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CC2650EM TI-MAC example problem

Other Parts Discussed in Thread: TIMAC, CC2650

Hi,

I am trying to run the TI-MAC example for CC2650EM to evaluate the product.

I downloaded TI-MAC version 1.5.2 from http://www.ti.com/tool/TIMAC

My current setup:
CC2650EM-4XS 1.0 board
with a SmartRF06EB PCB v1.2

I am using IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM 7.40.2.8570 to compile the project. I'm currently running it on Windows 7 Enterprise.

I opened the project as per the instructions at the following location:
C:\ti\simplelink\timac_1_05_02_43299\Projects\mac\Sample\cc26xx_RTOS\IAR Projects\Application\CC2650

I had a problem since the Custom Arguments Variables were not loaded. The troubleshooting did not help, however, I found a forum that suggested to open the custom_argvars file in the location specified above (which worked). I loaded the following file:

msa_cc2650_pg2.2.custom_argvars

I erased the flash memory of the CC2650 as instructed. I compiled and loaded the cc2650Stack.

I then compiled and loaded the application (msa_cc2650), but nothing happens (I was expecting LED4 to flash which did not happen).

When I press pause during applcation debug, the call stack shows that I am stuck at (abort + 0x2edf) or + ex2edd).

If I step through the code from the beginning of the application, it stops at

BIOS_start();

More specifically, when I press Step, I never reach another step, but when I press pause, it is stuck in a while loop inside

void halAssertHandler( void )
{
#if defined( HAL_ASSERT_RESET )
  HAL_SYSTEM_RESET();
#elif defined ( HAL_ASSERT_LIGHTS )
  halAssertHazardLights();
#elif defined( HAL_ASSERT_SPIN )
  volatile uint8 i = 1;
  HAL_DISABLE_INTERRUPTS();
  while(i);
#endif

  return;
}

The call stack shows that it failed during this MB_ASSERT inside MB_SendCommand:

MB_ASSERT( (MB_CMDSTA_REG & 0xFF) == CMDSTA_DONE || (MB_CMDSTA_REG & 0xFF) == CMDSTA_SCH_ERR );

The line of code that sent the command is the first one inside macMcuInit()
MB_SendCommand( BUILD_DIRECT_CMD( CMD_START_RAT ) );

The register MB_CMDSTA_REG contains the error code: ContextError (0x85)

My question is: what am I doing wrong?

How do I get the example to work?

Thank you.