Anybody get "non-project" debugging to work in CCE?

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Anybody get "non-project" debugging to work in CCE?

by Grant Edwards :: Rate this Message:

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Since the IAR debugger won't work, I thought I'd try the CCE
debugger.  I've created a "non-project debug session", but none
of items on any of the configuration tabs are active.  I can't
select a CPU type or JTAG interface anything else.  When I
click the "debug" button, I get an error dialog that complains
about a fatal error trying to read some XML file located deep
in the bowels of the installation.

Now I see why the the local TI distributor and the TI FAEs
warn everbody to stay away from CCE. :/

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Re: Anybody get "non-project" debugging to work in CCE?

by Grant Edwards :: Rate this Message:

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On 2008-06-10, Grant Edwards <grante@...> wrote:
> Since the IAR debugger won't work, I thought I'd try the CCE
> debugger.  I've created a "non-project debug session", but none
> of items on any of the configuration tabs are active.  I can't
> select a CPU type or JTAG interface anything else.  When I
> click the "debug" button, I get an error dialog that complains
> about a fatal error trying to read some XML file located deep
> in the bowels of the installation.

The problem appears to be that the file

C:/Program Files/Texas Instruments/CC Essentials/v3/DebugServer/bin/win32/SystemSetup.xml

is just plain missing.  Where is that file supposed to come from?

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Re: Anybody get "non-project" debugging to work in CCE?

by Hardy Griech :: Rate this Message:

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Grant Edwards wrote:

> On 2008-06-10, Grant Edwards <grante@...> wrote:
>> Since the IAR debugger won't work, I thought I'd try the CCE
>> debugger.  I've created a "non-project debug session", but none
>> of items on any of the configuration tabs are active.  I can't
>> select a CPU type or JTAG interface anything else.  When I
>> click the "debug" button, I get an error dialog that complains
>> about a fatal error trying to read some XML file located deep
>> in the bowels of the installation.
>
> The problem appears to be that the file
>
> C:/Program Files/Texas Instruments/CC Essentials/v3/DebugServer/bin/win32/SystemSetup.xml
>
> is just plain missing.  Where is that file supposed to come from?

Hi Grant,

I guess, the above path is from an cce30 installation.

I've set up the TI tool chain cce20 with standard eclipse using zylin
embedded cdt.  Of course to generate the required COFF files for
debugging one has to use TIs compiler.  No mspgcc input is possible.

If you need any hints on setting up the tool chain, let me hear.

And one question from my side: does the debugger from the cce30 tool
chain accept ELF input, so one can use mspgcc again?

Hardy

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Re: Anybody get "non-project" debugging to work in CCE?

by Grant Edwards :: Rate this Message:

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On 2008-06-10, Hardy Griech <ntbox@...> wrote:

>> The problem appears to be that the file
>>
>> C:/Program Files/Texas Instruments/CC Essentials/v3/DebugServer/bin/win32/SystemSetup.xml
>>
>> is just plain missing.  Where is that file supposed to come from?
>
> Hi Grant,
>
> I guess, the above path is from an cce30 installation.

Yes.

> I've set up the TI tool chain cce20 with standard eclipse
> using zylin embedded cdt.  Of course to generate the required
> COFF files for debugging one has to use TIs compiler.  No
> mspgcc input is possible.

What I want to do is:

  1) Reset the processor.

  2) Start the processor.

  3) Stop the processor.

  4) Dump out RAM contents in hex.

If TI's "debugger" can't do that, then I'm going to have to
declare it a rather large steaming pile....

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Re: Anybody get "non-project" debugging to work in CCE? [virus checked]

by Reinhard.Griech :: Rate this Message:

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:
> What I want to do is:
>
>   1) Reset the processor.
>
>   2) Start the processor.
>
>   3) Stop the processor.
>
>   4) Dump out RAM contents in hex.
>
> If TI's "debugger" can't do that, then I'm going to have to
> declare it a rather large steaming pile....

:

If gdb5.1.2 can do memory dumping, then cce20 should do it for you.  But AFAIR gdb can dump memory in a reasonable way since 6.x

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Re: Anybody get "non-project" debugging to work in CCE? [virus checked]

by Grant Edwards :: Rate this Message:

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On 2008-06-11, Reinhard.Griech@... <Reinhard.Griech@...> wrote:

>> What I want to do is:
>>
>>   1) Reset the processor.
>>
>>   2) Start the processor.
>>
>>   3) Stop the processor.
>>
>>   4) Dump out RAM contents in hex.
>>
>> If TI's "debugger" can't do that, then I'm going to have to
>> declare it a rather large steaming pile....
>
> If gdb5.1.2 can do memory dumping, then cce20 should do it for
> you.  But AFAIR gdb can dump memory in a reasonable way since
> 6.x

GDB would do just fine.  If msp430-gdbproxy supported the F23x0
parts, I'd be set.

I'm amazed at what a mess CCE3 is.  TI should just throw in the
towel and give up on doing their own development tools --
they're obviously incapable of doing a competent job of it when
their own FAEs are warning people to stay away from CCE.

Maybe I'll see if I can find a copy of cce20.  I'm puzzled why
IAR has problems with my board.  It works fine with an eval
board with a processor from the same family, so there must
something specific about my board that is causing problems with
IAR that doesn't cause problems with msp430-jtag or
Elprotronics.  I think I'll disconnect our fancy low-voltage
reset circuitry to see if that helps.

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