The Tools > Visual Micro Menu

The following section describes the menu items you can find under the Tools > Visual Micro menu item.

 

Tools Menu

"Ide", "Board", and "Visual Micro Explorer" Same as the respective menu items in the vMicro menu.
Serial Monitor Opens the Serial Monitor Window for the serial port you have selected.
Reload Toolchains If you have changed anything in the board or programmer configuration files, then you can reload the compilation/upload tools in order to make the changes effective in Visual Micro. Example: You have changed something in the BOARDS.TXT file that contains board properties and settings. Then you should use "Reload Tool Chains" afterwards, which will cause Visual Micro to reload configurations.
Configure Ide Locations Starts the Visual Micro Configuration manager.