Installing the Swordfish toolsuite will allow you to compile your Firewing projects for many other PIC18 devices. Please note that you must have Swordfish installed on your system for this toolsuite to work.
Install the Swordfish Toolsuite into Firewing
Download and unzip this file into the following folder:
<firewing-install-dir>\bin\toolsuite
then restart the Firewing IDE. All you need to do is select the the "Swordfish" compiler from the main toolbar, shown here
Install a Device File into Firewing
To add new devices, you need to download the following and select the device you want to use and place in the Firewing includes folder. For example,
c:\program files\mecanique\firewing\includes\18F4550.bas
Please note that for Windows 7 users, the paths to the include files will be a little different. Something like:
c:\programdata\mecanique\firewing\includes\18F4550.bas
To use the new device in your code, just use:
device = 18F4550
at the very top of your program. You should see the device change in the code explorer window, like this:
Please take some time to look at the file generated. Remember, it may need tweaking as it has been automatically generated - refer to the datasheet. Also note that Microchip, on occasions, have the wrong information supplied in their own files! If the device you want to use is not included in the above download, try using the system generator to create your own.
Please note that people at the nest don't currently have the resources to support all of the device files and toolsuites that fall outside of the standard Firewing installation. The above will work but any problems and you need to post on the forum and look for user support. If posting on the forum, make it clear you are using a different device file and toolsuite from the standard install. Thanks.