Can not change west flash runner from VSCode

[xoverepisode]

Hi all, 

I have recently moved to the last nRF Connect SDK version. As of now, I am using VSCode as IDE. Unfortunatly I can not find a way to specify the flash runner when using west flash for programming our boards. 

The problem arises since the dev board we are using is integrating a Jlink programmer, so the default "-r nrfjprog" does not work. 

As suggested,

I have modified the board.cmake to include "set(BOARD_FLASH_RUNNER jlink)", but nothing changes. I have also tried to set the flash runner in the build configuration, by adding the cmake argument "-DBOARD_FLASH_RUNNER=jlink" but again nothing have changed.

Does anybody know why the cmake parameters are ignored? Where can I find west config files when using the nRF SDK integrated with VScode? 

Of course I was able to flash the board manually, without using the integrated flash functionality of VSCode, but using a normal terminal. However it is very time consuming because first I have to find a west workspace correctly configured than i have to manually specify the build directory and all the parameters. 

Any help would be appreciated.

For the sake of completeness I am using WIN11, with the last version of the nRF Connect SDK and VSCode.

Thanks :)

[Priyanka]

Hi Matteo,

Could you try referring to this ticket? Hope it helps.

Best Regards,

Priyanka

[xoverepisode]

Dear Priyanka, 

Unfortunately, the solution found by the other user is no longer available. 

Now I am investigating how to create a custom build tusk and how to deal with west manifest and config file. 

BTW, do you know the path where the default  "tasks.json" is located? The one that is invoked when the flash task is executed. 

Best

Matteo.

[Priyanka]

Hi Matteo,

Are you able to access the link now? https://nrfconnect.github.io/vscode-nrf-connect/release_notes/connect/2022.6.22.html#bind-custom-tasks-to-actions:~:text=%C2%B6-,Bind%20custom%20tasks%20to%20actions,%C2%B6,-You%20can%20now 

-Priyanka

[xoverepisode]

Hi Priyanka, 

Yes, now it works. Thank you. 

I will take a look at how to create a custom flash task. 

In the meantime, a solution is to execute west flash manually from the SDK path, in my case "C:\ncs\v2.2.0" . In this way it is possible to use the west.yml created by the nordic SDK but with the correct runner, by using "-r jlink"

Best

Matteo

[Priyanka]

Great! Thanks for the feedback