DSK6416 CCS3.1 Installation under Windows 7
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1 Problem
CodeComposer Studio v3.1 and DSK6416 setup are incompatible with Windows 7
How to install and setup DSK6416 CodeComposer Studio under Windows 7
2 Solution
This guide assumes a clean Windows 7 and no pre-installed or broken CodeComposer Studio, CGTools or SpectrumDigital emulator installations. If one of these programs is already installed or a previous installation failed, please try to de-install and remove it.
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2.1 CodeComposer v3.1 Installation
First of all login as Administrator and copy the entire DSK6416 CD content to a local directory of your choice.
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Open Explorer window and change to the copied CD direcetory. Change to subdirectory "ccs" and look for file setup.exe. Right mouse-click on file setup.exe and choose "Properties"
Select pane "Compatibility" and activate "Run this program in compatibility mode for:". Select "Windows XP (Service Pack 3)" in the list-box
Close this box and right click again on file setup.exe. This time choose "Run as administrator" to execute this program:
The installation starts, press next:
The installer checks the system requirements, press next:
Accept the license agreement, press next:
Now choose the "Custom Install":
In the next window deactivate the "Host PCI Driver" and click next. This driver will not work under Windows 7.
Start the installation by pressing "Install now"
After a while an error should occur that service 'drpkiont' failed to start. Press "Ignore"
Same for error 'XDSFast1_ISA_Bus_Driver'
Finally the CCS Installation successful screen should appear, click "Finish"
2.2 Emulator Installation
The DSK included emulator driver is incompatible with Windows 7. You need to download the new driver from SpectrumDigitals hompage here:
Latest Emulation Drivers: http://support.spectrumdigital.com/ccs33/
Extract file setupCCSPlatinum_v30330.exe from the downloaded zip archiv to a temporary folder on your local harddrive. Right click on this file and "Run as administrator". If the CCS installer already installed a driver, the following window should appear (if not skip the next two steps and continue at "After the de-install is complete..."):
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DON'T try to "Modify" or "Repair" the installation. This Setup program expects the previous installation under a different path. So first select "Remove"
Press "OK"
After the de-install is complete, restart the installer again with "Run as administrator"
Press next
Accept the license agreement, press Yes
In the following window it is important to choose the setup type "Custom"
Now change the default installation folder C:\CCStudio_v3.3 to the destination folder the previous CodeComposer installation was copied to (in this example C:\CCStudio_v3.1 for CCS 3.1)
In the next dialog make sure the C6000 Drivers are activated
press next
Installation is finished
 Note: Please restart your system.
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2.3 Emulator Driver Installation
After restart plug your USB cable to the DSK and open the device manager
The DSK appears under "Other devices". Choose "Properties"
Select "Update Driver"
Browse your computer for the new driver. The new driver should be under
"c:\CCStudio_v3.1\specdig\xds510usb_win64"
Select this directory
Press install
The USB driver should now be installed correctly
2.4 CodeComposer Setup
Call CodeComposer Setup from desktop. An error message may occur:
Click OK and browse with your Explorer to path c:\CCStudio_v3.1\drivers\TargetDB\drivers
Delete files
sdxds510cla.xml sdxds510usbcla.xml
Restart CodeComposer Setup. The error message should not occur:
Now select under Platform "dsk":
All supported DSK emulators should be filtered. Add "C6416 DSK-USB" to your system
Save & Quit. Don't start CodeComposer Studio while exiting the setup.
2.5 Preparation before CCS start
Right click on CCStudio icon on your desktop. Select properties:
Under Compatibility activate "Run this program in compatibility mode for" and choose in the listbox "Windows XP (Service Pack 3)":
Try to start CCS by double clicking on the destop icon. Either the CCS starts, then skip the next steps (further at 'Right click again on CCStudio icon on your desktop. Select "Run as Administrator"' below), or nothing happens, then follow these steps:
First start the Task Manager and end the ccs process:
Right click again on CCStudio icon on your desktop. Select properties, change to Compatibility tab and deselect the Compatibility mode:
Right click again on CCStudio icon on your desktop. Select "Run as Administrator"
This time the CCS should start and the USB enumeration window should appear in the right bottom corner on the desktop:
After the enumeration process is done the CCS window is opened, but the target is unconnected:
Press [Alt-c] or "Menu- Debug -Connect" to connect to the target:
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