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ccossio

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2006/10/22 11:39

Eval Kit in Windows98 /Millennium

Hello,

is it possible to use the tools under Windows 98/Millennium? All FTDI drivers are loaded correctly but the virtual com port is missing in the System information. I have checked the INF file and it says it is a virtual serial port driver for windows 2000/XP. Is it possible to get the drivers for Windows 98/Me? Thank you!

Carlos

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arm_baby

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2006/10/22 21:45

Re:Eval Kit in Windows98 /Millennium

I not sure this board used Virtual COM port (VCP) or D2XX drivers because now i not receive this sample.

all Virtual COM port (VCP) & D2XX drivers have driver for Win98/ME (FT2232)

http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm
http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/D2XX.htm

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alex_b

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2006/10/23 00:56

Re:Eval Kit in Windows98 /Millennium

Hello,

These drivers aren't recognized as proper drivers for EVB_LM3S811 board. Nevertheless, after some tampering with *.inf files I made system install FT2232 Win98 USB drivers. However, the result was the same as with CD drivers - two devices found (i.e. LM3S811 Evaluation Board A and LM3S811 Evaluation Board B) and no virtual COM port. What is worse, in both cases (i.e. drivers from CD or FTDI Win98 drivers) Keil uVision IDE doesn't detect LM3S811 Evaluation Board A as the ARM programmer so I can't program the microcontroller so far.

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LMI Eric

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2006/10/23 10:07

Re:Eval Kit in Windows98 /Millennium

There are a couple of options you have for getting things working with Win98/ME:

1. Download the Win98/ME drivers from FTDI (both D2XX and VCP drivers since the combined driver model isn't available for those OSes) and modify the INF files to contain the proper device and product ID fields. The VID field should be 0x0403 and the PID field should be 0xBCD9. That way when you plug the device in, it will get recognized correctly by the driver.

2. Download the MProg utility from FTDI and manually update the USB EEPROM for the FTDI device so that it uses the default VID/PID combination from FTDI (VID = 0x0403, PID = 0x6010). You should then be able to use the Win98/ME driver "as-is" from FTDI. If you go this route, make sure that the 'Product Description' field of the USB EEPROM remains unchanged since Keil opens the connection to the device by name.

I would offer to test this for you, but we don't have any machines that run Win98 or ME.

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ccossio

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2006/10/23 13:15

Re:Eval Kit in Windows98 /Millennium

Thanks Eric, the first option works fine for me.

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geraldo

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2006/11/04 16:29

Re:Eval Kit in Windows98 /Millennium

Hello out there,

yesterday I received my eval-kit ... and tried it with windows98.
From the Keil-site I downloaded the actual eval-version (mdk303a.exe) and installed it.
I also installed different FTDI-drivers but always got the same error:
In the Options-for-Target- window( Menu-Flash-ConfigureFlashTools-Debug) when I clicked on Settings-Button (Luminary EvalBoard was selected)
I got a messagebox .."Can't load lmidk-agdi.dll"
It took me a few hours to get it running.
This is what worked for me:
I downloaded the D2XX-Drivers Version 3.01.04 (filename D30104.zip) from FTDI, modified the PID and strings in the inf-file. After plug-in of the eval-board the installation started and I was asked for a ftd2xx.cat file. This file was not delivered in the zip-file. A google search only showed parts of inf-files.
I downloaded different other drivers from FTDI, but I couldn't find this file. At the end I renamed ftdibus.cat (from driver version 1.09 R10906.zip)to ftd2xx.cat.
After Installation was done I started MProg-Utility and could read the eeprom-data.
A click on the settings button in the options button showed no error but no action too. So I tried to download the hello-project and ... it worked (:-o).

Now I could download and debug the application and everything seems is fine.

So at last there are 2 questions:

1. should there be an action (or window pop-up) when the settings-button in the Options-for-Target-window is pressed?

2. where could I get the correct ft2dxx.cat file and what is this file for?

Anyhow as I said .. it seems to work.

Regards

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