Hi,

Thanks for emailing the files, it is nice to have them without having to ask 

You need to include either the "Bridge" or the "Console" library in your sketch. 

In the background, the debugger uses Console.print() which is provided by Arduino.

These two libraries are how the Yun communicates with the on-board network processor.

In future versions of Visual Micro we might try to automatically include the Console or Bridge library if they are not already imported into the sketch code. However, all of the network and cloud services of the Arduino Yun are not available without the Bridge library, so we currently expect it to already be included in your sketch.

You might also find the Bridge example to give you a good start with the Yun. Click the yellow ? on the tool bar and take a look at the code in the example.

Thanks, hope this help.

ps: Once you prove it works then I recommend using normal Serial upload and debug in early testing simply because it is much faster. The Yun network upload is slow.

Hi,

Good to hear things are working. Visual Micro is identical to Arduino in how the code works. The Bridge library is produced by Arduino and required by the Yun to use its network services.

I can't give you help with Console or Bridge on this site because we just support the plugin. However the arduino.cc site is a wealth of information and their playground and forum are also useful.

I think the confusion you have is that your sketch doesn't use the network side of the Yun so in Visual Micro use the serial port to upload and debug your programs. 

Only because you have selected the Ip address of the Yun have you encountered difficulties. I suggest you step back and use the serial which is more normal for Arduino and faster for upload. You should see the Yun listed as a serial port, if not then run the Arduino installer so that it registers the usb driver. Then you do not need the bridge or console libs in your sketch.

There are lots of documents on the visualmicro.com wiki and the debugger page explains a lot. If you have any questions that are undocumented or unclear I look forward to answering them.

Thank you Tim for your most thorough answer.  Unfortunately for me, I plan to use the network for the final code so it was a good thing that I hit these bumps in advanced.

You saved me a lot of guessing and searching.

Hail Time Leek 

Have a nice weekend.