Here’s the log output of the modified main:

VisualGDB is licensed to MYNAMESURNAME
C:SysGCCmsp430binmsp430-gdb.exe –interpreter mi “C:usrlocalGNUBasedApplication2GNUBasedApplication2/DebugGNUBasedApplication2.elf”
-list-features
=thread-group-added,id=”i1″
GNU gdb (GDB) 7.4
Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type “show copying”
and “show warranty” for details.
This GDB was configured as “–host=i686-pc-mingw32 –target=msp430”.
For bug reporting instructions, please see:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>…
Reading symbols from C:usrlocalGNUBasedApplication2GNUBasedApplication2/DebugGNUBasedApplication2.elf…
done.
^done,features=[“frozen-varobjs”,”pending-breakpoints”,”thread-info”,”data-read-memory-bytes”,”breakpoint-notifications”,”ada-task-info”]
-gdb-set stop-on-solib-events 1
OK
-gdb-set new-console on
A syntax error in expression, near `new-console on’.
-data-list-register-names
^done,register-names=[“r0″,”r1″,”r2″,”r3″,”r4″,”r5″,”r6″,”r7″,”r8″,”r9″,”r10″,”r11″,”r12″,”r13″,”r14″,”r15”]
-gdb-set disassembly-flavor intel
-gdb-set print demangle off
No symbol “disassembly” in current context.
OK
-gdb-version
GNU gdb (GDB) 7.4
Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type “show copying”
and “show warranty” for details.
This GDB was configured as “–host=i686-pc-mingw32 –target=msp430”.
For bug reporting instructions, please see:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>.
OK
-break-insert -f main
^done,bkpt={number=”1″,type=”breakpoint”,disp=”keep”,enabled=”y”,addr=”0x00008044″,func=”main()”,file=”LEDBlink.cpp”,fullname=”C:\usr\local\GNUBasedApplication2\GNUBasedApplication2/LEDBlink.cpp”,line=”29″,times=”0″,original-location=”main”}
target sim
&”target simn”
Connected to the simulator.
OK
load
&”loadn”
OK
-data-evaluate-expression “sizeof(void *)”
^done,value=”2″
-data-evaluate-expression “sizeof(int)”
^done,value=”2″
-data-evaluate-expression “sizeof(short)”
^done,value=”2″
-data-evaluate-expression “sizeof(long)”
^done,value=”4″
-data-evaluate-expression “sizeof(long long)”
^done,value=”8″
-data-evaluate-expression “sizeof(char)”
^done,value=”1″
-data-evaluate-expression “sizeof(wchar_t)”
No symbol “wchar_t” in current context.
-data-evaluate-expression “sizeof(float)”
^done,value=”4″
-data-evaluate-expression “sizeof(double)”
^done,value=”4″
-data-evaluate-expression “sizeof(long double)”
^done,value=”8″
info target
&”info targetn”
Symbols from “C:usrlocalGNUBasedApplication2GNUBasedApplication2/DebugGNUBasedApplication2.elf”.
simulator:
Attached to sim running program C:usrlocalGNUBasedApplication2GNUBasedApplication2/DebugGNUBasedApplication2.elf
# instructions executed 0
# cycles 0
# Interrupts 0
While running this, GDB does not access memory from…
Local exec file:
`C:usrlocalGNUBasedApplication2GNUBasedApplication2/DebugGNUBasedApplication2.elf’, file type elf32-msp430.
Entry point: 0x8000
0x00008000 – 0x0000805c is .text
0x00001c00 – 0x00001c02 is .bss
0x00001c02 – 0x00001c04 is .noinit
0x0000ff80 – 0x00010000 is .vectors
OK
-break-insert -f C:/usr/local/GNUBasedApplication2/GNUBasedApplication2/LEDBlink.cpp:29
^done,bkpt={number=”2″,type=”breakpoint”,disp=”keep”,enabled=”y”,addr=”0x00008044″,func=”main()”,file=”LEDBlink.cpp”,fullname=”C:\usr\local\GNUBasedApplication2\GNUBasedApplication2/LEDBlink.cpp”,line=”29″,times=”0″,original-location=”C:/usr/local/GNUBasedApplication2/GNUBasedApplication2/LEDBlink.cpp:29″}
info symbol 0x8044
&”info symbol 0x8044n”
main + 6 in section .text
OK
info line *0x8044
&”info line *0x8044n”
Line 29 of “LEDBlink.cpp” starts at address 0x8044 and ends at 0x804e .
OK
-file-list-exec-source-files
^done,files=[{file=”LEDBlink.cpp”,fullname=”C:\usr\local\GNUBasedApplication2\GNUBasedApplication2/LEDBlink.cpp”},{file=”c:\sysgcc\msp430\bin\../lib/gcc/msp430/4.6.3/../../../../msp430/include/cc430f5137.h”,fullname=”c:\sysgcc\msp430\bin\../lib/gcc/msp430/4.6.3/../../../../msp430/include/cc430f5137.h”},{file=”../../gcc-4.6.3/gcc/config/msp430/crt0.S”},{file=”../../gcc-4.6.3/gcc/config/msp430/crt0.S”},{file=”../../gcc-4.6.3/gcc/config/msp430/crt0.S”},{file=”../../gcc-4.6.3/gcc/config/msp430/crt0.S”},{file=”../../gcc-4.6.3/gcc/config/msp430/crt0.S”},{file=”../../gcc-4.6.3/gcc/config/msp430/crt0.S”}]
-exec-run

Hello and thank you for reply.
I’ve changed the simulator to the mspdebug as you’ve said and now it seems to work fine and without changing nothing to the original demo program. The same happens also by using my program that starts debugging by setting a breakpoint in the main (letting them go then it stops working for missing signals, but I think that’s right, or not?). Fine so, now I can simulate a software but I want tu use the real MCU.
With the OLIMEX it isn’t not working jet (could I have some port problems or other I have to set and they are not reported on your tutorials?) and how do I download the sw directly on the TI without using debugging?
Thank’s a lot.

Hello,
I’ve look for your guides and in internet but I haven’t found anything that I haven’t done yet or I could try.
By using directly the OLIMEX MSP Programmer with the OLIMEX-MSP430-TINY-V2_USB programmer I can read and write the MCU. When trying to use your licensed VidualGDB the msp430-gdmproxy command window into the MSVS2010 prompts me:

Cannot initalize MSP430.DLL on port USB:
Could not find MSP-FET430UIF on specified COM port

Run msp430-gdbproxy –help for usage instructions.

I’ve runned the command from the shell but I can’t find how to set it up.
Some other further hints?
Thank you
Davide

Hello,
I have changed the dll as described but the error remains the same and there is no communication between your VisualGDB and the OLIMEX programmer.
Somthing other to try?
Davide

Hello again,
I have done also this test: I have enabled also the “make BIN file” VisualGDB option and tryied to load/download it directly from the OLIMEX program (it loads only BIN, TXT-TexasIntrumentsFormat and HEX-IntelFormat) and it says:
“End address in file is 0x7FFF which is less than end address in programm memory 0xFFFF.”
Maybe there is something wrong in the way I’m doing that.
Byye
Davide

Hello bazis and thanks for your reply.

I will read the forum as soon as possible and I will do the copy as you request. Then I will inform you of the results.

What concerns the last question I’ll respond now:
Right for your conclusion: trying only to download the .bin file no “device” problems happens. That’s in fact a bit more strange and so I think that’s the problem is not or not only on the OLIMEX programmer. It seems to work fine alone: i can read/write/erase/etc program and data areas and start or stop the MCU. Why it should then have incompatibility issues just and only when i try to download directly the program compiled&maked with your VisualGDB? The error reported says in fact:
“End address in file is 0x7FFF which is less than end address in programm memory 0xFFFF.”
The file, that’s your Sample-Blink-Test_programm is 32KB big (32.768bytes).

The OLIMEX i’ve bought is also full JTAG compatible and it is working with many debugger. Anyway I will ask them some questions, but befor, I would understand better what happens using your licensed tool for MSP430! With their own sw, at the moment at least and on my PC and with the same hw/sw configuration, all is or seems to working well. Whereas, is your envoirment that for any reason, is not working well or is not well tuned/setupped. It was working well also with the TI CSS v4 (but it is not installed on this Notebook).