CCS 5.xxx Sticky

[bkamen]

I think we should maybe consider a CCS 5.xxx Sticky to gather all the bugs or things with 5.x

I just renewed my maintenance today - but I'm a little wary of installing 5.xxx yet.

the Sticky could report on known stuff (keep sticky locked and only admins can add verified items?)

Just a thought,

-ben
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[micro_debugger]

Hi,
I have renew my license last week and working with versions 5.008 and now 5.009. Until now no problem has been indicated, a LOT of features has been improved, and general impression until now is very good. Tested the PIC18F25K20 and PIC18F46J50. A very nice interface to the ICD3 has been added, and general it seems to be very good product.

BR

[dyeatman]

I have been working with V5 since 5.003 and have not found any serious
issues so far, just fairly minor ones. I too like the new version and think it's
a significant step forward with all the new features and utilities like the signal
generator. The readme.txt file is not much help any more. They seem to be
keeping the .CHM file updated now. One really nice feature is the ability it
provides to swap between installed versions.
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[alan]

How do you swap between versions. Tried it using project options but still compile with 5.009 instead of 4.141 that I specified.

Regards
Alan

[miro]

Addressmod does not work with 5.009. Bug issued to ccs in feb2013.
http://www.ccsinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=50809

[jeremiah]

[dyeatman]

[alan]

Thanks all. To quote dyeatman "Yep that's how"

[rwskinner]

Lots of little things here. I have installed and uninstalled twice now.

When installing, I get Invalid File Name when the Configuration and INI settings dialog opens and you press Configure.

If selecting a different version compiler, I get Invalid Pointer Operation.

The above errors are useless because they do not show complete information.

When loading a project, I get List Out of Bounds (76) and have to close with 3 finger salute.

When I open a project, I get a blank debug screen in the middle of my work space, and the Output screen is at the very top of the screen (off the screen) and you can only see the bottom right corner. I was able to drag it down finally.

Many dialogs do not work properly with dual monitors and go to the Center of the desktop instead of the current window or workspace.

Sometimes the IDE opens and when a Project is opened there is no source displayed and you can't click on the Files tab on the left side because it is not visible. (Files, Projects, and Identifiers) do not show on the screen all the time.

Debug Screen will not close when you click on the Red X.

[dyeatman]

The kind of problems you are describing are ones I encountered after
changing versions without exiting CCS and coming back in.

As far as installs, every one has been problem free so far.

Otherwise I haven't had any "biggies" yet. The biggest one so far had to do
with CCSLoad back in 5.004 and they seem to have gotten that fixed.

I am not using dual monitors on that development system so those may
figure in somehow.
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[rwskinner]

Thanks, I'm not really sure how that is possible. I got a dialog stating I must close the IDE before I continue, I did and the install went fine until the very end.

All installs were from Update manager. This last time I downloaded it from CCS but I have not installed it yet.

Richard

[rwskinner]

Any reason version 5 eats the older project files? Does it rename them or just create v5 prj files and deletes the old ones?

I went back to version 4 and there are no project files being listed on any projects that were opened with version 5.

Richard

[miro]

Addressmod does not work with 5.010.
http://www.ccsinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=50809

[mvanvliet]

I think I’ve found a bug in V5.010.

When the PWM outputs are used and you want to turn them off there is an setup_PWMx(PWM_disabled) function, but this function only turns off bit 7 of the PWMxCON register. This is PWMxEN, when I try to turn off the PWM and send RS232 through that pin I discovered that bit 6 of PWMxCON (PWMxOE) also must be set to zero.

This was with a PIC12F1501, I don't know of it's with all PICs with an PWM output.

Bug reported to CCS today.

[Ttelmah]

Most chips (99%), don't have a separate PWM, instead they have the CCP module. Only a very few have the PWM, and the fault will only apply to these. It's a bit of negative logic, with the function correctly disabling the module, but the (now disabled) module remains connected to the pin.
Now, some people might actually want this. What would be ideal, would be if CCS allowed you separate control of the OE pin. They have a selection to set this, but not clear it (PWM_OUTPUT). So, report it to CCS, and suggest that they allow you to select:

PWM_DISABLED | PWM_OUTPUT (if you want the line to remain driven by the disabled PWM)

PWM_DISABLED (should default to both disabling the module and deselecting the output).

Best Wishes