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Posted by jionbha: Fri. Jul 10, 2020 - 06:10 PM
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I'll describe the behavior I'm seeing, and if anyone has any insight into what may be the cause I'd very much appreciate it.

 

I'm programming an XMEGA C device and talking to it through Modbus RTU. I've somehow gotten my project into a state where I can run the Modbus communications perfectly if I hit Start Debugging and load it up from Atmel Studio 7. It also works perfectly if I program the flash from the Device Programming menu.

 

If I power cycle my device and let it boot up on its own, then I will timeout on all Modbus communications.

 

If I leave a debugging session running from Atmel Studio, power cycle my device and let it boot up on its own, [it hits the timeouts here], then hit Stop Debugging in Atmel Studio it will work perfectly.

 

Thanks in advance.

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Posted by ki0bk: Fri. Jul 10, 2020 - 06:19 PM
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jionbha wrote:
If I power cycle my device and let it boot up on its own, then I will timeout

 

That sounds like a classic case of a forgotten critical variable needs to be initialized before it can be used. Perhaps a pointer?    But that is just a guess smiley

 

Jim

 

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Posted by jionbha: Fri. Jul 10, 2020 - 07:11 PM
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I think I figured it out -- I had some sensors I was trying to communicate with when they were not fully powered, or in some way still initializing themselves when power hit them. If I were to hit Start Debugging, they had already had power for a while. They were getting thrown into a bad comms. state if communication with them was attempted too soon.

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Posted by ki0bk: Fri. Jul 10, 2020 - 07:24 PM
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jionbha wrote:
I had some sensors I was trying to communicate with when they were not fully powered

Glad you got it figured out, those types of trouble can make one lose a lot of hair!  smiley

 

Jim

 

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