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  VS Arduino › Visual Micro › Hardware Debugging (GDB, GDB WiFi, GDB Stub) › Unable to program/debug: Atmel-ICE + Adafruit Metro M4
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Re: Unable to program/debug: Atmel-ICE + Adafruit Metro M4
Reply #20 - Feb 14th, 2023 at 1:43pm
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Thanks for confirming.

The debugging should be running through the Atmel ICE, only the upload should happen through the Serial Port.

If you enable all the below settings, and then perform the actions again it should show all information to confirm this is the case.

  • vMicro > Compiler > Verbose
  • vMicro > Compiler > Show Build Properties
  • vMicro > Uploader > Verbose
  
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Re: Unable to program/debug: Atmel-ICE + Adafruit Metro M4
Reply #21 - Feb 15th, 2023 at 7:59am
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Here attached please find the micro build output log.
  
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Re: Unable to program/debug: Atmel-ICE + Adafruit Metro M4
Reply #22 - Feb 15th, 2023 at 9:17am
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Thanks for the logs, these show the Atmel ICE is definitely in use for Debugging.

We just wanted to be sure before we fold the solution into the software for release, we will update this thread when it is available.
  
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Re: Unable to program/debug: Atmel-ICE + Adafruit Metro M4
Reply #23 - Feb 15th, 2023 at 9:20am
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But why the debugging session was not started?

BTW, I use VS2022 instead of Microchip studio.
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Re: Unable to program/debug: Atmel-ICE + Adafruit Metro M4
Reply #24 - Feb 15th, 2023 at 9:48am
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Are you pressing the vMicro > Build & Upload button?

Or the VS > Debug > Start Debugging button?
  
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Re: Unable to program/debug: Atmel-ICE + Adafruit Metro M4
Reply #25 - Feb 15th, 2023 at 10:32am
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The vMicro>build&upload button did not start debugging session at all.
And VS>Debug>StartDebugging button starts debugging session using serial port.

The first attachment shows the debug config before pressing any button. And after pressing vMicro build&upload button, the debug menu shows the same.   

The second one shows after pressing VS->start debugging button.
  
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Re: Unable to program/debug: Atmel-ICE + Adafruit Metro M4
Reply #26 - Feb 15th, 2023 at 10:40am
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Thanks for confirming, the debugging session is not running through Serial, it is running through the Atmel ICE probe for clarity.

The Build & Upload Button only begins a debugging session when the Debug setting is set to "Serial", but does not when using the "Hardware" debuggers. 

To start a debugging session with a Hardware Debugger, you can use:
VS > Debug > Start Debugging  (which will perform the Build & Upload, and then Attach the Debugger)
VS > Debug > Attach to Process (which assumes the code is already uploaded, and just Attaches the Debugger)

We will investigate why the menu options are enabled after pressing Debug > Start Debugging as this is incorrect.  In both scenarios it should look as it does on your first screenshot.
  
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Re: Unable to program/debug: Atmel-ICE + Adafruit Metro M4
Reply #27 - Feb 15th, 2023 at 10:46am
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I used VS > Debug > Start Debugging/ Attach to Process.
It started a SERIAL debugging session, and the serial monitor appeared.

I guess the debugging options no longer grayed-out is because the vMicro thinks it uses serial debugger instead of hardware.
  
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Re: Unable to program/debug: Atmel-ICE + Adafruit Metro M4
Reply #28 - Feb 15th, 2023 at 10:52am
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Can you send a screenshot of the whole IDE when this happens?

The Serial monitor can open for a Hardware Debugging session depending on if it was open the last time the debugging session was running, and also based on the vMicro > Uploader > Auto Open Serial Monitor.
  
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Re: Unable to program/debug: Atmel-ICE + Adafruit Metro M4
Reply #29 - Feb 15th, 2023 at 11:02am
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I restarted VS2022 and the debugging session starts as it should be.

However, the debugging options are still all enabled as in my previously posted picture 2.

Nevertheless, I am fine with it. Grin Grin
  
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