was discontinued quite a while ago and I am not confident in getting it going with CCSv8.

Regards,

John

Hello John,

that was a lot of work, thank you very much you did that. Grace was a nice tool for me to setup a small project very quickly, without to walk throu hundreds of pages in the datasheet. I'm sorry to hear that it was discontinued. So I think I put on my reading glasses and download the datasheet.

Anyway, thanks for your help
Regards

Marcel