Serial Plotter in Arduino IDE 1.7.9

Development Tools IDE 1.x
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Hi all,

I'm fairly new to arduino and the IDE, so please forgive me if I seem silly :wink:

I recently found out that one can not only get information on data sent via the serial port by watching the serial monitor, but also can track a value (e.g. of a voltage read in via A0) with a feature called "serial plotter". I found several posts and totorials which tell me that this has been introduced with IDE 1.6.6, and one could access it via "Tools" -> "Serial Plotter" or ctrl + shift + l .

My problem now is that this doesn't work for me, as the menu entry doesn't exist and the shortcut does nothing too (which is at least consistent). Has this feature been removed until IDE 1.7.9 or am I doing something wrong, do I need ti install anything?

I would greatly appreciate any help.

Best regards

Hoessi

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The 1.7.x versions are put out by another organization (the former manufacturing partner, who cut ties and started claiming they were the real Arduino last year) that is not the same as the official arduino. There is ongoing litigation regarding their use of the Arduino branding. We don't know about and can't offer support for the arduino.org (fake arduino) IDE here. The official IDE can be downloaded from the download link on this page.

The official IDE is up to only 1.6.8. 1.6.8 is no good on windows though, use 1.6.5r5 or 1.6.7, or the 1.6.9 hourly if you're brave.

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Okay, thanks for the explanation. It's a shame to see such conflicts happen in inspired projects like arduino. Can be quite irritating to newbies like me :wink: I'll be getting the official version asap.

Best regards

Hoessi