> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:mspgcc-users-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Roland Laurès
> Sent: 16. august 2007 16:27
> To: GCC for MSP430 - http://mspgcc.sf.net
> Subject: Re: [Mspgcc-users] Problem with MSP-FET430PIF
> 
> Anders Hørtvedt a écrit :
> > Did you try chmod 777 /dev/parport0?
> >
> > I had similar problems, and I seem to remember setting 777 solved it.
> Of
> > course being part of the correc t group is a better way, but you
> could try
> > it just to test?
> >
> > Anders
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Ok, i did it and it seems to work a little better... I mean that now i
> have this :
> "
> $ msp430-gdbproxy --debug msp430
> 
> Remote proxy for GDB, v0.7.1, Copyright (C) 1999 Quality Quorum Inc.
> MSP430 adaption Copyright (C) 2002 Chris Liechti and Steve Underwood
> 
> GDBproxy comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details
> use `--warranty' option. This is Open Source software. You are
> welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. Use the
> '--copying' option for details.
> 
> debug:     msp430: msp430_open()
> error:     msp430: Could not find device (or device not supported) (4)
> "

Yes, now it accesses the /dev/parport0, I think.

> Sounds like I have a device that doesn't work with the gdbproxy i
> have... All the references i have are :
> "
> MSP430 Flash Emulation Tool
> Interface board MSP-FETP430IF 1.4
> "
> This is from Texas Instruments. Should I get an other one ? If yes
> which
> one will work both with gdbproxy and the MSP430F22x2 (and if possible
> also with the MSP430FG4618 from the developpement kit).

Well, I am no expert. I cannot really say. But the one I use, is the
parallel port version from Olimex.
http://www.olimex.com/dev/msp-jtag.html

On the other hand, I had similar experiences with gdbproxy on my Olimex
tool, but I got it to work after some iterations. Actually, I ended up
building it all from source, because I didn't find the correct libraries in
binary form. Not too hard, the description is fairly good. I'm sorry, but I
cannot describe my actions accurately, it was late in the night, and I tried
a lot of things :-)

What you will experience when you get it working, is that gdb download thru
msp430-gdbproxy slow compared to the msp430-jtag python program. Of course
you need gdb to be able to debug, but for everyday use, a quick download
thru the Python program is much faster. I am lucky having a display on my
msp board, so I use the display for debugging purposes, actually I developed
my complete application without using gdb. I started out using the IAR
compiler / debugger, and ported it to gcc when I had the core functions
running, and display system working. Now I can't switch back, it has become
too big for IAR's free version.

So my tip of the day is: try to download a small test program (flash a LED
or similar) using the Python program. If that works, you know your hardware
is OK.

Anders


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