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MacBS2 trouble

SkweederSkweeder Posts: 4
edited 2007-05-08 16:30 in BASIC Stamp
After installing the MacBs2 program I noticed something odd... after opening the program from the dock there's no debugging console appearing like the one on the right

http://www.muratnkonar.com/otherstuff/macbs2/index.shtml

even when I click on "file>new" there's still no window comming on...

I installed all the latest update for mac osx and the latest tokenizer.

Is there something else I should check or know... like the programming windows only appear when u plug a microcontroller? I'm rather new to this whole basic stamp thing


I'm running on a macbook pro 1.83 ghz core duo


thanks in advance everyone

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  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2007-05-03 20:42
    There is no debug console in MacBS2. It can be used only for programming and editing. If you would like a debug console, you can use any serial terminal program such as ZTerm (which I use). Also have a look at this "hint": www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20061109133825654.
  • LarryLarry Posts: 212
    edited 2007-05-03 21:11
    Hmm,

    I just fired up my copy of MacBs2, and ther's a pane at the bottom that's clearly labeled "<Debugger Pane>". I didn't have a keyspan or Stamp attached. I've attached a picture of said window. Are you sure you don't have it shrunk down? The size is drag-able.

    Yeah I know that strictly speaking it's not a debugger. I use it to get results of the DEBUG and SEROUT commands . My understanding is that It's one way comunication, so you can't use it for DEBUGIN, by I don't try to, even when I use a PC.

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  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2007-05-03 21:44
    Skweeder and Larry,
    Sorry about that. I was thinking about the usual debugger window with input and output. You're absolutely right. MacBS2 does have the output-only window. My mistake.
  • SkweederSkweeder Posts: 4
    edited 2007-05-03 22:11
    Well sorry about any misunderstanding about the debugger windows... the thing is that nothing happens after launching the application so I don't even have a window like the one Larry showed... the program is open, it's shown as open in the dock... there's just no way to interact with it... aside from file>new and file>open the rest of the options are disabled. Even with clicking on those two dosn't make anything appear.

    Is there any issues known about any program that might affect MacBS2 such as plugins?


    thanks in advance
  • LarryLarry Posts: 212
    edited 2007-05-04 01:32
    Are you sure you have the latest version? (2.0b17). As I recall, (memory fuzzy) older versions didn't have the debug window. Try a fresh download and install- it shouldn't require any other downloads except the driver for a USB device, if you are using one.


    One last thought- What OS are you using? the software is made for the OS10 range of software I'm on 10.4.9

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    Post Edited (Larry) : 5/4/2007 1:40:26 AM GMT
  • SkweederSkweeder Posts: 4
    edited 2007-05-04 02:00
    Yah I try 5 times ton reinstall the thing, seems that the problem still persist

    I'm running os X 10.4.9... seems like the only way I can get Basic stamp to work properly is via parrallel desktop... on the flip side... the arduino program is working fine... go figure :|



    thanks anyway guys
  • LarryLarry Posts: 212
    edited 2007-05-04 02:35
    Ok,
    here's my best shot. Read ALL the directions in the [noparse][[/noparse] MacBS2 2.0b17 Install] folder.

    It seems there is an issue downloading and unstuffing the tokenizer from Parallax that is needed with the program.

    If you started out with an operating system before 10.4, stuffit came with it. If you were online, the tokenizer was downloaded and installed automagically.

    More recent systems don't have stuffit, so there is a Zip file you can get from Parallax instead.

    Here's the instructions:
    Manual Tokenizer Installation

In case MacBS2 is unable to download and install the tokenizer, here's how to do it manually:

Download the PBasic tokenizer from Parallax's website:
http://www.parallax.com/dl/sw/tok/PbasicTokenizer.sit
Note that if you're running Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4) or later, you may not have StuffIt installed. In that case, use this link instead to download a .zip version of the same archive:
http://www.parallax.com/dl/sw/tok/PbasicTokenizer.zip
Once decompressed, you'll have a folder named "PbasicTokenizer". Inside that you'll find a "Macintosh" folder. Inside the "Macintosh" folder is a file called "tokenizer.shlb".
    Drag "tokenizer.shlb" to your /Library/CFMSupport folder.
Run MacBS2 and verify that it can load the tokenizer.
The MacBS2 homepage is at http://muratnkonar.com/otherstuff/macbs2




    That should do it.

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  • SkweederSkweeder Posts: 4
    edited 2007-05-08 16:30
    thx every1 for helping... finally the problem was that: the font "couriel" was disabled



    cheers
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