SLAU358Q September 2011 – October 2019
The MSP Gang Programmer is capable of quickly and reliably programming MSP flash devices using an RS-232 or USB interface. There are four ways to use the programmer to achieve this task and these include:
The Interactive mode is selected by default, and is the easiest to get started with, because it requires the least amount of preparation. After the user has mastered the Interactive mode it can be used to create images and script files, which can then be used with the From Image and From Script modes, respectively. Images and scripts are ready-to-go setups than can run with minimal user input. They are very useful for repetitive programming, for example in a production environment, because they ensure consistency (because of the re-use of images or scripts, we highly encourage the user to thoroughly test their images or scripts for correctness before committing them to production). The MSP Gang Programmer can also be run in Standalone mode to program target devices without a PC. To do this, first create an image to use for programming, and then save it to internal memory of the MSP Gang Programmer. Creating images is described in Section 2.1.9.
The following sections describe how to use these modes of operation.