They're up to MPLAB 8.01 or something now.Originally Posted by kenny_m
Shouldn't have to mess with anything in MPLAB.I clicked this and a window appeared which allowed me to modify the existing settings. I was afraid to change anything since I didn't know what I was doing. So I just exited without changing anything.
Open up MCS, hit the preferences/options/whatever, hit the assembler tab, and have it search for MPASM.exe. Should be located in your Microchip/MPLAB subdirectory.
MCS - is a front end for creating PicBasicPro compatible code. It also invokes:
PBPW - which is the inital compiler responsible for compiling the source code created in MCS into assembly code which gets assembled by:
MPASM - which is the final assembly program from Microchip (also invoked from MCS), responsible for create the end result of a HEX file which will get loaded into your PIC via your chosen PIC Programmer.
Get all that?
Both PBPW and MPASM have to be configured in MCS.
Here's my method for setting up a new PC:
1 - The machine is blank, fresh reload, whatever
2 - Load the programmer software for my chosen programmer, in my case, Microchip's PICKIT2...anything else...well, in my opinion, just asking for trouble down the road. And make sure the programmer responds as it should!!!
3 - Install the latest version of MPLAB direct from Microchip and any patches required. And make sure it can find your programmer, which with the PICKIT2, it's a piece of cake.
4 - Install PicBasicPro 2.50. Other than remembering where you put it, you shouldn't need to do much else.
5 - Install Microcode Studio and configure the options listed above to the directories you just got done installing those other items to.
Doing this, you're working from the bottom-up, instead of the top-down. Just seems to work better like that for me, and probably 16 bazillion other people too.
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