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Nov 3rd, 2015 at 1:38am
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I'm having this same problem.  Just downloaded today's update.  Breakpoints appear to have no effect, Serial port settings button is gray'ed out.  Interested in any insights.
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Re: breakpoints have no effect, serial port options button grayed out
Reply #1 - Nov 3rd, 2015 at 11:26am
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This happens if you have not purchases the debugger and the trial has ended.

Do you have a menu item called "Visual Micro>Try/buy/Activate debugger"?
  
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Reply #2 - Nov 3rd, 2015 at 12:47pm
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My trial period says it still has over 20 days left. The breakpoint capability worked on another project but stopped when I restructured the code into separate files. 

I was considering purchasing the product, but the debugging capability is one of the main reasons,  and it seems difficult to master.
  
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Reply #3 - Nov 3rd, 2015 at 12:54pm
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I think you must have unticked "automatic debugging" on the visual micro menu?

By the way you don't need to set any project properties. They are all default because you are attempting to debug on the same port as the upload. The default speed is also 115k so no need to specify it.

Please show screen image of the "Micro Build" output window after upload and not the breakpoints list

Thanks
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Reply #4 - Nov 3rd, 2015 at 1:40pm
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That was it for me, thank you!  Somewhere in the tutorials or wiki's, I thought I saw to uncheck these boxes.  I also read a difference between Win64 and x86 documentation difference.  These appear to be cosmetic issues; debugging has been restored!

Now if I can find a wiki on setting up a VM/Arduino project without the use of any .ino files and get a handle on all the cpp I've forgotten, I'm set!
  
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Reply #5 - Nov 3rd, 2015 at 1:43pm
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Great, yes automatic debugging means automatically enabled/disabled when switching between "release/debug". This is the normal mode for most people.

You will always need at least one .ino in your arduino project even if it only has 3 lines of code. 

Please create a new thread if you want to discuss it or get help.
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