Piklab Error

VEX V5 General Discussion Technical Discussion
#1

Since I switched to Ubuntu as main OS I’ve been trying to figure out a way to program Vex on it. Right now, I’ve installed EasyC V2 with Wine. There’s a few bugs (for example, when I enter my product code I get an error message saying: “SOCX5” and then I must force quit out of the application) But if I just ignore the popup asking for my CD Key, it works perfectly.

Anyways, right now I’m attempting to use Piklab to program my Vex. I’ve created a new project, selected the C18 compiler (I also have the mcc18 compiler running flawlessly - i think - on wine) the correct microcontroller and I have all of the necessary files to start a new Vex project. But, when ever I go to compile it, the Compile Log box says this:

wine mcc18 -I/home/grant/Desktop/project/ -I -p 18f8520 -fo=main.o main.c 
MPLAB C18 v2.40 (feature limited) 
Error: unable to locate '18f8520' 
Copyright 1999-2004 Microchip Technology Inc. 
*** Exited with status: 3 ***

Any ideas? Also, maybe some of you know how to compile a project from the terminal in Ubuntu?

#2

I am guessing that "Error: unable to locate ‘18f8520’ " is about “locating” the Header File, or maybe PIC Libraries.

From the Command Line, you most likely need to set some Environment Variables for the Compiler…

Read the MPLAB C18 C COMPILER GETTING STARTED manual, pages 21-22 (PDF Pages 25-26).

Here is an addition reference page for MCC18 and BSD/UNIX, Vex Robotics under Unix.

#3

Thanks MarkO. You beat me in posting, lol. I’ve gotten MPLAB working very nicely, but Piklab is still giving me some trouble. Oh well. What’s important is that I can program my Vex bots in Ubuntu. Thanks.

#4

No need to mess around with wine. You can program the Vex using SDCC 2.7.0 or later. I’ve done a fair amount of testing on Debian-based systems.

http://personalpages.tds.net/~jwbacon/vex.html

Also see this thread:

[https://vexforum.com/t/sdcc-for-vex-is-here/15198/1

Cheers,

-J](https://vexforum.com/t/sdcc-for-vex-is-here/15198/1)

#5

https://vexforum.com/showpost.php?p=101781&postcount=37

#6