Hi there,

I'd like to automate the running of some test code on my boards. The aim is to have a makefile target, "make test" which:

* Compiles my firmware with a -D flag set for test
* Flashes the code to my board
* Starts JLinkRTTClient
* Runs my code, so that I can watch the log output on the terminal

I notice that JLinkRTTClient looks to connect to localhost:19021 and that there's a server there listening if I also start JLinkGDBServer. I'd like to keep it simple, however, and not start the GDB server if I can avoid it. Same goes for the GDB client. I don't want to have to interact with the GDB client in order to start the test output.

Is there a way to start *just* the RTT server and RTT client and have the code execute immediately? I've checked the command line options in the PDF doc, but haven't found anything to control this.

Thanks.

PS: I've seen the mention of the RTT Logger in the PDF docs, but can find no executable for it.

J-Link RTT Logger opens a dedicated connection to J-Link and can be used stand-
alone, without running a debugger.

As it happens, v5.12f was released just today and now includes the JLinkRTTLogger executable for Mac. So I can now run that instead of JLinkRTTClient, but I still have questions about getting this working.

1. Does JLinkRTTLogger still require JLinkGDBServer to be running?

2. What are the command line options? If I pass these in, they seem to be ignored:

/Applications/SEGGER/JLink/JLinkRTTLogger -device nrf51822 -if swd -speed 1000

/Applications/SEGGER/JLink/JLinkRTTLogger --help

3. Can I get the output to go to stdout rather than a file?

At the moment, all I can get the logger to do is produce an empty log file.


Thanks.