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Reply #20 - Nov 26th, 2012 at 12:54am
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Tim,

Is the debugger using Serial?  It appears to me Serial grabs all available ports, even if you're using only one.  If so, could I just cobble HardwareSerial.cpp to only use a single port when using the debugger?

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Reply #21 - Nov 26th, 2012 at 1:17am
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The debugger uses Serial. It uses HardwareSerial unless you specify otherwise in the RemoteTransport project property.

So you can use SoftwareSerial, a custom SerialObject or cobble your own HardwareSerial
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Reply #22 - Nov 26th, 2012 at 1:25am
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Tim,

Ah, ok!  I set Transport to Software Serial, and it's now compiling and loading, so I think I should be OK - just have to get my code off that serial port.

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Reply #23 - Nov 26th, 2012 at 1:32am
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SoftwareSerial will work on any digital pins that support interrupts. I don't know if it can be used on the hardware serial ports. Arduino.cc/forums should be able to help with that.

To use SoftwareSerial you need to provide the Remote TXPin and Remote RXPin numbers in the project properties
  
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Reply #24 - Nov 26th, 2012 at 2:59am
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Tim,

I'm trying to get Software Serial working, and I think I'm close, but having different compile problems.  I've set:

Local Port: COM7
Local Speed: 115200

Remote Rx Pin: 10
Remote Tx Pin: 11
Remote Port: Serial
Remote Speed: 115200
Remote Transport: Software Serial

I have Pins 10 & 11 connected to the RS232 level converter, which is plugged into the USB Serial cable, which Windows sees as COM7.

The compile errors I get are:

Compiling 'SkyNet' for 'Arduino Mega 2560 or Mega ADK'
Binary sketch size: 13146 bytes (of a 258048 byte maximum) (1.234375 secs)
Compiling debug version of 'SkyNet' for 'Arduino Mega 2560 or Mega ADK'
SkyNet.ino : : In function 'void setup()':
SkyNet.ino : begin(HardwareSerial*, long int)'
VM_DBG.h : begin(SoftwareSerial*)
VM_DBG.h : begin(SoftwareSerial*, long int)
Error compiling

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Reply #25 - Nov 26th, 2012 at 1:22pm
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Hi,

One small point is to clear out the "Remote Port" property. If using the rx/tx then remote port is not required

If that doesn't fix it then please email your sketch

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Reply #26 - Nov 26th, 2012 at 4:31pm
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Tim,

Clearing the Remote Port property now has it compiling and loading, but when I set a breakpoint, the second monitor window just shows: "Waiting for debug breakpoint data".  If I don't set a breakpoint, the application does run.  If I do set a breakpoint, it appears to stop at the breakpoint, but the debugger never shows anything, and the "Waiting" message never goes away.   Even odder, the Monitor window now refuses to display the output from my program, though my custom terminal program, displays everything just fine.  That makes no sense at all to me, since they are simply monitoring a COM port on the PC!

I will e-mail my sketch shortly.

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Reply #27 - Nov 26th, 2012 at 4:56pm
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Thanks. 

Sounds like the RX on the arduino is not connected. 

I also forgot to say that SoftwareSerial doesn't like 115200. It does work okay at 115k without break/pause but slower speeds are better when the arduino receieves, please try at 19200. It has worked well for me at 57600 but not for some people.

Remember that Tx on the arduino goes to Rx on the ftdi, and Rx on the arduino goes to tx on the ftdi

I suggest you have break/pause = false so that you only have to worry about the Tx from the arduino to start with.

When you see debug trace messages then you will know the arduino tx is working. The debugger only uses the tx pin when break/pause = false.
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Reply #28 - Nov 26th, 2012 at 8:56pm
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Tim,

Some progress - I've gotten SoftwareSerial to work, using a simple test program.  I was confused about pin numbers....  Now trying to get the debugger to work with the LED blinking program.  If I set a breakpoint in loop(), and specify "print a message and continue execution", the printouts do come out in the Output window.  So, obviously the board and PC are talking.  At one point, it was also displaying something each pass of loop(), but that stopped - no idea why.  But it I set a regular breakpoint, nothing happens, other than periodically printing "12:53:59.968 BlivetSketch.ino, line 14" in the output window.  The "expressions on COM7" window never shows anything other than "Waiting for debug breakpoint data" in blue.

I also noticed some things in VS seem to have gotten whacked in installing the debugger, which may be the whole problem here.  The Project menu now has two new items "Upload last Arduino build" and "Show all Arduino file", but there are DOZENS of each in there.  I have NO Watch window, and it doesn't shows up anywhere in the View menu.

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Reply #29 - Nov 27th, 2012 at 12:11pm
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Hi, 

1)
You need to run the resetaddin which is documented on the main site. Search for resetaddin. That will remove the multiple menu items.

2)
All breakpoints are tracepoints unless you switch on the project property called "Enable Break/Pause". This is to prevent new users from causing an rc plane to stop in flight Smiley

3)
What "When Hit" message did you add to your breakpoint? Did it contain some variables/expressions to be watched??? Here are 3 different examples, you can add as many {expression} as you like, with or without static text:-

Quote:
Hello World {millis()}

Quote:
{millis()}

Quote:
Hello World


The first two examples should cause millis() to be displayed in the expression window. 

The expression window opens automatically when the debug starts, there is no menu item to open it.

Now that you have the vectors sorted I suggest a new thread for any other issues. Thanks
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Reply #30 - Nov 27th, 2012 at 2:13pm
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Tim,

resetaddin does get rid of the extra menu items, leaving only one set.  But, if I close then re-open VS, then I have two copies.  Close and re-open again, and I now have three copies.  And so on...

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Reply #31 - Nov 27th, 2012 at 2:16pm
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Very so often we find a version of vs that has another addin or extension installed that causes this problem.

Vs is unhappy so tells vm that it needs to re-add these controls. When vm asks vs if a control exists on a bar or menu it says it doesn't when it does!!

I expect you are on the latest vs service pack? What other addins have you got installed "Tools>Addin Manager"?

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Reply #32 - Nov 27th, 2012 at 2:39pm
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Tim,

Actually, VisualMicro is the ONLY add-on I have installed:

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
Version 9.0.30729.1 SP
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 3.5 SP1

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Reply #33 - Nov 27th, 2012 at 2:58pm
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What about extensions Tools>Options>Extension Manager?

Your system looks okay. If you look at Tools>Options do you only see one set of "Visual Micro" options?
  
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Reply #34 - Nov 27th, 2012 at 3:16pm
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Tim,

There is no Tools->Options->Extension Manager in my VS.  I can't find Extension Manager anywhere....

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Reply #35 - Nov 27th, 2012 at 4:51pm
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Oh yes I forgot that 2008 doesn't have extensions. 

I'm running out of suggestions. This is VS2008 playing up and I have little control over this part of the process.

All I can suggest is running a repair on vs2008 or downloading VS2012 on the 3 year ms promo. 

Sorry, it might also help to keep in mind that vs uses the office tool bar system and OLE so windows/office updated might help.
  
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Reply #36 - Nov 27th, 2012 at 7:07pm
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Tim,

I guess I can live with the menu issues, for now.  But, back to the original problem, still no go.  I Enabled Break/Pause, but when it hits the breakpoiint, a message is printed indicating execution is paused, but the message specified in "When hit" does not display, nor does the Expression window ever appear.  The "Waiting for debug breakpoint data" also never goes away, and nothing is ever displayed in that window.  There appears to be no way to continue execution from that point.  The breakpoint source line does highlight when the breakpoint is hit.  This is all running a simple blink application, using hardware serial.

Would it be worthwhile to un-install the plug-in and debugger, and try again?

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Reply #37 - Nov 27th, 2012 at 8:53pm
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So you are seeing a "Micro Trace" output window message to confirm the breakpoint has been hit or a status bar message?

What is the "When Hit" message that you have set against the breakpoint? 

Please switch off break/pause until you have the trace system working and showing both messages and expressions.

Can you see the "Micro Trace" output window when the debugger starts?

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Reply #38 - Nov 28th, 2012 at 3:55am
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Tim,

What messages I get, come out in the VS Output window.  There are two additional windows, both apparently tied to COM7 (the serial port connected to the Arduino serial port), one of which says only "Port Open", and the other, which I just (stupidly) realized *is* the expression window, which has never shown anything but "Waiting for debug breakpoint data".

When I turn off Break/Trace, I get nothing at all in the output window after the program finishes loading.  The two COM7 windows show the same thing as always - basically nothing.

VS is also now throwing an error when I exit - I get the error dialog asking if I want to send an error report to Microsoft.

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Reply #39 - Nov 28th, 2012 at 4:19am
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Well, this is odd....  After the last crash on exiting VS, I re-started, and ran the same program - didn't change anything.  It hit the breakpoint, stopped, printed the variables to the expression window, and opened a couple of other windows (performance monitor and digital pins), then stopped working.  Exited VS, it crashed, re-started, and it again worked.  After it hits the breakpoint, I can click the Run button, and it continues, hits the breakpoint again.  After doing this 3 or 4 times, rather than continuing, it re-compiles and re-loads the program.

Are the Run/Stop/Pause/Step buttons supposed to work?  Only the Run button ever enables.

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