Re: Upgrading from gdbproxy to mspdebug - a couple of questions

> > >mspdebug -j uif
> > ...
> > Searching for firmware for TI3410...
> >     - checking c:/MinGW/msys/1.0/local/lib//mspdebug/ti_3410.fw.ihex
> >     - checking ti_3410.fw.ihex
> > ti3410: unable to locate firmware
> > ti3410: firmware download failed
> >  
> > This lead me onto the issues with the FET firmware (I 
> hadn't touched 
> > this up to this point), and the documentation in the 
> sourceforge pages 
> > on upgrading to V3. As per the suggestions there, I have 
> tried to dump 
> > the current firmware before I update it, which gives me the 
> following;
> 
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> The firmware download goes into RAM on the TI3410 -- there 
> are no permanent changes made. If you have a device already 
> (COMx), you can use the -d option:
> 
>     mspdebug -j uif -d COMx
> 
> What's the actual debugger hardware you're using? Are you 
> connecting to the chip via JTAG or Spy-Bi-Wire?
> 
> Cheers,
> Daniel
> 
Hi Daniel,

Sorry, still confused but hopefully a bit more detail will unravel things!

I'm using a Texas MSP-FET430UIF USB device, ultimately talking to a 439 via
JTAG (although haven't got that far with mspdebug yet). From my
understanding, mspdebug will go the USB path unless the -d option is
specified, which would make no sense in my case. My first attempt to run
mspdebug gave the impression that it successfully found and connected to the
FET - what happened subsequent to this I'm not sure, because any attempts to
repeat the command (mspdebug -j uif) seems to end up in a search for
firmware (I assume the TI3410 it refers to is the FET itself?).

Should I need to upgrade firmware on the FET? From my first pass through, I
thought I needed V3 firmware, but rereading this a bit more carefully
indicates this is only needed if I've gone to the latest MSP430.DLL from
Texas. This is not the case. Nothing has changed on this side; all I have
been trying to do is migrate from gdbproxy (which was operating yesterday)
to mspdebug. I'm currently in the position that neither is now working!

I'm a bit lost at present what is/has happened, and what I need to do to
proceed.

Andrew


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