Hi,

Switching on/off debug has been made easier for most users in recent versions which makes the video slightly confusing. The documentation on Visuamicro.com is up to date so I have added a note to the comment below the video about this. Thanks for pointing it out.

I suggest you un-tick "tools>visual micro>automatic debugging" which will allow you to follow what happens in the video and the debugger will work.

Alternatively, did you see this article? With automatic debug enabled you can simply use the tool bar to switch between "Release" and "Debug" to control debugging.

http://www.visualmicro.com/page/User-Guide.aspx?doc=Debugging.html

When you have uploaded with debugging then the buttons and options you mention will automatically become active. 

With the debugger you can update the value of variables without recompile, trace, break etc. It avoids the need to hack the code with serial statements and also reduces the memory used because "large string" debug messages are not compiled onto the Arduino processor. 

The paid version of Visual Micro also works faster and will shortly be upgraded for free with lots of new features. Your refund request has been made, I hope you enjoy the free software and free support 

Thanks

Hi,

Thanks for the update and feed back.

I already processed the refund and cancelled the license. You are free to use it for as long as it works but in the future you might need to purchase it again if you have activation issues.

With the "automatic debug" option enabled the project property (EnableDebug) is not used and will not be set. The automatic debug is a global override unrelated to any specific project.

I know you have it working but to help me with future questions please answer this: What is the configuration name on your toolbar set to. Is is "Release", "Debug" or somethign else?


Yes the visualization side of the debugger needs better documentation. I am finding it quite difficult to keep the links on the site obvious enough for new users to work out how to compile and upload without confusing the issue with links for more advanced users. The site needs a lot more thought!

Thanks again

Thanks for the info.

Do you mean the compile is slower?

When you switched between debug and release did you run the normal "compile and upload" or "upload last sketch build"

thanks

They are the same speed for me. 

Please use 1.5, make one compile then switch on "tools>visual micro>verbose" then run a 2nd compile and email the output to info [at] visualmicro.com

Thanks

Opening different new or previous projects screwed up the original one, no more debug...?

But the compile was ultra fast !

Reboot.

Ok thanks, first compile for each board after switching ide versions will always be much slower.

I'll do a bit of testing opening and closing. Re-starting atmel studio should be all that is required but I am not sure it will happen very often unless projects have the same name.

Let's see how it goes, interested to hear anything you find.