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[Ioannis]

About USB I have the least experience so cannot help on that. Hopefully some other kind member may know more.

The MPLABX can coexist with older 8.xx versions. Checking my Program Files (x86) folder, Microchip installs MPLABX on separate folders, so I am pretty sure you can have different versions at the same time. Have not tested that, as I had no interest so far. Just make sure PBP compiler is directed to the proper MPLABX assembler.

Ioannis

[Richards]

Just make sure PBP compiler is directed to the proper MPLABX assembler.

Directed to MPLABX while installing or in settings?

How does the license work knowing that I will change(from Windows7 2010 Alienware laptop) to another laptop(Windows11) soon, then the license is transferable?

And how do software & new Microchips updates/upgrades work?

Sorry for so many questions, I'm new to this.

[Ioannis]

The license is good for three installations as I recall. So no problem with this.

Once you install the PBP and the MPLABX 5.35, the only update you may do is on the compiler itself if and when there will be one. MPLABX will not be updates as the PBP does not support any newer than 5.35 version.

From the settings of the MCS IDE/View/Compile and Program Options, you have two buttons (Default Path and Find Manually...) to direct IDE to the correct MPLABX assembler.

My settings are these on the attached screenshot.

Ioannis

[HenrikOlsson]

How does the license work knowing that I will change(from Windows7 2010 Alienware laptop) to another laptop(Windows11) soon, then the license is transferable?

Although Ioannis is correct in that you are indeed allowed to activate PBP on more than one machine don't forget to use the PBP Activation Manager to "deactivate" the license on that Alienware laptop before dispoing of computer in order to free up that instance of the license.

[Richards]

From the settings of the MCS IDE/View/Compile and Program Options, you have two buttons (Default Path and Find Manually...) to direct IDE to the correct MPLABX assembler.

My settings are these on the attached screenshot.

In your screenshot I can only see the "Default Path and Find Manually" of the PBP compiler and not, as you mentioned, path to the MPLABX assembler.

@HenrikOlsson
I hope that I wil be in time to use the PBP activation Manager to deactivate the license because when problems happen it's already to late like a drive crash.

Can I work offline with this PBP license?

[HenrikOlsson]

If the drive crashes and you're not able to deactivate the license I'd contact MeLabs and ask them for help. Given their record I'm sure they'll help you out.

The Activation Manager needs internet access during the activation process. Once activated the compiler will work without internet connection. There IS also a way to "manually" activate the license on a machine without internet access.

If/when MeLabs shuts down business I hope they will release a version of the compiler that has the license activation removed completely.

[richard]

If/when MeLabs shuts down business I hope they will release a version of the compiler that has the license activation removed completely.

me too... and judging by spam content that is going unmoderated on the official forum it may be not that far off

[Ioannis]

In your screenshot I can only see the "Default Path and Find Manually" of the PBP compiler and not, as you mentioned, path to the MPLABX assembler.

I am not sure what you want to see in the path.

You just select either manually or by default. You will not see the actual path.

Ioannis

[HenrikOlsson]

Someone is overthinking and overcomplicating things. This is not Linux :-)

The confusion likely comes from the following:

From the settings of the MCS IDE/View/Compile and Program Options, you have two buttons (Default Path and Find Manually...) to direct IDE to the correct MPLABX assembler.

In the referenced dialog you do set the path to the compiler, ie PBP and not the assembler. There is a checkbox to tell it to use MPASMX assembler instead of the old MPASM assembler but no way to set the path to IT.

When PBP3 installs it automatically launches a tool that should find the path to the assembler. That tool is available in the PBP3 Start Menu folder after installation and can be run manually if needed.

Just run the installer and follow the instructions.