SEGGER Embedded Studio can't find softdevice binary

RE: SEGGER Embedded Studio can't find softdevice binary

bjorn-spockeli — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 06:54:21 GMT

Happy to hear that @mango :)

RE: SEGGER Embedded Studio can't find softdevice binary

MANGO — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 16:19:02 GMT

@Bjørn Spockeli Nordic's SES free commercial license and devteam's endeavor really makes me prefer SES more and more.

Thanks for your time and effort.

-Best Regard, MANGO

RE: SEGGER Embedded Studio can't find softdevice binary

bjorn-spockeli — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 13:39:45 GMT

@mango: I have confirmed that this fix works on MacOS.

RE: SEGGER Embedded Studio can't find softdevice binary

MANGO — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 00:53:24 GMT

Hi, Bjørn Spockeli. Just in case, can you test this with a MacOS machine before fixing it?

I had the same issue, too.

So I tried that above solution with my Windows 10 computer and it works nicely.

However, I'm out of town, and I tested that MACRO on a Windows 10 machine, only.

I think there will be no problem with the MacOS computers, but can you spare few minutes for testing it?

It is good to see this being fixed.

-Best Regards, MANGO

RE: SEGGER Embedded Studio can't find softdevice binary

bjorn-spockeli — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 11:12:39 GMT

Nice, we'll implement this fix.

RE: SEGGER Embedded Studio can't find softdevice binary

Matthew K — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 10:37:31 GMT

Hi there~. I had the same problem so I asked this in the SEGGER forum.

The answer to solve this problem is to add the $(ProjectDir) project directory macro.

Change

../../../../../../components/softdevice/s132/hex/s132_nrf52_5.0.0_softdevice.hex

$(ProjectDir)/../../../../../../components/softdevice/s132/hex/s132_nrf52_5.0.0_softdevice.hex

and it will work like a charm :D I tested this with the SDK 14's HRS example.

RE: SEGGER Embedded Studio can't find softdevice binary

bjorn-spockeli — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 06:22:30 GMT

@raemond and @bootchk I am sorry to hear that you have gotten a bad first impression of SES. We're aware of the path issue and plan to fix this as soon as possible. Meanwhile, could you try to set an absolute path to the folder with the SoftDevice binary, this appears to be working solution for most macOS/linux users.

RE: SEGGER Embedded Studio can't find softdevice binary

raemond — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 00:04:40 GMT

I am new to SES and to Nordic. I decided to try it because of the idea that Nordic was supporting it's use. (They used it in the introduction videos) After these issues, I am considering switching to something else.

RE: SEGGER Embedded Studio can't find softdevice binary

butch — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 23:52:14 GMT

May I ask if you are new to SES, and why? I was using Eclipse, and not using the Nordic makefiles, but that was tedious and error prone so decided to try SES. And working with SDK 13.2 and thinking I needed to stay current with a new version. Not a good first impression.

RE: SEGGER Embedded Studio can't find softdevice binary

butch — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 23:44:55 GMT

So, acting on your experience, I restarted SES after any change to configuration. At some point I chose "Hex" instead of "Detect" for "Additional Load File Type[0]" Then I got "Invalid ASCII encoded byte line 1". And I tried "Build and Debug" instead of "Build and Run." I reverted the "Hex" change. At some point, it magically seemed to work, the hrs example downloaded and responded to the button. Something is not ready for prime time.

RE: SEGGER Embedded Studio can't find softdevice binary

raemond — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 23:31:00 GMT

I think the SES bug, causes issues with finding the softdevice binary. Because any change you make isn't immediately effective, not sure where it caches the preferences or how to refresh them. But at some point it takes effect and it starts working.

RE: SEGGER Embedded Studio can't find softdevice binary

butch — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 23:24:26 GMT

I have a similar issue with "../../../../../../components/softdevice/s132/hex/s132_nrf52_5.0.0_softdevice.hex" does not exist. In your case, it seems to be a typo where a "_" should be a ".". I don't see a similar typo for my case, and can't find the problem. Should I open a new thread? Versions: Ubuntu 16.04, SES 3.30 Linux x64, SDK 14.2. I followed the video tutorial rather closely. Sorry Raemond to interfere. Your issue with configuration change not effective a bug in SES?

RE: SEGGER Embedded Studio can't find softdevice binary

raemond — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 19:48:52 GMT

I find that there isn't a way for the loader to notice the configuration change. After doing some random combination of closing SES, and rebuilding/cleaning, the config actually worked. Now I am trying to switch it to SoftDevice 6 and it isn't switching the load file to the new hex.

RE: SEGGER Embedded Studio can't find softdevice binary

bjorn-spockeli — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 06:48:39 GMT

Select Project in the Project Explorer, right-click it and select "Edit Options". In the options there should be a dropdown menu beside the search bar, set this to "Common".

Now, select "Loader" under "Debug" and click the "Additional Load File[0]" field. Change this to to point to the components\softdevice\s140\hex folder and the s140_nrf52840_5.0.0-2.alpha_softdevice.hex file