SEGGER Embedded Studio - Zephyr base not set

[MarkusA]

Hi,

I am having some issues with my SDK configuration. First of all, I am using nRF Connect for Desktop on a Win10 machine. There I installed the Toolchain Manager in order to develop with the SDK. Next I selected to install v1.5.0-rc1 and when starting SEGGER Embedded Studio from SDK directory I get "Zephyr base not set". I have checked the section on how to install the SDK manually but I'm not sure what the message "Zephyr base not set" means. What am I missing and how do I fix it?

[krbvroc1]

I do not know an answer to this, but I had the same exact problem with a new install of 1.4.99. As a workaround, I had installed 1.4.2, got SEGGER Embedded Studio working, and then updated my git tree to 1.4.99.

I think they broke something.

[Albrecht Markus Schellenberger]

Hello Markus,

did you start SEGGER Embedded Studio via the "Open IDE" button in the Toolchain Manager (see picture below)?

Regards, 

Markus Schellenberger

[MarkusA]

No I did not since that option is not present? I was wondering what the instruction "Start SEGGER Embedded Studio by clicking Open IDE" under "First steps to build" referred to, now I know. Has there maybe been some glitch in my SDK installation? Should I try to install another version from the Toolchain Manager?

[Albrecht Markus Schellenberger]

It looks like that the installation did not went through completely, which explains the missing ZEPHYR_BASE.

It should be enough to re-install nRF Connect SDK v1.5.0-rc1, but please remove the existing installation first (see picture below).

If you have an active VPN connection, I recommend you deactivate it during the installation process.

Regards,

Markus

[MarkusA]

I tried to re-install according to your instructions but the result was the same, Open IDE not present. Now I'm trying to install the SDK when I selected to run nRF Connect as administrator. I did not see any instructions that this was required (start nRF Connect by selecting the Windows option "run as administrator"), but it's worth a try!

Looking at the log there was no indication that something went wrong? This is from when I re-installed and did not get the Open IDE option.:

2021-02-18T12:14:27.359Z INFO Start to install toolchain v1.5.0-rc1
2021-02-18T12:14:27.362Z INFO Installing ncs-toolchain-v1.5.0-rc1-20210215-2c30941.zip at C:\Users\...\ncs\v1.5.0-rc1\toolchain
2021-02-18T12:14:27.362Z DEBUG Install with toolchain version 20210215
2021-02-18T12:14:27.363Z DEBUG Install with sha512 b214a17a01ba72ec9e2c39a072692e85374dd0de6d6d4db43452f28fba2896ac23e7883db008707305292b8e107cf8dc593ac8535a26001b6b7ab0f923269a43
2021-02-18T12:14:27.409Z INFO Downloading toolchain v1.5.0-rc1
2021-02-18T12:28:29.888Z INFO Finished downloading version v1.5.0-rc1 of the toolchain after approximately 14 minute(s)
2021-02-18T12:28:29.891Z INFO Unpacking toolchain v1.5.0-rc1
2021-02-18T12:32:03.737Z INFO Finished unpacking version v1.5.0-rc1; win32; ia32 of the toolchain after approximately 4 minute(s)
2021-02-18T12:32:03.740Z INFO Update config file
2021-02-18T12:32:03.768Z INFO Cloning nRF Connect SDK v1.5.0-rc1
2021-02-18T12:32:03.802Z INFO Initializing environment for v1.5.0-rc1
2021-02-18T12:32:10.317Z INFO Finished cloning version v1.5.0-rc1 of the nRF Connect SDK after approximately 0 minute(s)