8. Frequently Asked Questions¶
This chapter answers some of the frequently asked questions (FAQs) about CCS.
- 8.1. General
- 8.1.1. Does CCS still support 32-bit Windows systems?
- 8.1.2. How can I use my XDS510USB debug probe with CCS?
- 8.1.3. Are simulators no longer included with CCS?
- 8.1.4. Are C54x devices supported in CCS?
- 8.1.5. Can I use DSP/BIOS with current releases of CCS?
- 8.1.6. Which operating systems are supported by CCS?
- 8.1.7. How do I modify the maximum Java heap size for Eclipse?
- 8.1.8. Why do I need to avoid non-alphanumeric (unicode) characters in my paths?
- 8.1.9. What is the best way to look up a bug?
- 8.1.10. Is this the last CCS version based on the Eclipse IDE?
- 8.2. Installation
- 8.2.1. How do I troubleshoot CCS Installation Errors?
- 8.2.2. Can I install multiple versions of CCS on my computer?
- 8.2.3. What is the difference between the web installer and the offline installer?
- 8.2.4. My username has Unicode characters and CCS fails to install. How do I resolve this?
- 8.2.5. Why does the Linux installer just exit without doing anything?
- 8.2.6. Why does the Windows installer just exit without doing anything?
- 8.2.7. After installing on Linux, why does CCS refuse to open?
- 8.2.8. After installing CCS, I found out some features (such as certain processor families or debug probes) are missing. Is there a way to add these features?
- 8.2.9. When installing CCS it says An error occured: can’t read ”update“: no such variable. How do I resolve this?
- 8.2.10. When trying to install compiler tools, CCS says it is already installed but it is actually not. How do I fix it?
- 8.2.11. How can I perform a silent or unattended installation of CCS?
- 8.2.12. Can I install CCS inside
C:\Program Files?
- 8.3. Licensing
- 8.4. Updates
- 8.5. General IDE
- 8.5.1. Certain views like the Getting Started view, App Center, Resource Explorer, and Code Analysis views are blank in CCS Linux. How do I fix this?
- 8.5.2. Why does moving the mouse in the SysConfig, Resource Explorer, or ROV views cause CCS Linux to flicker rapidly?
- 8.5.3. Why is the data for the Inclusive Size column in the Stack Usage view blank?
- 8.6. Projects
- 8.6.1. How do I override the TEMP and TMP environment variables that are used to determine where temporary files are placed during CCS build process?
- 8.6.2. Is it possible to convert a non-RTSC CCS project to a RTSC project, and vice-versa?
- 8.6.3. During project build, a ccsLinker.opt file sometimes gets passed to the linker instead of the list of object files . What is this file and when is it used?
- 8.6.4. How can I resolve build error #10234-D: unresolved symbols remain?
- 8.6.5. How to resolve Project build error: xdc.cfg.SourceDir : Build of generated source libraries failed: exit status = 2: when building a TI-RTOS based project?
- 8.6.6. Can I convert an Executable Project to a Library Project?
- 8.7. Debug
- 8.7.1. I get Data Verification errors when loading my program. What does it mean?
- 8.7.2. What does the debugger message Can't find a source file at or No source available mean?
- 8.7.3. What is the difference between Run/Resume and Free Run?
- 8.7.4. How can I view non debuggable devices and routers in the Debug view?
- 8.7.5. In multi-core devices, the CIO console prints out the CPU-core name after every output character. Is there a way to prevent this?
- 8.7.6. Can I debug two boards using two separate emulators at the same time?
- 8.7.7. When debugging a program in cache, why do cache lines get invalidated?
- 8.7.8. After connecting to target and loading the program why are the menus/icons for target execution (resume, suspend, step, etc) not available (greyed out)?
- 8.7.9. How do I resolve this error when launching a debug session “Could not fetch next record for SQL statement” and running fsclean does not help.
- 8.7.10. How do I resolve error Cannot read System Setup data from XML file <file path/name>.ccxml. XML configuration file has no <configurations> root node?
- 8.7.11. Is it possible for the Graphs view and properties to carry over from one CCS session to another, so when CCS is restarted the graphs come up again?
- 8.7.12. How to I resolve these "com/ti/dvt/energytrace" errors when I start up CCS?
- 8.7.13. Why isn't printf working when running code in CCS?
- 8.7.14. How do I use printf to debug my application running on SimpleLink device?
- 8.7.15. How can I use System Analyzer/RTOS Analyzer to debug a TI-RTOS (SYS/BIOS) application?