COM Port Error with MiniDragon Plus 2 -- Please Help

[IEEEGSU]

I am having trouble communicating with the minidragon plus 2 when using codewarrior.  We loaded everything and selected the right com port and it still says it cannot find the hardware.  I am very new at this and it is getting very frustrating.  If someone could please help out that would be great.  We have tried connecting directly from the serial to serial and also the serial to usb and neither work.  What am I doing wrong?

[IEEEGSU]

It is the Freescale HCS12 more specifically the MC9S12DG256 board ie. minidragon plus2.

We are using Codewarrior 4.5 but soon to upgrade to the 4.7 which are very similar because we have used both.

It comes with a RS232 cable and that goes into a DB9 female connector.

We have tried connecting it through the serial com port as well as the usb to com port and neither seem to work. I hope this helps. If you need anything else just ask.

[stanish]

Hi IEEEGSU,

Which version of CodeWarrior are you using?
As far as I know CW v4.x doesn't support dBug12 connection. The only option is to use Serial Monitor.

Can you check which motinor is programmed in the EVB? Simply connect board to the PC and run HyperTerminal or similar terminal to see the output from the EVB. (COM port settings: 9600,N,8,1)

According to user manual this board has D-Bug12 inside so you will have to replace it by Serial Monitor first.
The instructions are described in the user manual:

http://www.evbplus.com/download_hcs12/minidragon_p2_hcs12_manual.pdf

[J2MEJediMaster]

Before we can help you, we need a lot more information.

* What CPU are you trying to program? (HCS08? HCS12? ColdFire?...?)
* What version of CodeWarrior are you using? (Help > About Freescale CodeWarrior, and click the Installed Products button.)
* What does the Quick Start Guide say about board jumpers and the type of interface cable used to connect the computer to the board for debugging?

Gentle reminder to all posters: You're more likely to get help if you include the processor type, CodeWarrior version and target board in the Message Subject line of your post.

---Tom