BUG? Netlinx Studio 2.5.0.163 - Quickload IR Mapping still broken?

ekeppel

I've had problems with the Quickloader incorrectly mapping IR files for some time now with several versions of Studio up to the current one. When I notified AMX about the bug, they told me they could not reproduce it.

Just to demonstrate, I used the Workspace wizard to create a simple workspace with the master file 'main' below:

PROGRAM_NAME='main'
DEFINE_DEVICE
DVD = 5001:5:1
DBS = 5001:6:1

DEFINE_PROGRAM
// Do Nothing

I add two IR files to the workspace and after compiling the program, they are mappable to the device addresses listed as above. After mapping the IRs, I quickload the active system to send it to the master, and the two IR files show up in the list mapped correctly.

Now, if I want to change the device number of those devices to say:
DVD = 5001:7:1
DBS = 5001:8:1

Recompile. Mappings in the workspace view adjusted themselves fine - good. Quickload the active system. No problem, mapping on those IRs has correctly updated as 5001:7:1 and 5001:8:1.

Now, here's where the problem comes in. Let's say I change the addresses of my devices to:
DVD = 5001:5:2
DBS = 5001:6:2

Recompile. Mappings in the workspace view still look good and reflect the new changes. Quickload the active system as before and look at the mappings. They are now 5001:5:1 and 5001:6:1. Everything updated but the system number which should be 2. Exit Netlinx Studio and reopen the same workspace. Now Quickload the same system again. Mappings updated correctly now. *scratch head*

I reuse a lot of code and multisystem workspace files, so I run into this problem quite often. Many of our jobs have multiple masters and sometimes complicated mapping. I am constantly having to shut down and relaunching Studio to force it to update the mappings when I change them in situations like the example above.

Is there something that I may be doing wrong or in the wrong order? Try it out for yourself and let me know if you find it to be a bug or not.

Thanks for listening!

Eric

AMX Programmer
MHS Technologies
Newland, NC

yuri

i can't really reproduce it either... Maybe i'm not doing something because of some sort of "routine"?

Marc Scheibein

In the file transfer window, please have a look at right bottom to the "Remember last items transfered".
If it is checked, it is very easy to download "old" files by accident. In most cases, I have unchecked this, so if you do a quick load you always have the most recent files in the list.

ekeppel

I may have had the 'remember' button checked, but I always simply hit 'remove all' before quickloading, so it shouldn't 'remember' should it?

Eric

ekeppel

I just tried playing around with the 'remember' button checked and unchecked with no difference in how things work (still broken). I did find something interesting, though. If I click 'add' and manually select what I want to add, the mappings are correct. The problem is with 'quickload'. At least this narrows things down for me.

Just as an aside, I don't believe this problem is at all related to a corrupted installation of Studio. In fact, this is a new laptop I'm using this month, with newly installed AMX apps, yet I had the same quickload problem on my previous laptop, and the one before that, too (different brands of laptop even). I don't use Micro$oft's file settings and transfer wizard, so I'm not pulling in corrupted registry settings or anything. I'm not sure why it doesn't work for me, but... *shrug*

Eric