bharathyes 0 Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Hey guys. I recently got a Launch pad -- MSP430G2 board ( Rev B ) [only the board and the USB cable from a friend]. I downloaded Energia for my Mac running OS X 10.9. [maverics]. Though the Power LED lights up, the board is not recognised by the IDE. I don't know if the problem is with the board, the cable or the IDE. Though the board was detected for a short period of time and I was able to just uplaod the Blink sketch into it. Now when I connect to a USB power or my MAC, led1 just keeps blinking. I am unable to program it. I hope you guys can help me spot the problem so that I can rectify it and make use of the board to learn Embedded systems. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
energia 485 Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Can you post the output of the console when you plug it in please? Launch the console from Applications->Utilities->Console Make sure that you have "All Messages" selected. Robert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
energia 485 Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Just in case, make sure that you have the drivers installed for the MSP430G2 LaunchPad from here: http://energia.nu/Guide_MacOSX.html Can you also post the output from the log window in Energia? You can turn on verbose during upload by going to the preferences and selecting "Show verbose output during: [x] upload" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roadrunner84 466 Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Since you managed to program it once, I suspect a bad connection. This might be the cable or the socket on either mac or launchpad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kristoz 0 Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Hi All, I have a similar sort of problem but using I am Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. I've just purchased a TivaC Launch Pad (TM4C123G) for the upcoming edX course. I installed the Energia software and recommended drivers but when I connect the board to the USB no indication of any COM ports are shown in the Device Manager. I followed the get starting guide during which a dialog box did appear with driver installing confirmation but the three debug drivers did not install (as indicated in the text) but the serial driver seemed to. When I access the Tools menu in Energia the Serial Port option is grayed out. What do I need to do to allow the COM ports to become active so I can communicate with the board? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dubnet 238 Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 One possible reason is if you have your USB cable plugged into the wrong USB connector on the board. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
abecedarian 330 Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 You must use the USB port at the top of the board, not the one on the side. And, I've seen Energia take more than a few minutes to realize serial ports are available so maybe quit / restart Energia too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OppaErich 25 Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 You must use the USB port at the top of the board, not the one on the side. AND the switch on 'Debug'. My still sealed Tiva is set to 'Device'. abecedarian 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dubnet 238 Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 You must use the USB port at the top of the board, not the one on the side. And, I've seen Energia take more than a few minutes to realize serial ports are available so maybe quit / restart Energia too. Another way to check if the board is recoginized by Windows....once the board is plugged in look under 'Ports' in the Device Manager for the Tiva serial port instance. It should be something other than COM1 (e.g. COM6 or COM9, etc). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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