fcobcn 2 Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Sorry for being long winded, so can I confirm v1.0b doesn't work with mspdebug? I think it does work, I compiled mspdebug 0.17, now I have some errors when uploading, but it still works. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PentiumPC 119 Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 Sorry for being long winded, so can I confirm v1.0b doesn't work with mspdebug? I think it does work, I compiled mspdebug 0.17, now I have some errors when uploading, but it still works. ok thanks.. I will put it up for downloading soon. will do it tonight if I cannot sleep.. it is 12:12am now.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PentiumPC 119 Posted October 1, 2011 Author Share Posted October 1, 2011 Here is the link to the files. http://www.mediafire.com/?7zurj5ncg5794 Driver installer with a small demo with soft serial for new LaunchPad users. enjoy. driver also attached here. Please refer to first page. fix - problem with other usb serial port. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GuiB 3 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Thanks very much for your effort !! This is some pretty great news on the OS X side !! But unfortunately, I can't make it run for I don't know which reason... Well, the driver seems to be installed but I can't seem to be able to use it for Serial communication... I had previously tried the ez430rf2500.kext driver as well as to make one with the TIVCPSerial.kext... So I installed your driver (version "MSP430LPCDC 1.0.2b" with your installer) and uninstalled the others. In the I/ORegistryExplorer I can see the "Texas Instruments MSP-FET430UIF" when I connect the launchpad like that (See the attachment for a picture). Also, in the terminal, I can't see it when I type: ls /dev/tty.* (See other attachment) So, just wondering if you know what could be the problem... Any helps will be a great welcome To let you know, I'm using a macbook pro late 2008 with OS X 10.6.6 Thanks in advance !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fcobcn 2 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Something was broken with the latest installer. After reinstalling the previous version (AppleUSBCDCDriver1.0b.pkg) I was able get the serial port appearing again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GuiB 3 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Ok thanks !! Is there a place I can download this previous version ?? Or can someone PM me to get it ?? Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PentiumPC 119 Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 Hi all, Made some fixes to the driver. Latest version is 1.0.3b. Files linked on the first page. I was trying to rely on OSX to do the driver matching, but it seem that it is Apple's driver or my driver. If my driver is present, it will attach to any usb serial device and won't release it since it matched. So I have problem getting Arduino etc to work. Version 1.0.3b fixed that by checking the VID/PRID during the probing process, it will reject the match if it is not a TI device and release the device to other drivers. I have also changed the TTY port name from usbmodem to ( uart-+serialno.), so the device port name is unique to the device. Please feedback once you try it out thanks. Regards, Terence Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PentiumPC 119 Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 Hi GuiB, Please try out Version 1.0.3b, linked in page 1 to see if it solves your problem. It seem that you have no driver attached to the device, not even Apple drivers. I don't know if is it because you are on 10.6.6 or something else, I will try to help you or you can try updating your OSX to 10.6.8. with only Apple's driver loaded it should look like that. (10.6.8) WIth MSP430LPCDC loaded it should look like that. Regards, Terence Thanks very much for your effort !! This is some pretty great news on the OS X side !! But unfortunately, I can't make it run for I don't know which reason... Well, the driver seems to be installed but I can't seem to be able to use it for Serial communication... I had previously tried the ez430rf2500.kext driver as well as to make one with the TIVCPSerial.kext... So I installed your driver (version "MSP430LPCDC 1.0.2b" with your installer) and uninstalled the others. In the I/ORegistryExplorer I can see the "Texas Instruments MSP-FET430UIF" when I connect the launchpad like that (See the attachment for a picture). Also, in the terminal, I can't see it when I type: ls /dev/tty.* (See other attachment) So, just wondering if you know what could be the problem... Any helps will be a great welcome To let you know, I'm using a macbook pro late 2008 with OS X 10.6.6 Thanks in advance !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluehash 1,581 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Pentiumpc, I received your pm. Thanks. One think to note and you have actually done it, is to update our first post with all the versions and the latest information/explanation. This will keep users updated and they don't have to scroll through all the pages, although your work is much appreciated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GuiB 3 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Hi PentiumPC, thank you very much !! With that new version, my computer detect it and it looks the same as you mention in my IORegistryExplorer except that instead of mentioning "AppleUSBCDC", it says : "IOUSBCompositeDriver" (see the attachment). Not sure if that's a problem... but nevertheless, I see a new device in the terminal with ls /dev/tty.* named "uart-ABFF427A4D19511A" and I was able to get data in MaxMSP from the demo code inside the launchpad !! So, I'm quite happy with it !! I just got some problems, at two times my keyboard stopped from working... not sure exactly what did that... I tried to repeat it, but couldn't. At first, it happen when I started MaxMSP and the launchpad was already plugged and the other time I'm not sure exactly what did it, but both time it froze the IORegistryExplorer and the MaxMSP application and then I needed to force reboot if I wanted to get back my keyboard working. However, after two reboot now it seems fine... I'll let you know if I found the problem! Maybe its because I'm still on 10.6.6... I know I need to upgrade So thank you again for your work !! Very appreciated !! I made a mistake while uploading my picture of the IORegistry on my post before. In the application, I made a search for "msp" so I was only getting things with "msp" written. So there was no "IOUSBCompositeDriver" or any others. But, nevertheless, it wasn't exactly like the picture you showed me. I took a screenshot at that time so here they are: (First with 1.0.2b and second with 1.0.3b) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PentiumPC 119 Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 Hi GuiB, I am glad it worked for you, "AppleUSBCDC" is from the new "ISOUSBFamily.kext" on 10.7 Lion, on Snow Leopard "IOUSBCompositeDriver" will be attached. 1.0.2b was a mistake, sorry about that, I presume apple will do the matching correctly but it did not. MaxMSP looks interesting, I will try it out to see if I can repeat your problem. Port "uart-ABFF427A4D19511A" is unique to your Device, the string of numbers is the serial no. of you device, before that the port name is link to your USB port no. this is so that the software I am writing with remember my last setting for different device, I think it is more useful this way. Regards, Terence Hi PentiumPC, thank you very much !! With that new version, my computer detect it and it looks the same as you mention in my IORegistryExplorer except that instead of mentioning "AppleUSBCDC", it says : "IOUSBCompositeDriver" (see the attachment). Not sure if that's a problem... but nevertheless, I see a new device in the terminal with ls /dev/tty.* named "uart-ABFF427A4D19511A" and I was able to get data in MaxMSP from the demo code inside the launchpad !! So, I'm quite happy with it !! I just got some problems, at two times my keyboard stopped from working... not sure exactly what did that... I tried to repeat it, but couldn't. At first, it happen when I started MaxMSP and the launchpad was already plugged and the other time I'm not sure exactly what did it, but both time it froze the IORegistryExplorer and the MaxMSP application and then I needed to force reboot if I wanted to get back my keyboard working. However, after two reboot now it seems fine... I'll let you know if I found the problem! Maybe its because I'm still on 10.6.6... I know I need to upgrade So thank you again for your work !! Very appreciated !! I made a mistake while uploading my picture of the IORegistry on my post before. In the application, I made a search for "msp" so I was only getting things with "msp" written. So there was no "IOUSBCompositeDriver" or any others. But, nevertheless, it wasn't exactly like the picture you showed me. I took a screenshot at that time so here they are: (First with 1.0.2b and second with 1.0.3b) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GuiB 3 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Well, now I think the problem is more between the IORegistryExplorer and MaxMSP than your driver for the Launchpad. I opened the IORegistryExplorer and then MaxMSP (without the launchpad connected) and now it was my usb port who stopped working (my usb mouse stopped) and both applications froze and needed to force quit and restart my computer... So, I'll continue to test without both application open and let you know if I got any other bugs PentiumPC 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PentiumPC 119 Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 Great.. MAxMSP is way over my head.. I would be interesting to to know how are you using LaunchPad with MaxMSP. Maybe you can start a thread under Projects to show us what you are working on. Regards, Terence Well, now I think the problem is more between the IORegistryExplorer and MaxMSP than your driver for the Launchpad. I opened the IORegistryExplorer and then MaxMSP (without the launchpad connected) and now it was my usb port who stopped working (my usb mouse stopped) and both applications froze and needed to force quit and restart my computer... So, I'll continue to test without both application open and let you know if I got any other bugs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bluehash 1,581 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 What is MaxMSP? The first lin on google is something about cycling. Another link says it's a parser for Arduino. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PentiumPC 119 Posted October 3, 2011 Author Share Posted October 3, 2011 What is MaxMSP? The first lin on google is something about cycling. Another link says it's a parser for Arduino. I think some sort of programmable software to translate all sorts of inputs to Music or Video.... Interesting stuff. haha. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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