Sysconfig Standalone User Guide

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Using SysConfig with IAR Workbench

If you are using the IAR toolchain, you can use SysConfig as a standalone desktop tool to generate the configuration files to be compiled and linked with your application.

The steps that follow use the SysConfig v1.0.414 standalone installer and IAR-EWARM 8.32.1. The figures use the MSP432 SDK as an example, but other SimpleLink SDKs follow the same procedure. These steps assume the TI Code Generation Tools are installed in the default location.

  1. Install SysConfig as a standalone tool (download here) within the default location (C:\ti).

  2. Open IAR and follow these steps to configure it to use the correct viewer for *.syscfg files:

    a. Choose Tools > Configure Viewers from the menus, and then click New.

    b. Type .syscfg in the File name extensions field.

    c. Type $SYSCONFIG_ROOT$\nw\nw.exe $SYSCONFIG_ROOT$ $FILE_PATH$ with the Command line option selected.

  3. Follow these steps to import custom argument variables into IAR:

    a. Choose Tools > Configure Custom Argument Variables from the menus.

    b. Choose the Workspace or Global tab depending on how you want to apply the variables.

    c. Click the Import button and browse to \tools\iar within your SDK installation. Select the *.custom_argvars file provided there and click OK.

    d. Click the Edit Variable button and change the path of SYSCONFIG_ROOT according to the location of your SysConfig installation.

  4. If you have not done so already, create a new IAR workspace.

  5. Follow these steps to add a project from one of the examples in the SDK’s \examples\sysconfig_preview folder.

    a. Choose Project > Add Existing Project from the menus.

    b. Within your SDK installation, for this example browse to \examples\syscfg_preview\rtos\CC3235S_LAUNCHXL\demos\power_measurement\freertos\iar

    c. Add the power_measurement.ewp file.

  6. Rebuild the project to perform the custom build step, which uses SysConfig to generate additional files.

You can view the custom build configuration by choosing Project > Options from the menus and selecting the Custom Build category.

To open the SysConfig Standalone GUI, double-click on the power_measurement.syscfg file in the IAR project wizard. (You may need to open the *.syscfg file within the SysConfig GUI after it opens.)