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Does anyone at DT have any experience using MonoTools for debugging .NET apps on Power PMAC?

I am very excited to here that you guys are switching to the VS 2010 shell. It has a MUCH better intellisense implementation, along with an all around better code window.

--- The IDE does have this feature. Question would be why it does not work on your system. Can you tell me a little about the OS. You mention below the July release. Did you also install Service Pack 2 and what firmware version do you have on the PPmac (issue date and vers commands in the terminal window) Brad, I uninstalled the Power PMAC Suite (July 2010) and then did a complete reinstall of the IDE along with SP2. The intellisense shows defined structures in my global definitions.pmh file, but anytime I am editing a CPLC or CApp the intellisense does not include any defined structures or my global / local variable definitions. Here is the date and firmware version of my PPMac: date -> Jul 14 2010 vers -> 1.2.1.5

I have been using VS 2008 and VS 2010 for several years and there are a few questions that I have about Delta Tau's IDE: 1) Currently the code window does not seem to support intellisense for local variables, global variables, or library functions. Will this functionality be added in the future? 2) I am using the July 2010 release of Power PMAC Suite and I cannot get it to work properly in offline mode. Every time I attempt to type several letters in the editor, it freezes up for 30+ seconds. However, I do not experience this problem when I am connected to a Power PMAC. Is this a known issue? Do you have a "bug" reporter where I can send information about bugs I find within the IDE? 3) Is the Power PMAC Suite extensible via Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) / Unity / etc? Here is a little more context for the previous question: My company has developed a high speed graphing tool that utilizes the PMAC data gather buffer and provides analysis tools such as frequency domain representation, math analysis, and other custom functions that we use in the field with PMAC systems. This program is currently being adapted over to .NET 4.0 using WPF. Is there any way we could integrate this tool into our IDE's via MEF or some other plugin architecture? 4) Will Power PMAC Suite support auto indentation / auto brackets in the future? 5) Does or will the Power PMAC Suite support live "step-through" debugging using the Visual Studio debugger for non "time-critical" code? Regards, Steven

Thanks Brad, that's exactly what I was thinking!

I know that Visual Studio supports user written "add ins", and it is clear that the items on the "Delta Tau" menu and "Tools" menu within Power PMAC IDE are VS add ins written by Delta Tau. Will we be able to write our own custom add ins that can run in Power PMAC IDE? If so, how can we communicate with the PMAC in our add in code? Will Delta Tau provide a sample add in?

I think I have answered my own question... It seems that CPLC's can be written only in C, not C++. For some reason one of my Delta Tau programming PDFs indicates that CPLC's can be written in C++. It looks like that is either not the case, or it has not been implemented yet.

How do I go about creating a C/C++ class within a CPLC/Capp, or in a separate class that I can call [i]from[/i] a CPLC/Capp? I don't see the option in the Power PMAC IDE to add a "class" file to the project. I've tried adding the most basic class to a CPLC: [i]class TestClass { };[/i] But it reports a syntax error, and will not compile. I'm not sure why it will not compile, as this is standard C++ syntax.

Is there any way I can quickly disable all amplifier fault protection for a motor? My company has developed our own custom card similar to the ACC24E2A. In order to verify that our card works with the Power PMAC, I would like to enable motors 1-4 on the Power PMAC (bypassing the AmpFault protection). Is there a quick and easy variable I can change? We used to zero out the Status Flag register (Ix24) in the Turbo PMAC2 to perform this test.

My company has used Delta Tau Turbo PMAC/PMAC2's for many years, and are now about to transition over to the PowerPMAC product. I have extensive experience using Visual Studio, so I am very excited to see what Delta Tau has done with the IDE. But it begs the question, does the Power PMAC support live debugging of PLC's or programs? To clarify, can you use Visual Studio to step through a program or PLC line by line? This would be infinitely more valuable than previous troubleshooting methods we have used in the past. Thanks, -Steven