Can't get ISIS/Proteus VSM to work with PBP3 and MPLABX


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    Default Re: Can't get ISIS/Proteus VSM to work with PBP3 and MPLABX

    I got 3 new projects to work today.
    After creating the project, setting all required options and seeing that it either would not compile or would not simulate ... in all three cases closing MPLAB-X and reopening fixed the problem and each project then compiled and simulated.

    Fortunately, I can now un-install MPLAB-X.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Darrel Taylor View Post
    I got 3 new projects to work today.
    After creating the project, setting all required options and seeing that it either would not compile or would not simulate ... in all three cases closing MPLAB-X and reopening fixed the problem and each project then compiled and simulated.

    Fortunately, I can now un-install MPLAB-X.
    Yeah, what a relief!

    I don't think it's ready for prime time yet, either. Maybe it never will be. Too bad, because NetBeans has some nice features. But it's definitely a struggle to work with at this point. And it's been out for a while now.

    I have a number of projects that just won't function with Proteus yet. So the challenge is to see how much I can take before the frustration makes me do the uninstall too. We'll see.

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    Darrell, I'm sorry you've uninstalled MPLABX because I'm still struggling with it and have nowhere else to turn!

    I know I should give up but I'm stubborn.

    Anyway, I found that one of my projects with a 16F886 just wouldn't connect and simulate in Proteus. But it WILL connect and simulate if I change the chip to a 16F876A (of course, to do so I change the chip in Proteus, the MPLABX project settings, and the necessary minor code changes in the PBP source file). Both versions of the project work fine in MPLAB 8.x, but in MPLABX I just won't get the 886 project to connect to Proteus and simulate. Interestingly, if I load the resultant .hex file directly into the Proteus processor properties, it simulates from within Proteus, so PBP is correctly compiling...but MPLABX can't connect to or control Proteus.

    Now why would the processor change have that effect?

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    Default Re: Can't get ISIS/Proteus VSM to work with PBP3 and MPLABX

    I am curious.

    If the project works using MPLAB 8.x, why are you messing with MPLABX ?
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    Quote Originally Posted by mackrackit View Post
    If the project works using MPLAB 8.x, why are you messing with MPLABX ?
    Good question. I'm starting to wonder. There are a lot of features in MPLABX that, after using it for a while, show MPLAB's age. The MPLABX editor is much better, version management is better, project handling (renaming, copying, moving, archiving) is better, workspaces are gone (yay!) in favor of projects, you can have multiple projects open at once (even using different compilers), etc. Plus Microchip won't be maintaining MPLAB any more.

    But MPLABX is still pretty ragged. For all its promise, it's not ready for prime time yet. So to answer your question, I guess I'm trying to take it as far as I can to see if it's usable for me. I'm trying to get past issues such as the one in this post and then decide. Plus, if someone doesn't bring up these issues for examination, they might not be addressed by the MPLABX development team. The sooner the problem can be demonstrated in a repeatable manner, with as many clues as possible, the more likely the next version of MPLABX will have addressed them (that's assuming this particular issue is the fault of MPLABX, not Proteus or PBP).

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    Default Re: Can't get ISIS/Proteus VSM to work with PBP3 and MPLABX

    Plus Microchip won't be maintaining MPLAB any more.
    I have not heard that. So you have heard that 8.86 is the last version? Darn, I hate NetBeans.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mackrackit View Post
    I have not heard that. So you have heard that 8.86 is the last version? Darn, I hate NetBeans.
    So they say. But there's widespread dislike of MPLABX (mostly because of its instability) so if they're smart they'll at least keep publicly supporting MPLAB for those whose business depends on it.

    I can live with NetBeans if the IDE is stable. At the moment it's a real pain to use.

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