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[denpanosekai]

UPDATE: Solved. Problem was a defective cable. Leaving my steps here in case anyone ever runs into a similar problem.

I have 2 MSP430-JTAG-TINY and 3 MSP430P1611, recently bought from sparkfun. I have reproduced the following problem under both WinXP and Win7.

First I downloaded the latest Olimex drivers (1.0.35) and the latest mspgcc (2008-12-30).

Then I installed mspgcc and copied the complete set of Olimex DLL files (5) to the mspgcc\bin folder. That should be it, right? I reboot, for Windows' sake. I always get this error:

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C:\>msp430-jtag --lpt=USB
MSP430 JTAG programmer Version: 2.3
Use -h for help
Reset and release device...

An error occoured:
Could not reset target (no connection?): Could not communicate with FET

Now with the Olimex Programmer Software 1.21 I get equally bad results. Of course I updated its DLLs with the ones from the update previously listed. Then I run it, select MSP430F1611 from the list, USB port, then hit "read". It does something, because the LED turns off. But after a while, the program stops with "Cannot reseting device." (sic).

After attempting to READ with the Olimex Programmer and closing the software, I get this error from msp430-jtag:

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An error occoured:
Could not initialize the library (port: USB)

What am I doing wrong? The current driver is quite recent, has anyone else used it? I know I'm not TOO far because GDB seems to work. It identifies the device correctly.

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C:\>msp430-gdbproxy --port=1000 msp430 USB

debug: MSP430_Initialize()
debug: MSP430_Configure()
debug: MSP430_VCC(3000)
debug: MSP430_Identify()
info:      msp430: Target device is a 'MSP430F1611' (type 42)
debug: MSP430_Configure()
notice:    msp430-gdbproxy: waiting on TCP port 1000

[leon_heller]

FWIW, I don't have any problems using the MSP430-JTAG-TINY with Rowley CrossWorks and IAR EW.

Leon

[denpanosekai]

Well... if anyone ever runs into such an error in the future...

make sure to check if your cable is defective!

Both IAR and MSPGCC work 100% with a new Olimex JTAG-TINY cable.