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User interface

Device Explorer​

The DeviceScript view is opened by clicking the DeviceScript logo in the left bar menu.

It provides a treeview of the device, services, registers and events. The tree view updates automatically with live data from the simulators and devices.

Device explorer screenshot

Device Explorer Actions​

The view has 3 actions:

  • connect, the plug icon, which allows you to connect to a physical device, start the simulator or flash new firmware.
  • dashboard, starts the peripheral simulator dashboard
  • terminal, displays the DeviceScript terminal

Dashboard

Register and Events watch​

You can watch any register or event in the device explorer. This provides a way to 'pin' a register for debugging or monitoring.

Editor title actions​

Any main*.ts file in a DeviceScript project will have added action in the editor title.

Editor actions for the main file

  • Debug: starts a debugging session from this file,
  • Build: builds the binary for this entry point file,
  • Upload: builds and deploys the binary to the current device
  • Configure: a wizard experience that helps you configure the code for your hardware device

Terminal​

The DeviceScript terminal displays the status of the development tool process and the console output from devices.

Status bar​

The DeviceScript status shows a logo and the current project name (the extension works on a single project at a time). You can hover over the status to get more information or click to change the current project.

status bar screenshot