First Debug not working

[pmolsen]

Why does this program produce no output in the debug window? In fact I can never seem to get the first debug statement in a program to work. (Picaxe 18m2+)

b0 = 1
debug

 

[IronJungle]

Try looping.

 

[eclectic]

Why does this program produce no output in the debug window? In fact I can never seem to get the first debug statement in a program to work. (Picaxe 18m2+)

b0 = 1
debug

Add a pause at the start

pause 1000
b0 = 1
debug

e

 

[MartinM57]

Two lines worth putting at the start of every program:

#picaxe xxx   ;specify PICAXE type
pause yyy     ;delay to let everything stabilise - 250mS or so

 

[Technical]

As others have indicated, the debug Window at the computer side is simply not open by the time the PICAXe does the first debug, hence it gets missed by the computer. A simple pause will resolve that.

 

[westaust55]

The need for a pause at the start is also not limited to use of the Debug command.

If you use SERTXD to send data to the programming Editor Terminal Window as it takes some time for the terminal window to establish itself. This will result in "lost" information if the Terminal Window is opened just as the program download completes.