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msp430 UART
serial info {UART}
Using the Energia Board Manager
There is a useful explanation of the situation with the revision of the Launchpad board and the chips that were shipped with it. My launchpad board is a Rev.1.4 . Thus it does not have a hardware UART.
To access a local, different, version of the explanation navigate to Help->Reference and find Serial .