Problem with device management in NRF for Vscode April 2023 release

[nordicator_prim3]

nrf52840 | NCS v2.0.0

Hi,

I recently updated to the new version of NRF Connect for VsCode and am now on the April 2023 release. My J-link device is no longer showing up under connected devices. I see that the device management tool was changed to something else, but it seems to not be working out of the box. I am no longer able to program my device or use RTT. I know that I can flash and see RTT output by using the bare J-link utilities but I would like to get it working in Vscode again as it seems the changes this update brings are quite handy.

Thanks for any help!

Edit: I've tried everything the changelog suggested, and can confirm that changing my device manager back to "nrfjprog' makes everything work as expected. However, I still would like to be able to use nrfUtil going forward.

[Marte Myrvold]

Hi,

Please provide support information from the VS Code extension:

1. Open the command palette (Ctrl + Shift + P or View > Command Palette).
2. Write "nRF Connect: Generate support information" and press enter.
3. Copy the entire support information output.
4. Upload it here using Insert > Code or upload a .txt file with Insert > Image/video/file.

Make sure to remove confidential information you do not want to be shared in a public case.

Which version of the DK do you have? You can find the version on a sticker on the DK, as shown in the picture below:

Are you using an external debugger, or only the DK?

Best regards,

Marte

[nordicator_prim3]

I'm using an external debugger to interface with our production board which has an NRF52840. With the old system (nrfjprog), even if I didn't hook the debugger up to our board, the Jlink device would still show up. I'm using a J-Link Plus. It works fine with a nrf52840 devkit but doesn't seem to work with external debugger.

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[Marte Myrvold]

Hi,

Thank you for sharing the logs.

The developers have released a fix for the issue. Please update the extension, and let me know if you still experience issues with the latest version.

Best regards,
Marte

[nordicator_prim3]

This fixed the issue, thanks!