Greyed interface in ST-Link Utility

[B C]

Posted on April 11, 2018 at 17:05

Hello everyone, 

I am having issues with ST-Link utility. Whenever I first launch it, everything looks fine, but if I try to change something in the settings (such as 'connect under reset') and then I press OK, the settings are greyed and if I open them again it says : 'Old ST-Link Firmware/ST-Link is already used' while it's the most recent firmware (V2 J30 S7).

I don't really know what I can do right now ..

Thank you in advance !

#st-link-utility #st-link-v2-1 #stm32-f1

[Tesla DeLorean]

Posted on April 11, 2018 at 17:20

Do you have it open in another instance of Keil, IAR, or ST-LINK Utilities?

Is this a stand-alone ST-LINK?

Is this with a custom board? How and what it wired up?

[B C]

Posted on April 11, 2018 at 17:25

Clive One wrote:

Do you have it open in another instance of Keil, IAR, or ST-LINK Utilities?

What do you mean ? The only software open on my computer was ST-Link Utility

Clive One wrote:

Is this a stand-alone ST-LINK?

It is the ST-Link V2 with an Olimex ARM-JTAG-20-10 adapter

Clive One wrote:

Is this with a custom board? How and what it wired up?

It is an Olimex OlimexinoSTM32 : 

https://www.olimex.com/Products/Duino/STM32/OLIMEXINO-STM32/

 

it is wired to the ST-Link the right way by JTAG 5 pins.

[Tesla DeLorean]

Posted on April 11, 2018 at 17:46

Which version of Windows?

What versions of ST-LINK Utilities have you tried?

Any Upper/Lower Filters on the USB Stack? ie Daemon Tools, Intel performance driver, Dell Diagnostic Tools?

AV Software?

Problem observed on a single system? Port? Cable?

Does it work on different make/model system?

[B C]

Posted on April 11, 2018 at 17:51

Clive One wrote:

Which version of Windows?

Windows 10 64 bits

Clive One wrote:

What versions of ST-LINK Utilities have you tried?

Only the v4.2.0.0

Clive One wrote:

Any Upper/Lower Filters on the USB Stack? ie Daemon Tools, Intel performance driver, Dell Diagnostic Tools?

How can I check that ? Because I don't think so but can't be sure

Clive One wrote:

AV Software?

Windows Defender

Clive One wrote:

Problem observed on a single system? Port? Cable?

System : Unforntunately yes, can't test on other systems ...

Port : Tried on different USB ports, nothing changes

Cable : Idem, tried different cable, nothing changes

Clive One wrote:

Does it work on different make/model system?

What do you mean ?

[Tesla DeLorean]

Posted on April 11, 2018 at 18:01

>>What do you mean ?

Dell Laptop vs Acer Desktop vs HP Workstation

I'd use REGEDIT, or whatever, and search HKLM for ''UpperFilters'' and ''LowerFilters''

[B C]

Posted on April 12, 2018 at 08:58

>>What do you mean ?

Dell Laptop vs Acer Desktop vs HP Workstation

I'm using it on a DELL studio XPS but I can't try on another workstation ...

[B C]

Posted on April 13, 2018 at 10:56

I am adding a bit more details into my problem : 

I was using an IDE (CooCox) to upload my code to my µC, hence I didn't need st-link utility beforehand, but due to some issue I can't upload anymore from the IDE. The main cause of my problem might be that I have re-assigned my JTAG GPIO pins (hence I cannot connect to my µC using my debugger anymore). Some way to fix it was apparently thanks to ST-Link Utility by connecting under reset or using my µC bootloader. But when I first tried it, I faced that greyed interface issue.

I have already tried connecting the board while pressing the rst button but nothing changes ... I haven't made any tweaks to the board (beside adding the jumper for the 120 Ohm resistor for my CAN application).

I have also tried while loading the bootloader (pressing the button 1 while turning on the board), but as I don't have any visual clue if it's in the bootloader or not, and as it is still not connecting through ST-Link Utility, I don't think it is working ...

[B C]

Posted on April 16, 2018 at 11:26

Anyone else has some info ?

[Tesla DeLorean]

Posted on April 16, 2018 at 13:10

Pull BOOT0 pin High