Can't Communicate with Launchpad from Energia

Hey guys.

I recently got a Launch pad -- MSP430G2 board ( Rev B ) [only the board and the USB cable from a friend].

I downloaded Energia for my Mac running OS X 10.9. [maverics]. Though the Power LED lights up, the board is not recognised by the IDE. I don't know if the problem is with the board, the cable or the IDE. 

Though the board was detected for a short period of time and I was able to just uplaod the Blink sketch into it.

Now when I connect to a USB power or my MAC, led1 just keeps blinking. I am unable to program it.

I hope you guys can help me spot the problem so that I can rectify it and make use of the board to learn Embedded systems.

Thanks in advance.