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Visual Micro >> General Board >> button to unlock hung upload port? https://www.visualmicro.com/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1539963360 Message started by Harrzack on Oct 19^th, 2018 at 3:36pm

Title: button to unlock hung upload port?
Post by Harrzack on Oct 19^th, 2018 at 3:36pm

Every so often using VS2015 I might accidentally do a second F5 when one is in progress. This often results in the upload port becoming unavailable - and is a REAL PITA to get it restarted on Win10. Is there any chance a "magic button" could be added to VM that would clear the hung upload port? If so - generations yet unborn will raise up and sing praises to your name! :D

=Alan R.

Title: Re: button to unlock hung upload port?
Post by Visual Micro on Oct 19^th, 2018 at 3:38pm

Each board has its own tool chain that we run to perform upload. Such as avrdude.exe for avr boards.

If you open "Task Manager > Processes" you will find and be able to terminate whatever process is being used.

Title: Re: button to unlock hung upload port?
Post by Harrzack on Oct 19^th, 2018 at 4:22pm

Thanks Tim! I've been scouring the net for months - looking in "all the wrong places"! Makes sense = never quite could figure out
why so many hangs.

Title: Re: button to unlock hung upload port?
Post by Visual Micro on Oct 20^th, 2018 at 3:26pm

If you switch on Upload Verbose you should always see the process that is being run.