Hi,

The debugger uses serial and can share a serial port in some situations. You are seeing "unknown" debug packets.

You are sharing the port because your code also sends serial. Sharing the port requires a little more care than normal.

Your code also reads the serial which can cause problems. You should make sure that "vMicro>debugger>trace only" mode is enabled so your breakpoints will not expect to stop. Actually the best solution is to configure the debugger for software serial or on a different serial port.

If your own code sends serial without line feeds (println()) then this will certainly cause visual micro to miss debugger packets. In that case it will show the "unknown packet" in the serial monitor. 

Hi

1)
The advanced documentation for different ports or pins is here and is required for software serial.

or

2)
If you have a spare real/hardware serial port then you can take the easier route and use the vMicro>Debugger menu. Set the "override remote port" to "Serial2" or other serial port and set the "override local port" to the COM port connected to the remote port (normally an ftdi type of connection)


note

Don't confuse method 1) and method 2). If you use method 1) then make sure any changes you made to the "vMicro>Debugger" menu are cleared by clicking the "Reset these Settings" button on the same menu.

Thank you, it works, Finally!!!!