Basic Micro Studio - Changes in Beta from Build to build

kurte · September 12, 2009, 2:20pm

As we experiment more and more with the new betas of the Basic Micro Studio and things are found that do not work or fixes are made, we should try to document these.

I know that Basic Micro is currently in the process of reworking the manual , which I can not wait to see! In the mean time I have been making posts up on their website in the Atom Pro forum: forums.basicmicro.com/viewforum.php?f=486

It would be great if others do so as well. I am not sure if it is best if we continue to do it over at the Basic Micro forum or if we should put a summary up here.

Kurt

robotdude · September 14, 2009, 2:42pm

I made this an Announcement to keep it at the top. As far as I’m concerned you can post here or there. They will just have two places to look for reports of problems.

kurte · September 16, 2009, 12:04am

Sounds Great!

Here is some of the text that I posted earlier on the Basic Micro web site.
As we find out more information about what changes from build to build in this beta, I thought it would be good to have some place to share some of this information. So I will try to post some of this information here.

Note: This information is probably not complete, it is only what I have been told or discovered.

1.0.0.10 - Initial release of Studio beta.

1.0.0.12 - Fixed Serin Flow control: serin RX\RTS

1.0.0.13 -
fixed the clear screen for the terminal windows(eg binary 0).
Lookdown,branch, and PWM had some minor bug fixes.
hserin timeout now matches serin timeouts(.5 microseconds). ### Manual needs to change ###

Here is some more information from Nathan for build 1.0.0.14 -

AcidTech:

Added HSERVOINT_SERVO# interrupts(# = 0 to 31). These ints trip once at the end of any movement. t The interrupt handler is called just before the last servo pulse of this movement. This last pulse is already calculated and nothing you do in the interrupt handler will effect this pulse(unless you trash registers you shouldn’t in an asm handler). Any hservo command changes will take effect after this pulse. A 0 rate hservo movement will cause the int to trip on the next pulse after the hservo command.

Can use with ONINTERRUPT or ONASMINTERRUPT

Same rules apply as with any asm interrupts. You have to save any trashed registers.

Here is a simple example program:
enablehservo
ONINTERRUPT HSERVOINT_SERVO0,handler_hservo0
ONINTERRUPT HSERVOINT_SERVO1,handler_hservo1
servo0 var long
servo1 var long
servo0=0
servo1=0
hservo [p0\0,p1\0]   ;causes end of movement interrupts to trip
main
 goto main
 
handler_hservo0
 servo0=servo0+1
 if(servo0=1)then
  hservo [p0\-16000\200]
 endif
 if(servo0=2)then
  hservo [p0\8000\100]
 endif
 if(servo0=3)then
  hservo [p0\-8000\200]
 endif
 if(servo0=4)then
  hservo [p0\16000\100]
  servo0=0
 endif
 resume
handler_hservo1
 servo1=servo1+1
 if(servo1=1)then
  hservo [p1\-16000\200]
 endif
 if(servo1=2)then
  hservo [p1\8000\100]
 endif
 if(servo1=3)then
  hservo [p1\-8000\200]
 endif
 if(servo1=4)then
  hservo [p1\16000\100]
  servo1=0
 endif
 resume

Also here is a link to the later version, but remember these are beta releases!
basicmicro.com/downloads/software/BasicMicroStudioSetup_1-0-0-14.exe

kurte · October 13, 2009, 4:50pm

One useful feature of Studio is the ability to split the window and look at two pieces of the code at the same time. Probably most people have already found this, but just in case.

You can create two views of the same file by choosing the New Window menu item in the Window Menu. This will create a new view on the window. You can then drag the view by clicking and dragging the tab for the file to one of the edges of the window. If you drag it to the right edge you can view the views side by side. If you drag it toward the bottom of the window, you can split it horizontally. Note: this is not restricted to two views of the same file. You can have two different files shown horizontally or vertically.

There appears to be a minor bug when you are viewing multiple views of the same file, it appears like only the :1 view of the file will update the Ln and column number that is shown for the current line at the bottom of the studio window.

Kurt

km6vv · October 13, 2009, 7:03pm

It’s BIG! I’ve downloaded it, but haven’t installed it yet. Does it still generate all the files (BasicAtom) it did previously? I have a use for them.

Alan KM6VV

kurte · October 13, 2009, 7:08pm

The nice thing about studio is it is all in one. It does both Atom and Pro, plus some others I think.

Kurt

sn96 · October 14, 2009, 2:35pm

I made the switch to studio. The all in one is better than having seperate programs for every single device. I wish Nathan would add the ability to change fonts for the code window. I know it has nothing to do with its function, but it’s just one of those things that bug me. I know I’m a nut :mrgreen:

kurte · October 29, 2009, 2:24pm

I updated my main machine from Vista to Windows 7. Now the system User Controls is complaining about Studio in the way that Vista complained about the older BM programs.

I did a properties on the main program and tried turning off the Windows XP compatability mode and ran the program without getting this error, but when I tried compiling something that failed saying something needed to be elevated…

I will notify Nathan.

acidtech · October 30, 2009, 5:39am

So MS lied again. They said Win7 would not break Vista compatible programs. Nothing new there.

I’ve been properly notified. I’ll fix this as soon as I move my dev environment to Win 7(means buy a new laptop so I expect this is going to take a few weeks). Until then you’ll have to allow the program elevation when starting Studio and use XP compatibility mode(which looks like the default setting by the installer).

If anyone else finds any other Win7 “features” please let me know asap.

linuxguy · November 27, 2009, 9:48pm

I second this! I have a real difficult time with smaller text. Being able to increase the size and style would help me greatly also. This is one of those necessary user interface features.

8-Dale

sn96 · November 30, 2009, 2:01pm

The ability to change the fonts and bold type would give users added customization to suit their preferences.

acidtech · December 2, 2009, 11:44pm

At some point I’ll have the time to upgrade to the BCGPEditor and switch out the Crystal Editor classes I am currently using in Studio/IDE but until then the adjustabl;e font stuff won’t be implemented. Sorry.

Just a note that 1.0.0.15 is up on our server now though I’m not sure if the link has been updated yet.

sn96 · December 3, 2009, 12:50am

Maybe this will help you get more time…

kurte · December 14, 2009, 1:55am

As Nathan (AcidTech) mentioned 1.0.0.15 is up on the Basic Micro website. Currently all that I know that was changed in this build are:

sn96 · December 14, 2009, 3:17pm

Cool, I really look forward to the ARC32 boards. I love the 2-in-one design. 8)

kurte · December 17, 2009, 9:03pm

Warning with the new build 1.0.0.15, I am having problems getting program to compile that use SLONG variables. IE something like:
x var slong

If anyone else has this version installed, could you verify if it is simply my setup…

Kurt

fish-5 · December 17, 2009, 9:45pm

Tested here, I get an error too.

robotdude · December 17, 2009, 10:12pm

E-mailed them, they are planning to release a new version next week.

acidtech · December 18, 2009, 11:04pm

Fixed the bad alias for SLONG. Some how I deleted the check for SLONG so it was falling through as a possible alias which of course didn’t exist so…bork.

And yes I’ll be posting a new release early next week(maybe this weekend). I’ll be trying to get some videos of the ARC-32 running the BH3-R made this weekend as well.

zenta · December 19, 2009, 7:20am

Cool! Looking forward to see the board in action.