Hi all.

I'm new to Arduino/Atmel Studio and posting to forums and so I apologise if a suitable thread, which I haven't been able to find, already exists for this question.

I managed to install Atmel Studio/Visual Micro without too much trouble and it seems to work perfectly except - the debugger. Whenever I try to run it, the program is simply re-compiled. Nothing else!

According to the VM wiki, I should have been given the opportunity to load a trial version of the debugger when I installed it. I don't recall being offered that and can't imagine I would have declined the offer!

In any event, I would like to give the debugger a whirl before parting with my hard-earned cash so can anyone please advise what I could try.

Thanks a lot.

Thanks very much indeed for your very prompt reply, Tim.

Yes, sorry, it does upload OK and the program runs (incorrectly, of course!). Here's the 'proof', of sorts:

    Build folder: file://C:\Users\yorka\AppData\Local\VMicro\Arduino\Builds\Basic\uno
    Binary sketch size: 9292 bytes (29% of a 32256 byte maximum) (23.37 secs)
    Uploading to I/O board using 'COM3'
    Done uploading

I've pressed the 'Start Debugging (F5 key)' key and F5, Alt-F5, F10, F11...  but get the same 4 lines, shown above, each time.

I had tried "tools>options>visual micro>application features>license key" but have tried again and nothing is displayed when I focus on or click the "Debugger License key" field - the 'Debugger Status' is 'NOT REGISTERED'. Just for fun, I entered some garbage into the "Debugger License Key" field and it duly came back with a suitable message telling me it didn't recognise the license key.

Thanks again,

Alan