On 6/10/2011 5:39 PM, Sergey Dryga wrote:
> David Novak <David.Novak <at> dajac.com> writes:
>
>> I'm using the ICD2 and MPLAB with a PIC18F4523. I was seeing odd
>> behavior while single-stepping, so I created the following, very simple
>> application.
>>
>> void main()
>> {
>>     TRISB =3D0b11111101;
>>
>>     while( 1 )
>>     {      =20
>>         RB1 =3DRC1;
>>     }
>> }
>>
>> The only other thing in the file are the Hitech macros to setup the
>> configuration registers.
>>
>> If I let the program run, RB1 follows RC1 as expected. However, if I
>> single step while watching the PORTC register, the debugger only updates
>> the register value when I execute the RB1 =3DRC1 line.
>>
> I have not used ICD2 in a while, but from what you describe it behaves as
> expected.  need to execute RB1 =3D RC1 to update registers, they are not =
linked in
> any other way.=20
>
> Sergey Dryga
> http://beaglerobotics.com
>

But shouldn't the refresh feature force an update without executing
anything? It's not much of a debugger if you can't get the correct
values for the registers that you are inspecting.
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