Hi,

I am not sure if I understand. For now please forget everything you know about Atmel Studio,.elf files and ignore tools>options. 

Just do this which is Arduino compatible ...

1) Click "Tools>Visual Micro>Programmers" and select your programmer (avrisp mkII)
2) Click "Tools>Visual Micro>Upload using Programmer"
3) Now use any of the normal Atmel Studio start commands (with or without debugging) to upload using avrisp instead of serial.

Sorry if I have missed the point. Is this what you wanted to do?

I will review the wiki which I know needs improving.

Thanks

Atmel changed the usb drivers to Jungo some time ago and they are no longer compatible with the Arduino Ide.

Visual Micro uses the tools supplied with the Arduino Ide so you need to switch the driver back to the one that came with the installation disk of the mkisp mkII.

If you have problems or can't find the install disk there is a page here that explains how to switch the usb driver.

Don't shoot the messenger, I am just telling you how it is (not my fault) 

ps: I am trying to find out from Atmel how to use their atprogram.exe to upload instead of the Arduino tool chain. I think this would be a better solution for advanced users of Atmel Studio. Not sure if it is possible my knowledge is weak in this area. If you have any ideas then they will be appreciated

Please see the ps in my previous comments. If we can find the atpromgram.exe commands to upload with avrisp mkII then we can extend the config to support it. I don't think you would need a new release of Visual Micro for that.

Another thing that might be useful is that hopefully the next release will publish the .elf/hex etc to the standard Atmel build folder.

No I have not tried it yet but I am waiting for some information from Atmel to save hunting for it. It is quite easy to extend the 1.5.x programmer.txt in arduinoide/hardware/arduino/avr to include a different programmer like atprogram.exe. Hopefully this will be possible with the info.

Well done, I look forward to trying it.

Hi,

1403.03 RC + any Arduino 1.5.x version + Jungo drivers

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This sounds like a custom library is causing a problem that Visual Micro should ignore or handle better. You might find that some libraries are missing from the "project>add/import sketch library>user" menu.

Please switch on "tools>options>visual micro>user interface>trace" and then re-start the ide. please email the trace output that appears after the ide re-starts. We might have to make a new beta and extend the trace messages if they do not clearly show the problem. This can be done quickly.

+ Please confirm that you see the list of boards in the tool bar?

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I think this is a usb issue or Atmel Studio problem because we can see that Visual Micro has invoked the Atmel version of the programmer and that it then failed with an error communicating with another bit of Atmel software.

C:\Program Files\Atmel\Atmel Studio 6.1\atbackend\atprogram -d atmega328p -v -t avrispmk2 -i ISP program -c -f "C:\Users\Jim\AppData\Local\VMicro\Arduino\Builds\Blink\uno\Blink.hex" 

I am sorry to not have a solution at hand. Maybe you can post this single issue on the atmel support site? Q: What would cause this message "[INFO] Could not find tool. Retrying..."

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You would expect to see errors like this for a usb device that does not have the correct driver. If you were trying to use the Arduino version of avrisp mkII then you would see this error and it would be correct. As you know it is either atmel drivers or arduino drivers so one tool will always produce an error.

We do not use the ctrl+shift+p or the standard atmel screens for upload. You simply selected the programmer from tools>visual micro>programmers and then click "upload using programmer". Then hit F5 to upload using the selected programmer as you have done in your first example above.

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You should still see the Uno in the Serial ports list? If not then something out of the ordinary has happened to your pc. The Atmel jungo drivers do not affect the standard Arduino usb/uno drivers.

After you have uploaded to an Arduino using a programmer you will no longer be able to upload using usb unless you burn a new bootloader. This is how Arduino works and is not within the control of Visual Micro.

However if programmer upload has failed ALWAYS, then I do not understand how your Arduino Uno would not allow usb upload. Did you upload using avrisp programmer before switching to the Atmel Jungo drivers, then this would explain why this happens?

If your Uno is no longer listed as a COM port then I would suggest re-starting your pc.

Hope to hear more.

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At first glance, this does look like a library causing some confusion with the latest beta. I guess you have a "sketchbook folder\libraries folder" with a few custom libraries installed? 

2)
Do you see any libraries listed on project>add/import sketch library>user?

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Sorry I do not understand any of this? Please explain more.

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Difficult to understand what does not work from this report.

Can you see the Uno listed under tools>visual micro>serial monitor? Is it ticked?

Did you un-check tools>visual micro>upload using programmer"?

Thanks

Thanks, so you proven arduino usb is working with a board that has a bootloader.

So if you untick "upload using programmer" in Visual Micro and select the serial port then press F5 what happens?

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Okay some confusion here 

You mean "tools>options>visual micro" not "tools>options>VB"

The tip for the user interface trace might be out of date. The trace appears in the output window after you re-start Visual Micro (VM). If you run as administrator then it will also create the file report of the trace with the same info. 

We do not need the trace any more you have already reported what is says above. I then asked two questions of which I am still awaiting answers...

1) I guess you have a "sketchbook folder\libraries folder" with a few custom libraries installed? 

2) Do you see any libraries listed on project>add/import sketch library>user?

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As concerns uploading I still need answers to these two questions please

Can you see the Uno listed under tools>visual micro>serial monitor? Is it ticked?

1) Did you un-check tools>visual micro>upload using programmer"?

2) If you untick "upload using programmer" in Visual Micro and also select the serial port from "tools>visual micro>serial monitor" then press F5 what happens?

Thanks