Hi,

You can probably hook up waspmote using the current version of visual micro (paid or free).

However, waspmote will not support you if they know. I asked them a couple of years ago and they said they worried that other tools allow new bootloaders to be burnt to the device. Apparently they have a custom bootloader which they won't release so the hardware would be junk if you did that by mistake.

Two options:

1) You can switch "File>Preferences>External Editor" in the waspmote id. Then use Visual Micro to edit, click back on wapsmote to compile/upload. Waspmote will be happy with this solution. It allows the sketch to remain open in waspmote as readonly mode. When you click compile/upload the waspmote ide will reload the sketch from disk so any changes saved in Visual Micro will be used.

2) In "Release" mode with Visual Micro, try to compile (and upload if you want but it's your responsibility if it fails or busts the board). The compile will at least tell you if the program is correct and allow you to double click into error messages. 

The upload might work or might fail. The system looks like a fairly normal arduino system, they have certainly ripped a recent arduino ide but their build process is like the old 1.0 of Arduino. I have no idea if there is a gotcha to uploading your own program outside of the waspmote ide. 

Based on my question to waspmote previously the thing to avoid is clicking "Burn bootloader", however my question was some years ago and there might be more to it these days.

The debugger won't work by default unless you use the softwareSerial option. That might work but not tested.

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Both options require you to:-

1. Copy "waspmoteide\hardware\waspmote\cores\waspmote-api\waspmote.h" to "waspmoteide\hardware\waspmote\cores\waspmote-api\arduino.h". Arduino.h is what visual micro looks for so that's why you need to copy the file.

2. Register the location of the waspmote ide in Visual Micro using the Arduino 1.0 application type.

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Finally, for peace of mind, you can switch on "File>Preferences>verbose" in waspmote and "Visual Micro>Verbose Messages". When you compile in either Ide you will see a verbose output. To see a full build you might have to restart waspmote but in visual micro click "Build>Clean Solution". Compare the verbose outputs to see if processor switches, build commands and temp sources are the same.