Potentially related to : nRF Connect v3.9.3 does not detect external j Link programmer - Nordic Q&A - Nordic DevZone - Nordic DevZone (nordicsemi.com), but I don't see the same logs.
Since I updated nRF Programmer to version 2 and above, the software fails to detect my debuggers unless they are plugged into the debug port of an nRF device on program startup. Plugging them into the debug port after Programmer starts up does not result in detection. As a result, I either have to plug in my debuggers before starting Programmer OR attach the debugger to the nRF debug port then unplug and plug it back into the computer, which is a two handed operation in many instances and is a general hassle. In versions 1.9 and below, Programmer had no issue detecting the debuggers without the attached nRF devices. Is this new behavior intentional? If so, I would like an option to revert to the previous detection scheme.
Here is my system report. It detects my J-Link Pro which is hard-wired into a debug port but not my J-Link PLUS Compact which is not:
# nRFConnect System Report - 2022-01-20T03-36-31.552Z
- System: Microsoft Corporation Surface Book 3
- BIOS: Microsoft Corporation MSFT - 2
- CPU: 1 x Intel® Core™ i7-1065G7 1.3 GHz 8 cores (4 physical)
- Memory: 20.6 GB free of 31.6 GB total
- Filesystem: C: (NTFS) 475.8 GB 49.3% used
- OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Home (10.0.22000) Windows ia32
- Versions
- kernel: 10.0.22000
- git: 2.28.0.windows.1
- node: 14.16.0
- python: 2.7.16
- python3: 3.9.1
- nrfjprog: 10.15.1
- jlink: 6.88a
- Connected devices:
- 000174505796 Unknown:
Here is the log from Programmer:
2022-01-20T04:00:50.881Z INFO Application data folder: C:\Users\Halo3\AppData\Roaming\nrfconnect\pc-nrfconnect-programmer 2022-01-20T04:00:51.384Z DEBUG App pc-nrfconnect-programmer v2.2.0 official 2022-01-20T04:00:51.384Z DEBUG App path: C:\Users\Halo3\.nrfconnect-apps\node_modules\pc-nrfconnect-programmer 2022-01-20T04:00:51.384Z DEBUG nRFConnect 3.9.3, required by the app is (^3.9.2) 2022-01-20T04:00:51.384Z DEBUG nRFConnect path: C:\Users\Halo3\AppData\Local\Programs\nrfconnect\resources\app.asar 2022-01-20T04:00:51.385Z DEBUG HomeDir: C:\Users\Halo3 2022-01-20T04:00:51.385Z DEBUG TmpDir: C:\Users\Halo3\AppData\Local\Temp 2022-01-20T04:00:53.072Z DEBUG iface: WiFi 2022-01-20T04:00:53.072Z DEBUG IP4: 192.168.16.144 2022-01-20T04:00:53.072Z DEBUG IP6: fe80::8873:4b02:50ca:f56b 2022-01-20T04:00:53.072Z DEBUG MAC: cc:f9:e4:b9:b4:a0 2022-01-20T04:00:53.073Z DEBUG Client Id: 19715118c58c7bbf12727887b31822a89e1a4252 2022-01-20T04:00:53.074Z DEBUG Google Analytics for category pc-nrfconnect-programmer has initialized
