LAUNCHXL-CC1310: Make Openocd and bootloader work together

Hi Peter,

I will look into this, but wanted to know if open ocd works without the bootloader?

Regards,

Sid

Hi Sid,

Thank you for answering. Yes, openocd works fine when the bootloader isn't enabled.

The only change in the ccfg area is the bootloader option at 0x1FFD8 from 00FFFFFF to C5FE02C2 everything else is unchanged.

but something else might be involved, because changing the longword back isn't enough. The project needs to be flashed by CCS for openocd to work again. 

Regards Peter

Hi Sid,

I just made another test and discovered it isn't related to the ccfg area.

If I use our main project with the bootloader activated openocd will work, but if I use the 'empty TI-RTOS' example for the CC1310 Launchpad openocd won't work at all.

I can't find any configuration differences.

Regards Peter

Hi Peter,

I am assuming you are using gdb along with openocd. What are the commands that cause the error? What is your exact procedure and what is causing the issue?

Regards,

Sid

Hi Sid,

I'll use GDB when it works but the problems actually starts when I try to connect with openocd using:

openocd -s tcl/ -f interface/xds110.cfg -c "adapter speed 1500" -c "transport select jtag" -f target/ti_cc13x0.cfg

and then using

telnet localhost 4444

to issue commands (init ; reset halt). It won't work on the empty example project, but works fine on our old project.

I've realized that our old project is using GCC and I would like to do that in the example project as well but can't make it run. It compiles but ends in a FaultISR before main. When I use the GCC conpiler it runs fine, is there a guide or some changes needed when the GCC example is imported?

Regards Peter

Hi Peter,

I see that with CCS 12.5 it is not working for me either. I checked that the SDK was tested with CCS 9.1

I built and flashed the empty example, that seems to work. The main difference I see is the default GCC compiler versions between the two.

So you could try following the "outside section" in this guide to install an older gcc compiler version with the latest CCS. The GCC version used in CCS 9.1 is GNU v7.2.1(Linaro). 

software-dl.ti.com/.../ccs_compiler-installation-selection.html

Or try with the 9.1 version of CCS.

click on view all version to download and older version of ccs.

Regards,

Sid

Hi Sid,

Thank you for answering. Compiling and launching using CCS 10 and GCC is working v7.2.1 but using OpenOcd is still not working.

It gives the error below:

Error: JTAG scan chain interrogation failed: all zeroes
Error: Check JTAG interface, timings, target power, etc.
Error: Trying to use configured scan chain anyway...
Error: cc13x0.jrc: IR capture error; saw 0x00 not 0x01

and it isn't possible to use a telnet session to 'reset halt'.

Regards Peter

Hi Peter,

Some search across other forums, I see that JTAG clock speed could be an issue. Could you try a slower JTAG clock frequency and check if that helps fix the issue? And when you are trying the empty vs your custom software, are there any other diffs between the setup with respect to hardware?

openocd.org/.../Debug-Adapter-Configuration.html

Regards,

Sid

Hi Sid,

Changing the clock doesn't make any difference and I'm only using the cc1310 Launchpad as hardware platform.

I'm convinced that it is something related to the startup code (setting vectors, clock, IO configuration, ...) but can't pinpoint the difference.

The Empty project can't read the GPIO in CCS registers when debugging but the other software can.

It might be related.

Regards Peter

Hi Sid,

The attached simple and modified 'sniffer' application works with OpenOcd, but the attached Empyt/Blinky' application don't. They are bot made with CCS 10.4.

I still can't figure out why, but the difference here is that blinky is using pthread.

Regards Peter 

workspace_ti_sniffer_test.zip   workspace_tst.zip

Thanks for the projects. I will try them out

Hello Sid,

I hope you enjoyed some time off during Christmas. Are there any updates on this issue?

Regards Peter