[SOLVED] J-Link/J-Trace Getting Started now 4 pages (!), missing JLinkDevices.xml...

  • [SOLVED] J-Link/J-Trace Getting Started now 4 pages (!), missing JLinkDevices.xml...

    In the last few releases of the J-Link pack (v7.80c, v7.80d, 7.82) I am finding a few problems during the install:

    1. `Documentation/Manuals/UM08001_JLink.pdf` is only 74kB and 4 pages. This document used to be several MB and over 400 pages! The manual also does not show correctly from the website: segger.com/downloads/jlink/UM08001

    2. The directory `Devices/` and file `JLinkDevices.xml` is missing when I install the new J-Link pack. Where did these files go? I used to add an entry into JLinkDevices.xml for a SPI flash chip and I'm not sure how to accomplish that anymore. Is there a new way of doing things? The release notes mention JLinkDevices.xml as recently as V7.80d, and there is no mention that it was removed or deprecated.

    Any help on these issues would be greatly appreciated!

    I am installing on MacOS and I tried both 64-bit Installer and Universal Installer so far with the same result.

    Thank you!

    The post was edited 1 time, last by Sparky ().

  • Both are not problems but simply have been changed.

    to 1)
    As the PDF indicates, the manual has been moved to the wiki.
    wiki.segger.com/UM08001_J-Link_/_J-Trace_User_Guide

    to 2)
    As editing the xml file in the installation directory was a hassle and overwritten with each new installation, a global folder (which can hold multiple xml files, so things can modularized) has been introduced:
    wiki.segger.com/J-Link_Device_…t_Kit#JLinkDevices_folder

    So you no longer edit in an existing installation and your changes survive installing a new version.
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  • SEGGER - Alex wrote:

    Both are not problems but simply have been changed.

    to 1)
    As the PDF indicates, the manual has been moved to the wiki.
    wiki.segger.com/UM08001_J-Link_/_J-Trace_User_Guide

    to 2)
    As editing the xml file in the installation directory was a hassle and overwritten with each new installation, a global folder (which can hold multiple xml files, so things can modularized) has been introduced:
    wiki.segger.com/J-Link_Device_…t_Kit#JLinkDevices_folder

    So you no longer edit in an existing installation and your changes survive installing a new version.
    Thanks, Alex!

    1) Ah, my bad. I did not read that closely to understand the PDF is no longer updated.

    2) That's a great enhancement! I concur it was a bit of a hassle to repeatedly update the .xml with each J-Link pack install. This is definitely a better way.