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<accordion close-others="true">
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<accordion-group heading="The plugin doesn't work on my system.">
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<p>If it doesn't work with the Arduino IDE it won't work with the plugin. Can you compile in the Arduino IDE?</p>
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<p>If you installed the 64 bit version, do you have 64 bit java installed and configured properly?</p>
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<p>Have you configured the plugin correctly?</p>
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<p>Have you installed in program files? The plugin does not support spaces in the path.</p>
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<p>Ask yourself: What doesn't work?</p>
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For older versions verify serial communication is active.<br>
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Goto windows-&gt;preferences-&gt;Arduino-&gt;Arduino and check wether "Disable RX TX" is unchecked.<br>
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At the same location press the "test serial dll" button to verify there is a vallid dll for your OS.<br>
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If the RXTX dll is enabled and there is a valid rxtx dll found for your OS/Eclipse combination it works on
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If the RXTX dll is enabled and there is a valid rxtx dll found for your OS/Eclipse combination it works on
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most OS's (<a href="https://github.com/jantje/arduino-eclipse-plugin/issues/7">there is a known issue in Linux flavours </a>)<br>
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<accordion-group heading="On Linux I have no serial ports available.">
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<p>In the newer versions of the plugin this is no longer needed.</p>
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When I press the "test serial dll" I get a dialog box telling me it did not find a proper dll.<br>
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What is happening?<br>
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When you press the button the plugin tries to load the dll delivered with the Arduino IDE. If this dll does not load it tries to load a dll delivered with the plugin.
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When you press the button the plugin tries to load the dll delivered with the Arduino IDE. If this dll does not load it tries to load a dll delivered with the plugin.
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(note older versions worked the other way around)<br>
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Assuming Arduino IDE is working:<br>
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The Arduino dll is 32 bit so the Eclipse environment you run the plugin in is not. In other words: you are probably running 64 bit Eclipse and
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The Arduino dll is 32 bit so the Eclipse environment you run the plugin in is not. In other words: you are probably running 64 bit Eclipse and
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there is no 64 bit RXTX dll delivered for your os with the plugin.<br>
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I would advice to try the 32 bit version of eclipse.
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If you are adventures you may go and look for a 64 bit RXTX dll for you OS. (If you find one please inform me and I may be able to add it to the plugin.)<br>
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<accordion-group heading="How can I find out more of the problem at hand?">
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<p>Thanks for asking.</p>
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<p>It is always a good idea to find out more about the problem at hand.</p>
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<p>It is always a good idea to find out more about the problem at hand.</p>
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<p>There are actually 3 Eclipse views that can give you more feedback on the problem at hand.</p>
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<ul><li>The console view</li>
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<li>The problems view</li>
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<li>The errors view</li></ul>
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The console view gives you more information on the commands that are being run externally.
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That is the compiler and avr dude. The commands should be nearly 100% the same as in the Arduino IDE (the order is not always relevant).
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Differences I am aware of are
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The console view gives you more information on the commands that are being run externally.
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That is the compiler and avr dude. The commands should be nearly 100% the same as in the Arduino IDE (the order is not always relevant).
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Differences I am aware of are
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<ul><li>-D__IN_ECLIPSE__=1: that specifies you are in Eclipse(I'm considering to remove this)</li>
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<li>-Wall: stating that all warnings must be shown (the Arduino IDE does not show warnings)</li>
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<li>-x c++: An option I added to force *.pde and *.ino to be treated as C++ files (the latest versions of Arduino do this also)</ul>
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<li>-x c++: An option I added to force *.pde and *.ino to be treated as C++ files (the latest versions of Arduino do this also)</ul>
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The problems view gives an overview of the code problems and is probably not what you are looking for when you are reading this.<br><br>
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The error view gives you an overview of errors and warnings that happened in Eclipse and or its plugins.
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To show the errors window: select Window-&gt;show view -&gt; other-&gt;select general tab-&gt;error log.
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Look at the plugin column to see which plugin logged the warning.
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Look at the plugin column to see which plugin logged the warning.
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I can only tell you more about the errors and warnings generated by io.sloeber.* plugins.
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<br><br>A final and most time consuming way to find the problem is to download the code from github. You can then compile and debug the code.<a name="spaces"></a>
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<accordion-group heading="Can I use spaces?">
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The usage of spaces is known to give problems when used in<br>
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The usage of spaces is known to give problems, fior sure when used in<br>
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<li >The Arduino Path.</li>
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<li >Project Names.</li>
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<accordion-group heading="Eclipse tells me there are bugs in my code but it compiles ok.">
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<p>Eclipse compiles your code in 2 ways. Once when you request a build (when you press on the hammer or the verify icon) by the compiler and ones when you change code by the indexer.</p>
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<p>Eclipse compiles your code in 2 ways. Once when you request a build (when you press on the hammer or the verify icon) by the compiler and ones when you change code by the indexer.</p>
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<p>The compiler is responsible for the build and the indexer is responsible for the editing experience.</p>
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<p>The bugs (the red animals in the code) you see in the code can be found by any of the 2.</p>
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This is a bug related to eclipse. If your project compiled fine refresh the project (press F5 when you have the project selected).<br>
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Now there should be a binaries folder in the root of your project containing the elf file.<br>
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Note that just like in the Arduino IDE there is no reason to &quot;see&quot; the elf file.
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This way we all become smarter.<br>
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<accordion-group heading="I can not cancel the upload to the Arduino board.">
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Someone reported that pressing the cancel button during upload to Arduino locks the com port. Even if the upload is not working. To solve the lock problem in windows unplug the Arduino -after all connections to the com port have been closed -from your pc and replug.<br>
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<accordion-group heading="Deleting a library corrupts my project.">
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Ask a local network specialist to help you out.
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Please do not contact me on this because I can't help you with local issues.
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Please do not contact me on this because I can't help you with local issues.
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I will not send zip files over to people who do not sponsor this project.</li></ul>
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for more info see <a href="http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1211165807/6">http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1211165807/6</a>
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<accordion-group heading="How can I find the latest version when installing?">
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To find the latest version when installing a Eclipse plugin. In the "install new software" dialog make sure
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To find the latest version when installing a Eclipse plugin. In the "install new software" dialog make sure
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only the latest version is checked
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**unzip**
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The down-loaded file for the product is a tar file. On windows you can uncompress and unzip it with 7Zip. You need to use 7zip two times.
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The down-loaded file for the product is a tar file. On windows you can uncompress and unzip it with 7Zip. You need to use 7zip two times.
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Windows users keep in mind that spaces cause problems. So do not install the arduino IDE eclipse or Sloeber in "program files". Don't create the workspace in "my documents".
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Windows users keep in mind that spaces cause problems. So do not install the arduino IDE eclipse or Sloeber in "program files". Don't create the workspace in "my documents".
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**Below this line is for older versions**
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**V2: make no longer part of arduino ide**
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from Arduino IDE 1.5.7 onwards
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The first problem is consistent and is that the make file is no longer part of the Arduino IDE delivery. To fix this you can install make or copy make from an older version.
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from Arduino IDE 1.5.7 onwards
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The first problem is consistent and is that the make file is no longer part of the Arduino IDE delivery. To fix this you can install make or copy make from an older version.
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**V2: Path issues**
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From arduino IDE 1.5.7 until and including 1.6.0
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This problem is not consistent and may or may not hit you. It deals wit the new toolchain delivered by arduino not 100% supporting a feature in windows that is used by the arduino eclipse plugin.
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If the issue hits you, the indexer will report bugs which do not cause issues during the compile. Even though it can be called "cosmetic" it does seriously reduce the benefit of using eclipse instead of the Arduino IDE.
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See [this arduino issues](https://github.com/arduino/Arduino/issues/2422) for more detail.
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This problem is not consistent and may or may not hit you. It deals wit the new toolchain delivered by arduino not 100% supporting a feature in windows that is used by the arduino eclipse plugin.
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If the issue hits you, the indexer will report bugs which do not cause issues during the compile. Even though it can be called "cosmetic" it does seriously reduce the benefit of using eclipse instead of the Arduino IDE.
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See [this arduino issues](https://github.com/arduino/Arduino/issues/2422) for more detail.

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