Problem programming SLM

[ccoshow]

Hi. I bought a Brain Machine at Austin Maker Faire. I've set up my MiniPOV, and it tested out OK. I've followed the tutorials, and downloaded Avrdude, WinAVR, and the MiniPOV3 code, following the instructions in the Brain Machine manual. I've gotten to the following steps, and here is the error message I get:

C:\slm>make mypov.hex
ECHO is off.
Compiling: mypov.c
avr-gcc -c -I. -g -Os -funsigned-char -funsigned-bitfields -f
pack-struct -fshort-enums -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -DF_CPU=8000000 -Wa,-ad
hlns=mypov.lst -mmcu=attiny2313 -std=gnu99 mypov.c -o mypov.o
process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, avr-gcc -c -I. -g -Os -funsigned-char -funsig
ned-bitfields -fpack-struct -fshort-enums -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -DF_CPU=8000
000 -Wa,-adhlns=mypov.lst -mmcu=attiny2313 -std=gnu99 mypov.c -o mypov.o, ...) f
ailed.
make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified.
make: *** [mypov.o] Error 2

C:\slm>



I'm using Windows XP. Can anyone help me figure out what's wrong? Thanks.

[mtbf0]

does mypov.c exist in C:\slm?

[ccoshow]

Yes, it's in there. I just double-checked.

[mtbf0]

try the following from the command line to see what it says...

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avr-gcc -c -I. -g -Os -funsigned-char -funsigned-bitfields -f pack-struct -fshort-enums -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -DF_CPU=8000000 -Wa,-ad hlns=mypov.lst -mmcu=attiny2313 -std=gnu99 mypov.c -o mypov.o

looks like windows maybe isn't finding avr-gcc. does windows have a whereis command? check your path.

[ccoshow]

Where should avr-gcc be? Should it be in the slm folder? What kind of file is it, c, or exe, or what?

[ccoshow]

Hah! Found avr-gcc in my WinAVR\bin folder, so copied ALL files from that folder into my SLM folder. Then went back to the CMD prompt and tried MAKE MYPOV.HEX, and it worked fine. Thanks for your help!

[mtbf0]

the correct course of action would have been to add C:WinAVR\bin to your PATH environment variable. here's a page that tells how that can be done.

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000549.htm

seems like diddling autoexec.bat was a whole lot easier.