[sdiy] (OT)DSPIC compiler for MPLABX-IDE on MAC OSX?

[dan snazelle]

shoot....it seems i am having this problem EVEN with NEW projects

here is the error message (this is with the C30 compiler and PICKIT2 to a dspic33fj64gp802




warning: Configuration "default" builds with "C30" at "C:\Program Files\Microchip\mplabc30\v3.30c\bin", but no toolchain of that type is installed there.
info: Configuration "default" will build with toolchain "C30" at "/Applications/microchip/mplabc30/v3.30c/bin".
warning: Configuration "default" builds with "C30" at "C:\Program Files\Microchip\mplabc30\v3.30c\bin", but no toolchain of that type is installed there.
info: Configuration "default" will build with toolchain "C30" at "/Applications/microchip/mplabc30/v3.30c/bin".



any ideas?

thanks



On May 2, 2012, at 4:09 PM, Jason Tribbeck wrote:

> On 2 May 2012 21:05, dan snazelle <subjectivity at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On May 2, 2012, at 3:59 PM, dan snazelle wrote:
> 
> > "Are you using MPLAB-X? I'm doing so right this minute, with dsPIC33 on MacOS X. The compiler download is on the main MPLAB-X download area.
> >>
> >> http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/mplab/X/index.html
> >>
> >> Select Mac OS compiler, and tick the "MPLAB C30 Compiler" option. Click on "Download".
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > i did what you said and went ahead and installed the compiler (the C30 option)
> >
> > however whenever i try to start a project i get this message which doesnt look too good (although it will let me go ahead and start my project)...anyone else seen this?
> >
> > thanks for all the help
> >
> >
> >         Missing Files
>  
> <snip>
>  
> > C:/Program Files/Microchip/MPLAB C30/lib/libq-dsp-coff.a
> >
> 
> i suppose this could be because I am trying to start a new project by opening up a project from the internet which was created on a PC (hence the C:/program files)
> maybe I will just start with a totally blank project
> 
> thanks for all your help
> 
> 
> 
> I was about to ask:
> 
> "Is it a new project, or one you've opened from a Windows machine?"
> 
> But gmail decided I had to log off and on again (grr).
> 
> Microchip are shipping a lot of their example projects with MPLABX project files, as well as MPLAB v8 project files. I think it'll have a stab at importing the v8 files, but I've never used them myself - all my projects I've started from scratch.
> -- 
> C isn't that hard: void (*(*f[])())() defines f as an array of unspecified size, of pointers to functions that return pointers to functions that return void