7.3 Accessing a Device With a Device Activation Code

Some devices require a device activation code to be operable. Devices of this kind, such as the MSP430L092 or RF430 devices cause an error in MSP Flasher if the provided activation code is incorrect or if no activation code is provided. MSP Flasher provides the necessary Activation Code internally, but the user must specify the desired operating mode using the -o trigger. In the following example, this switch uses the argument L for the L092 operating mode (with external memory) and the argument C for the C092 operating mode (without external memory).

Figure 3 shows the console output after running the following command line:

Figure 3. Accessing an L092 Device Without Specifying an Operating Mode

MSP Flasher prompts to select the operating mode when the device name is found to be MSP430L092 and no mode has been selected. When C is entered as the device operating mode, the external memory is not accessed.

Figure 4 shows the console output after running the same command line with an additional -o switch to specify the operating mode.

Figure 4. Accessing a L092 Device

The L092 mode was selected from the start, so the user was not prompted for additional input. Note also that the MSP Flasher wrote to the external memory: "Writing to external memory…"