Version 4 Comments

Ttelmah · Guest

It seems very similar at present to the existing CCS3 support.I have tried a couple of things that are normal 'C', but will not work (or have to be bodged to make work), in CCS3, and they seem to behave about the same using CCS4, in either 'CCS3' mode, or 'CCS4' mode. In 'ANSI' mode, there were some slightly hopeful signs that parts of the initialisation of variables using pointers, were 'better' (actually putting a number into a varaible that in CCS3, does not get initialised at all). However the value was wrong, and it still didn't work...

Best Wishes

Storic · Joined: 03 Dec 2005 Posts: 182 Location: Australia SA

I have been trying out the MODBUS library and there apears to be missing something. Undefined identifier "setup_uart".
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Ttelmah · Guest

kender · Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 768 Location: Silicon Valley

sjbaxter · Joined: 26 Jan 2006 Posts: 141 Location: Cheshire, UK

I must say that their 'marketing dept' is certainly way ahead of the software.

I have just read the latest news release:

Software Update: CCS C Compiler Version 4.012'

and I am amazed at how good they make the product sound !!

It's just a pity they don't provide a link on the article to the forum so that people can read about the 'suggestions for improvements' and list of 'technical issues' in the real context and fustration in which they were reported !!

Nice one CCS ... now get the software as polished as the news reports and we'll all be happy. Shocked

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MikeW · Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 184 Location: Warrington UK

Kender,

can you post some code snippets which illustrate the usage and advantages of using pointers to functions as a state machine

Mike

Benjamin · Joined: 11 Jan 2006 Posts: 21 Location: Quebec (Canada)

If anyone gets Addressmod working for addressing exterior memory with version 4, please let me know. It still does'nt seem to work with 4.012.

kender · Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 768 Location: Silicon Valley

carlos.e.carvalho · Joined: 27 Oct 2006 Posts: 2

I have the CCS PCM C Compiler, Version 4.013 and tried to use it with PIC 16F685. With ROM lower than 50%, the program works fine. But, when the ROM reaches 50% or more, my program don't starts.

Is there some kind of directive to make the program goes to the right place when the program memory bank changes ?

Thanks !!!

PCM programmer · Joined: 06 Sep 2003 Posts: 21708

Download vs. 3.249 and install it. See if it fixes the problem.
http://www.ccsinfo.com/compilerupdates.php

fusyon · Guest

I am currently using 4.013 and it won't remember the keyboard shortcut. Every time I close PCW , all the keyboard shortcut I added are gone. Evil or Very Mad

This use to be very useful in 3.xx

Also, the toolbar is really bugging me. It is cute but too big. It would be nice if we coul make it disapear or at least resize it.

Dinesh · Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 22 Location: UK

Hi All,

Editor
Since v4.013, the editor gets confused with colour scheme. This causes text to be displayed purple. Has any one else experienced this?

Run Time Exception
So I tried using the MPLAB editor to view/edit. On closing the file and starting CCS complier, I get an muliple exceptions and the CCS software will not run.

This is a serious problem. Installing the software doesn't solve the problem. I had this once before and had to completely erase the PICC directory and the install the software to get it working.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
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paulc · Guest

Hello all,
I'm currently trying to use V4.013 and have discovered some IDE issues. I'm sending these to CCS support.
1. Color schemes selected in Editor Properties are not consistently applied. Purple color for strings is randomly applied when scrolling through code.
2. When expanding and collapsing functions or statements, the color black is chosen to highlight collapsed code snippet. Can't see text at all. Changing editor properties does not repair issue. Must exit and re-start IDE.
3. Memory fault when scrolling through code, especially when code is collapsed. Appears to occur when collapsed code is scrolled off visible page.
Be careful, Hangs IDE.
-p

Richard Arroyo · Joined: 04 Apr 2006 Posts: 22 Location: Sebastopol, CA

By the time it works like a beat AMC Pacer my maintenance will expire. Very Happy

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Konrad · Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 34

I have been asking CCS about 33F and 24F support. I have a project that needs 3 external timers and 1 internal timer, and it is currently on a PIC17 using Microchip C17 compiler.
Waiting for CCS (all my other projects use CCS), I have used the C30 compiler (student version). I have just got fed up of waiting for even a beta that I have ordered the full C30.
BUT
when asking about FIR,IIR,FFT support in the new compiler I had the reply that the linker will be microchip compatible.

With the C30 GNU compiler supporting pointer to functions, pointers to constants etc, this seems a major step for CCS!

to be able to link CCS code with microchip code!

On another note I have noiced in the latest MPLAB the C30 linker no longer has a tick box for "link for ICD". The linker builds depending on whether you select ICD as debugger or programmer. This philosopy of hiding options seems to be trendy for more than CCS!