Boards Manager Bugs

[Maherulazam]

Can't scroll in the Boards Manager (No Scroll Bar) and the search is not working as well.

Can't detect the Arduino Uno connected to COM38.

[rsora]

Hi @Maherulazam , thanks for your report!

I see form your screenshot that you are on a Windows OS, could you please add the version of your Operating system to the issue description?

In the meantime, can you please check if the snapshot builds attached here #54 (comment) solve your detection problem?

Thanks!

[Erriez]

Same problem for me on Windows 10 64-bit: No serial port found, but multiple serial ports are listed in the original IDE and Windows device manager.

[mastrolinux]

Can you please try again with the last build available at https://github.com/arduino/arduino-pro-ide/releases/tag/v0.0.1-alpha.preview-snapshot-20191021.1 and let us know?

[Erriez]

The scrollbar is now visible on my Windows 10 computer and I am able to select the Arduino UNO board with Arduino Pro IDE Windows v0.0.1-alpha.preview-snapshot-20191021.1:

Serial ports not detected is still a Major issue on all platforms:

• Board/Port not being detected #75
• Problems with the label showing port connectivity #78
• Does not see the Board or com port. Windows 10 #86

[kittaakos]

This has been fixed. I am going to close it.

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Longer story:
Previously we collected only those boards that have an FQBN, it was incomplete logic.
Now, we collect all boards that have an FQBN, plus we collect all used ports:

[
  {
    "address": "/dev/cu.SOC",
    "protocol": "serial",
    "protocol_label": "Serial Port"
  },
  {
    "address": "/dev/cu.MALS",
    "protocol": "serial",
    "protocol_label": "Serial Port"
  },
  {
    "address": "/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Incoming-Port",
    "protocol": "serial",
    "protocol_label": "Serial Port"
  },
  {
    "address": "/dev/cu.usbmodem14601",
    "protocol": "serial",
    "protocol_label": "Serial Port (USB)",
    "boards": [
      {
        "name": "Arduino MKR1000",
        "FQBN": "arduino:samd:mkr1000"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "address": "/dev/cu.usbserial-0001",
    "protocol": "serial",
    "protocol_label": "Serial Port (USB)"
  }
]%  

In the above example, there is an attached Arduino MKR1000 ( on /dev/cu.usbmodem14601) and an ESP8266 (on /dev/cu.usbserial-0001").

Furthermore, we have better support for 3rd party, "unknown" boards: #198 (comment)