Help with RTE mode

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I have the Q2686 dev kit and I’m trying to get to grips with debugging in M2M. But whenever I try to debug one of the samples (eg hello world) using ‘Debug As… Open AT RTE Application’ the Q2686 seems to power-off and the connection is broken. The ‘Run As’ target build seems OK and works as expected. I’m perhaps missing an obvious step when I try RTE ?

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Please check these points:

  • did you build your application in [RTE]_MinGW_Debug build configuration?
  • does your application configuration points on the same Open AT Firmware version than the one currently running on the target?

Thanks.

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Yes I first set Build Configurations/Set Active/[RTE]_MinGW_Debug, then hit Hammer button, which seems to generate new OatAppli.dll.

In fact I just tried it in a completely new and clean workspace, using Hello_World sample. Same thing happens, I right click the Hello_World program, select Debug As/Open AT RTE Application, the Remote Task Monitor pops up and then the CPU immediately powers off as soon as I hit the Start button.

I’m not sure what you mean by configuration points ?

Thanks,

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Actually, starting the RTE debug requires to reset the target.
Are you sure this is a power off, and not only a reset?
Another hint: maybe your ON/OFF switch is set on the OFF position on the development kit. This could explain why the reset asked by the RTE mode lead to powering off the target.

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You were right, I was just pulsing the ‘on’ switch to turn the modem on, so the reset from running RTE was turning the modem off.

This is a big help, and I have had some success already with debugging the hello world program (adding breakpoints etc).

Thanks for your help.

J