Config Tools: Disable (or limit) Downloading Components?

[dougpaulsen]

Is there any hope that the component downloading every time one opens the config tools can be disabled, or at least limited?

On MCUXpresso 11.3, every time I pop into the Config Tools to tweak something or generally fidget, program execution pauses while components are re-downloaded.  A nice idea, if one has a blazing corporate level internet, but on a modest home internet it's downright annoying.  Besides I doubt very much if anything has substantially changed since a few minutes ago when I last checked.

How about the components are re-downloaded upon cranking up MCUXpresso?  Or perhaps on demand?

These superfluous downloads seems just an unnecessary annoyance

Thanks!!

[dougpaulsen]

Here's a sample screenshot

[liborukropec]

Hi,

in this case, could you, as I mentioned below:

1. Please check <workspace>/.metadata/.log if there are exceptions that might relate to config tools download/update, or directly attach here.
2. It might be an file permission error that the components cannot be written to disk. To check that, you can delete/rename c:\ProgramData\NXP\mcu_data_v9 folder (not when IDE is running). This folder is recreated automatically and necessary data is downloaded automatically.

and report here the observation/result?

thank you,

Libor

[liborukropec]

Hello,

could you please post screenshot where you can see the Config Tools are downloading the components (every time)?

What the Config Tools should do is to create check whether there's a new processor/board or component data on server. If nothing updated, nothing should be downloaded.

1. Please check <workspace>/.metadata/.log if there are exceptions that might relate to config tools download/update, or directly attach here.
2. It might be an file permission error that the components cannot be written to disk. To check that, you can delete/rename c:\ProgramData\NXP\mcu_data_v9 folder (not when IDE is running). This folder is recreated automatically and necessary data is downloaded automatically.

As a workaround you can disable automatic download of new data in "Window | Preferences". Either completely work offline, or disable updates for already downloaded data:

Regards,

Libor