True Time Simulator Hangs

[paul51]

We are using Metrowerks Codewarrior 3.1. For some unknown reason when we click the debug icon the window for the simulator comes up and hangs. We have not changed anything. We have a P&E USB Multilink connected to the target. Codewarrior compiles our assembly file OK but when we try to run the debugger it always hangs. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Paul

[paul51]

Hi,

First, thanks for the response.

The processor we are using is a MC9S08RC8CFJ, we are running Windows 2000. Codewarrior has been for fine for the last 4 months with no problems. A few days ago something happened that is causing this problem. After running the assembler we click on the debug icon. A new window opens and displays some text about font size etc. Thats where it stops. None of the icons in the window work, reset, run etc. The target is OK, it still runs with the last version of code that was downloaded. Let me know if you need any further information.

Thanks again for the help.

Paul

[J2MEJediMaster]

What interface are you using to communciate with the board? Have you downloaded anything else since then and the download has succeeded?

---Tom

[Assembler]

Hello to everybody!

I've exactly the same problem!

I'm using CodeWarrior 3.1 Special Edition for HC08. When I start the debugger the debugger window comes up, a text "Loading target ..." is displayed in the Console and the Statusbar and then the debugger hangs. I'm not able to click on anything in this window.

When I switch to any other application I'm not able to switch back to the debugger window - the debugger window doesn't even repaint. The only way to end the debugger is by using the Windows Taskmanager and kill the process.

And it doesn't matter if I've my P&E USB MON08 Multilink interface connected to my computer or not, the debugger hangs anyway.

I'm running WinXP Prof. with the latest Updates provided by Microsoft.

CodeWarrior 3.1 runs with SP2 and SP3. Also I've installed the P&E Development Environment because it's the only way I've found to install the required USB driver for the USB MON08 Multilink interface.

I'm programming in Assembler with a HC08GP32 target and 9 Assembler modules containing in summary 4kB Code and 86 Bytes Data so far.

My whole computer has been reinstalled, the Debugger run well before reinstallation.

Any idea how to track the problem?

Message Edited by Assembler on 05-17-200602:42 PM

[paul51]

Hi All,

Just found out one of the kids downloaded a Windows media player upgrade on my machine. The RTS stopped working the same day. Maybe it corrupted an DLL etc? Did a fresh install on another machine (now pasword protected) and it works OK.

Hope this info helped someone.

Paul

[Assembler]

Hello everybody !

Thanks for reply Paul !

In the meantime I've found the problem. On my computer there "was" also a ZoneAlarm firewall running. This firewall normally is configured to ask for starting an application called by another application but in case of starting one from the debugger the firewall doesn't. The application started by the debugger is called something like hiwave.exe or so (sorry, I've forgotten the exact name).

So I had to deinstall the firewall software completly (shuting down had no effect) then the debugger run well.

Thanks and good luck to everybody having such problems !

Message Edited by Assembler on 2006-06-19 05:47 PM

Message Edited by Assembler on 2006-06-19 05:47 PM

[J2MEJediMaster]

More information would help diagnose the problem.

1) What is your target processor/platform?

2) When you mean the debugger hangs, does it hang on attempting to download? (Which sounds like the case.) Or, does the download succeed, and then something else happens?

---Tom