How can I install the new version of openocd in the ESP-idf?

[BergLoewe]

Hello,


Maybe anyone can help.

The VSCode brings on flash the Error

Minimum OpenOCD version v0.10.0-esp32-20201125 is required while you have v0.10.0-esp32-20191114 version installed

.

How can I install the new version of openocd in the ESP-idf?

[bignacio]

The thing is, some changes were implemented on openOCD to allow Visual Studio Code to perform JTAG flashing from this version.

If you want to replace openOCD, just get one of the latest openOCD releases and replace

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c:\\esp\\tools\\.espressif\\tools\\openocd-esp32\\v0.10.0-esp32-20200709\\openocd-esp32\\bin

in your idf.customExtraPaths for the bin directory of your chosen release version, for example

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c:\\esp\\tools\\.espressif\\tools\\openocd-esp32\\v0.10.0-esp32-20201202\\openocd-esp32\\bin

if you extract this version on your $HOME/.espressif/tools directory.
Also update idf.customExtraVars OPENOCD_SCRIPTS to new OpenOCD Scripts folder path.

[ehagerty]

The thing is, some changes were implemented on openOCD to allow Visual Studio Code to perform JTAG flashing from this version.

If you want to replace openOCD, just get one of the latest openOCD releases and replace

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c:\\esp\\tools\\.espressif\\tools\\openocd-esp32\\v0.10.0-esp32-20200709\\openocd-esp32\\bin

in your idf.customExtraPaths for the bin directory of your chosen release version, for example

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c:\\esp\\tools\\.espressif\\tools\\openocd-esp32\\v0.10.0-esp32-20201202\\openocd-esp32\\bin

if you extract this version on your $HOME/.espressif/tools directory.
Also update idf.customExtraVars OPENOCD_SCRIPTS to new OpenOCD Scripts folder path.

@ESP_bignacio you are awesome, this worked when tweaked for a mac too, thank you!

[ihouses]

Sorry for probably dumb question, but:

Where can I find the files where I can modify the required paths:?
idf.customExtraPaths
idf.customExtraVars

[ihouses]

The required changes are in settings.json

You can access to settings.json by pressing control+shift+P and typing: preferences: open settings (JSON).
There you can find idf.customExtraPaths and the other things.

Thanks to me! :!

[Souhail]

Hi,

I want to flash my ESP32 with the JTAG. Could you tell me how exactly do I update the openOCD in the .espressif folder?

I tried re-installing esp-idf but I'm always getting the same openOCD version (v0.10.0-esp32-20191114).

Thank you,
Souhail

[Souhail]

Hi,

I got an error indicating that "program_esp_bins" was not recognized so I thought I wasn't updating the openOCD tool correctly but I just had to start the openOCD server before flashing.. (thought it would start automatically)

Now flashing is successful with JTAG but the ESP32 doesn't seem to be running the program..
When I flash it with UART everything works fine, program running.

Any idea why?

Thanks for your help,
Souhail

[espdorian]

I have updated the settings.json up to 3 times with the new open OCD version. It seems after a restart it gets overwritten again with the 'old' version. Why (and by what) is settings.json overwritten ?

[bignacio]

@espdorian In vscode, there is a settings system that project's .vscode/settings.json overwrite the workspace settings.json which override the user settings.json as explained in Visual Studio Code settings precedence

@Souhail Have you check the value of `idf.openOcdConfigs` also called `List of configuration files inside OpenOCD Scripts directory` in `Preferences: Open Settings (UI)` ? This are the files used by openOCD server in the extension.

To update openOCD to latest version, download the latest release from openOCD Releases and extract anywhere you want, then replace in the extension settings as explained before.

[nouwon]

I am not sure but if somebody configures the tool.json file to point the latest version of open ocd the problem will be solved after
running the install.bat in esp-idf directory.
Am I right?