Debugging OpenThread examples with SEGGER

[Mary]

I'm trying to use the SEGGER debugger with one of the OpenThread examples for the nRF52840.  When I click on the "Go" button, it asks for the location of the source files for the OpenThread libraries.  These are not included in the SDK, and there are a lot of them.  I don't want to debug these anyway, only the application code.  Is there a way to tell the debugger not to look for source code for the pre-compiled OpenThread libraries?

I see this:

Then click on Cancel, then see this

Or so I need to get the source files?

There are a lot of these files, and I end up killing the SEGGER IDE with the Task Manager just to make it end.

Thanks,

Mary

[Jørgen Holmefjord]

Hi,

Which examples are you testing with, and what version of nRF5 SDK for Thread and Zigbee are you using? I tried two examples from V1.0.0 and I'm not seeing messages like this. Could you try cleaning the build files (Build->Clean 'projectname") and rebuild the project?

Best regards,
Jørgen

[Mary]

I tried the CLI example and the MQTTSN_client_publisher example.  

<Install Dir>/examples/thread/cli/uart/pca10056/blank/ses/thread_cli_uart_pca10056.emProject

<Install Dir>/examples/thread/mqttsn_client_publisher/pa10056/blank/ses/thread_mqtt_sn_client_publisher_pca10056.emProject

I was able to run the debugger with one of the heart rate monitor examples, though.

<Install Dir>/examples/ble_peripheral/ble_app_hrs/pca10056/ser_s140_uart/ses/ble_app_hrs_pca10056_s140:uart.emProject

nRF5_SDK_for_Thread_and_Zigbee_v1.0.0

Hardware is PCA10056

SEGGER IDE

SEGGER Embedded Studio for ARM
Release 3.40  Build 2018052200.36079
Windows x86

© 2014-2018 SEGGER Microcontroller GmbH
© 1997-2018 Rowley Associates Ltd.

GCC/BINUTILS: Built using the GNU ARM Embedded Toolchain version 7-2017-q4-major source distribution

Clang/LLVM: Built using the version 6.0.0 source distribution

I tried Clean, Rebuild, Go but got the same results.

The first file it asks for is

/build/KNG-OL-JOB1/openthread/examples/platforms/nrf52840/alarm.c

Mary

[Jørgen Holmefjord]

I'm not seeing this issue with the same examples. Could you try redownloading the SDK, to make sure everything is clean, and try again?

[Mary]

I re-downloaded the SDK from this link:

I compared the resulting zip file with the previous one I had downloaded, and they are the same.  I extracted all the files and retried the Thread cli example with the same results.

I then downloaded the latest J-Link software (6.32f) and installed it (previous version was 6.22g).  Same results.

[Rob C]

I had the same issues after upgrading to the latest SES.  Uncheck the "Show this dialog next time" option, then press "Yes" to ignore ... in future.