Feature Request: Configure "platformio device monitor" from platformio.ini

[blackketter]

It should be possible to configure “platformio device monitor” options from platformio.ini

I'd love to be able to add a couple lines to my platformio.ini file like:

monitor_port = /dev/cu.wchusbserial1424120
monitor_speed = 9600

and this would configure "platformio device monitor" on a per-target basis.

Ideally, all the "device monitor" options would be available this way.

Bonus idea: "platformio run -t monitor" would monitor, similarly to uploading via "platformio run -t upload"

[blackketter]

To elaborate on the last idea, I think it would be awesome to be able to do something like this:

platformio run -e nodemcu -t clean -t upload -t monitor

Which would clean, build, upload and then monitor the nodemcu environment. (Maybe this should be a separate feature request?)

[ivankravets]

pio run is responsible for building and uploading. I'm not sure that we should mix pio device commands with pio run. If you need that, you can create alias and add to .bashrc

alias piobatch="pio -t clean && pio -t upload && pio device monitor"

[blackketter]

Fair enough, I already have bunch of similar aliases. :)

I figured it would be generally useful for folks to be able to do this kind of build/install/monitor cycle within a single command and it wasn't obvious to me why pio run uploads but doesn't monitor.

I guess then, we'd need to have a -e option on pio device monitor so it knew which environment to pull the monitor options from in platformio.ini.

So the with an environment-aware device monitor the alias would be:

alias pionodebatch="pio -e nodemcu -t clean && pio -e nodemcu -t upload && pio -e nodemcu device monitor "

[ivankravets]

Good, please open a separate issue. I think we will find solution for that 😊

P.S: How is PlatformIO 3.0? Do you have problems with it?

[blackketter]

PlatformIO 3.0 seems great so far, no problems! Great job!

[ivankravets]

Thanks!!! PlatformIO 3.1 is coming this week! :)

• https://github.com/platformio/platformio/blob/develop/HISTORY.rst

[ivankravets]

Dynamic variables http://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/projectconf.html#dynamic-variables

Also, +50 new boards :)

[blackketter]

SWEET!

On Sep 18, 2016, at 2:45 PM, Ivan Kravets notifications@github.com wrote:

Dynamic variables http://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/projectconf.html#dynamic-variables http://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/projectconf.html#dynamic-variables
Also, +50 new boards :)

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[ivankravets]

Please pio upgrade to b11

http://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/projectconf.html#monitor-options