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Wrong Serial port opening
Jun 5th, 2015 at 1:36am
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I have been debugging my code on a UNO on com6 which  worked well. I have now changed to the MEGA2560 on com3 in the release mode. Here's the problem - I can open the serial Monitor (defaults to com3). During upload a second window for com6 opens and reports:

Opening port
Debug break is enabled
Debug on

tip: if your hardware does not support auto-reset and was already running when the debugger was launched then send the 'c' char using this window to force the 'current' breakpoint to continue. After that F5 or the Green tool bar arrow can be used to step between breakpoints as normal.

Debug off
Port failed to open

In the properties window Micro Debug = false, and upload port = com3.

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Re: Wrong Serial port opening
Reply #1 - Jun 5th, 2015 at 1:54am
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Hi,

Not sure I can answer all straight away but first some info.

For some months now we have implemented a simpler system to enable debugging for newer users. The simple system auto detects if the configuration name (on the tool bar) contains the word "release" or "debug".   

So if you switch to "Release" the debugger will be off. 

Alternatively to use the project property (Micro debug)=True/False switch "tools>visual micro>automatic debugging" to false.

Remember that you have to upload once after switching board or switching off debug.

If you have specified COM6 in the LocalPort Project Property this would account for debug attempting to start on COM6 yet upload happens on COM3

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