nRF Connect SDK Quick Setup Failure

[Jev]

Hi,

I am having an issue with setting up the nRF Connect for VS Code

I have installed the following apps step-by-step as mentioned in the Nordic Installation Guide:

• nRF Command Line Tools 10.21.0
• nRF Connect 4.0.1
• VS Code 1.78.0
• nRF Connect SDK 2.3.0 incl. toolchain. 
• SEGGER JLink 7.80

When trying to setup nRF Connect SDK it gives me an error message: 

       Invalid toolchain installation.

• jlink is required but not found. Please ensure that SEGGER J-Link Software and Documentation Pack is installed

Looks like it doesn't see the toolchain in the folder. Toolchain and the SDK is in the folder. I have even tried full uninstallation and tried to install a fresh copy, but with no luck.

In the Environment Variables I have got the following:

User Variables for Jev

Path 

• C:\Users\Jev\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin
• C:\Program Files\SEGGER\JLink
• ... other non-related paths

System Variables

Path 

• C:\Program Files\Nordic Semiconductor\nrf-command-line-tools\bin\

An interesting fact is that I have got exactly the same configuration on another laptop and have no issues at all. This PC that fails had a previously installed nRF SDK that failed to use SEGGER J-Link for programming and nRF Connect was completely reinstalled. 

Thanks,
Jev

[haakonsh]

Can you run "nrfjprog --version" in a terminal and share the output? I'd like to verify that the command line tools and J-Link driver has been installed correctly.

[Jev]

nrfjprog version: 10.21.0 external
JLinkARM.dll version: 7.88a

I have currently updated J-Link to the latest, previously it was 7.80c

[haakonsh]

Then I think you need to downgrade the j-link driver to 7.80c. The nRF Command Line Tools version tracks a specific J-link version. If that does not work I'd try uninstalling the 64-bit version of nRF Command Line Tools and install the 32-bit version instead.

[Jev]

Tried several times incl. downgrading and installing everything from fresh. I believe it might be due to some files left from previous installations that causing this issue. 

Here is the output after downgrade:

nrfjprog version: 10.21.0 external
JLinkARM.dll version: 7.80c

[haakonsh]

That is the correct versions at least, but have you tried the 32-bit version of the command line tools installer?

[Jev]

Yes, I do. Nothing helped. Also, it is very strange as even without selecting toolchain or SDK it shows the following message.

It is like it couldn't detect the toolchain. Sometimes it is even not giving to select the option with the toolchain. When selecting SDK it is displayed as 2.3.0 (C:\ncs\v2.3.0) , but when selecting Toolchain it or not displayed at all or displayed as C:\ncs\toolchains\v2.3.0 without version displayed as with SDK version. 

 

In the toolchain manager, it opens the correct folder when pressing 'open toolchain folder', but not in VS Code for some reason.

[haakonsh]

Hmm, have you clicked the 'refresh' symbol to the right of the error box? 

[Jev]

Yes, I do. Nothing happens unfortunately. 

[Jev]

I have even tried to install the SDK with the toolchain into a different folder, with no luck.

[haakonsh]

Can you set the path manually via the 'browse' option in the 'nRF Connect Toolchain' drop-down menu? 

Can you share the VS Code User, Workspace, and Folder settings for the nRF Connect plugin?

[Jev]

It is only displayed when I do browse. Itis does not show any options before I do browse at all. 

Yes, what settings do you need and how can I do it?