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Add External Tools

Paul Ambrose edited this page May 26, 2016 · 2 revisions

Add External Tools to build, copy, run and debug programs

  1. Open the Preferences panel and click on Tools --> External Tools

  2. Click on the + button to create an external tool

  3. Create a tool for building and copying the jar to the EV3

Check all the boxes and enter these values:

Field Value
Name Build and copy jar to EV3
Program make
Parameters build scp
Working directory $ProjectFileDir$

  1. Create a tool for running the jar on the EV3

Check all the boxes and enter these values:

Field Value
Name Run program on EV3
Program make
Parameters run
Working directory $ProjectFileDir$

  1. Create a tool for debugging the jar on the EV3

Check all the boxes and enter these values:

Field Value
Name Debug program on EV3
Program make
Parameters debug
Working directory $ProjectFileDir$

After adding the External Tools, the configuration should look like this:

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