CC3200 not able to read all files via UART

Hello, I have a CC3200 Toniebox that I connected via two different UART adapters. Both of them are unable to pull the certificates from the file system of the Toniebox. The only file that is being pulled is “settings.cfg”. Terminal gives some repeated errors:
Found file without filename, skipping index=X
where X is a number between 0 and 26. At the end terminal says
One or more files could not be verified or read at all.
My procedure is to plug in the usb adapter in the usb port of the computer, then plug in the pogo pin adapter into the debugging port of the toniebox. I then wait for the green light to settle. Afterwards I connect the toniebox to power and start the cc3200tool command. I tried on a raspberry pi 5 running mx linux and on a debian computer. Both show the same errors. I also changed DTR, TX and RX wires to no avail. Am I missing some step here?

This is normal behaviour, as the box may lose the filenames.

Thanks for your feedback. Indeed dumping only the important files separately worked like a charm.

I also have the tag connector and I don’t get any connection to the board at all. Could you get a better picture of the the jumper cables at the and of the tag connector? I just want to compare it with my configuration.

Yes, this is my wiring.

grafik

Oh I thought this one would be the right pin for dtr… :thinking:
79e98ecf65ba507384270baad0cabfdc88cfe5a2~2

I also had DTR placed there but I got no connection between the box and my computer. So I assume that the pins are arranged like this

grafik

I’m really frustrated…now I’m getting a connection for a short moment and then this output.

cc3200tool -p COM5 --reset dtr list_filesystem
2025-01-10 22:21:09,230 -- Connecting to target...
2025-01-10 22:21:09,602 -- Connected, reading version...
2025-01-10 22:21:14,603 -- timed out while waiting for ack
2025-01-10 22:21:14,604 -- Could not connect to target: No ack for packet opcode=0x2f

Do you fix the tag connector somehow to get a stable connection?

Your toniebox is also connected to the powersource? That’s still necessary

Yep, I’m first connect the tag connector, than plug in the USB uart module and then connecting the toniebox with the DC cable.

First I connected the USB adapter to the computer. I entered the cc3200 command in the computer’s terminal and didn’t click enter yet. I also left the board in the white housing of the Toniebox and the Toniebox speaker plugged into the board. I placed the Toniebox loosely on the power connection of the Toniebox power supply. With one hand I pushed the tag connector through the debug port of the Toniebox. To prevent the Toniebox from turning or slipping away, I pressed it against the purple outer housing of the Toniebox as you can see on the image. While still pushing the tag connector into the debug port I made sure that the two LEDs on the USB adapter did not light up. After the green LED on the top of the Toniebox had stabilized, I used the index finger of the same hand that was still pushing the tag connector into the debug port of Toniebox board to press down the board into the power connector of the Tonixbox power supply.
If the Toniebox did not play the start melody, I pressed enter with the other hand on the computer and then the cc3200 command worked. If the Toniebox did play the start melody, I lifted the Toniebox from the power connection of the power supply and pulled the tag connector out of the Toniebox board. Then I tried again.

Hey, I have the same error message as you (No ack for packet opcode=0x2f).

If I put a bridge from VCC to SOP2 on the board of the box (as described in the instructions), then I get no connection to the box.

But if I set a connection from the UART VCC contact to SOP2, it starts the communication with the box, the box restarts and then the message “No ack for packet opcode=0x2f” appears.

Is it normal for the Toniebox to restart as soon as I start the command to read out the memory?