First Time Setup
If this is the first time you are using this App, you may be requested to install a plug-in and the TI Cloud Agent
Application. This step will also install the right needed for UART port detection.XDS110 drivers
Once the demo is running on the mmWave sensors and the USB is connected from the board to the PC, the
app will try to automatically detect the COM ports for your device.
If auto-detection doesn't work, then you will need to configure the serial ports in this App. Run the
device manager on the PC and locate the following COM ports as shown in the section "How to
below. In the Visualizer App, go to the Menu-identify the COM ports for xWR14xx/xWR16xx EVM"
>Options->Serial Port and perform the settings as shown below.
CFG_port: Use COM port number for " ": Baud: XDS110 Class Application/User UART
115200. This is the port where runs for all the demos.CLI (command line interface)
Data_port: Use COM port " ": Baud: 921600. This is the XDS110 Class Auxiliary Data port
port on which binary data generated by the processing chain in the mmWave demo will be
received by the PC. This is the detected object list and its properties (range, doppler, angle,
etc).
At this point, this app will automatically try to connect to the target (mmWave Sensor). If it does not connect or if the
connection fails, you should try to connect to the target by clicking in the bottom left corner of this App. If that fails as well,
redo the serial port configuration as shown in "First time Setup" panel above.
After the App is connected to the target, you can select the configuration parameters in this App (Frequency Band, Platform,
etc) in the "Scene Selection" and "Object Detection" area of the tab.CONFIGURE
Besides selecting the configuration parameters, you should select which plots you want to see. This can be done using the
"check boxes" in the "Plot Selection" area. Adjust the frame rate depending on number of plots you want to see. For
selecting heatmap plots, set frame rate to less than or equal to 4 fps. When selecting frame rate to be 25-30fps, for better
GUI performance, select only the scatter plot and statistics plot.
Once the configuration is selected, you can send the configuration to the device (use "SEND CONFIG TO MMWAVE
DEVICE" button).
After the configuration is sent to the device, you can switch to the view/tab and the plots that you selected will be PLOTS
shown.
You can switch back from "Plots" tab to "Configure" tab, reconfigure your "Scene Selection", "Object Detection" and/or "Plot
Selection" values and re-send the configuration to the device to try a different profile. After a new configuration has been
selected, just press the "SEND CONFIG TO MMWAVE DEVICE" button again and the device will be reconfigured. This can
be done without rebooting the device. If you change the parameters in the "Setup Details", then you will need to take further
action before trying the new configurations
If Platform is changed: make sure the COM ports match the TI EVM/platform you are trying to configure and
visualizer
If SDK version is changed: make sure the mmW demo running on the connected TI EVM matches the selected
SDK version in the GUI
If Antenna Config is changed: make sure the TI EVM is rebooted before sending the new configuration.
If board is rebooted, follow the steps starting from 1 above.
COM Port
Please note that the COM port numbers on your setup maybe different from the one shown
below. Please use the correct COM port number from your setup for following steps.