source2/Debug/Cosmos.Debug.VSDebugEngine/DebugWindows.cs

@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ using System.Text;
 namespace Cosmos.Debug.VSDebugEngine {
 
   public class DebugWindows {
-  
+
     public static void Test(string aData) {
-      using (var xPipe = new NamedPipeClientStream(".", "CosmosDebug", PipeDirection.Out)) {
-        // The connect function will indefinately wait for the pipe to become available
-        // If that is not acceptable specify a maximum waiting time (in ms)
+      using (var xPipe = new NamedPipeClientStream(".", "CosmosDebugWindows", PipeDirection.Out)) {
         xPipe.Connect();
         using (var xWriter = new StreamWriter(xPipe)) {
           xWriter.WriteLine(aData);
         }
+        xPipe.Flush();
+        xPipe.WaitForPipeDrain(); 
       }
     }
 

source2/Debug/Cosmos.Debug.VSDebugEngine/Engine.Impl/EngineCallback.cs

@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ namespace Cosmos.Debug.VSDebugEngine
             var eventObject = new AD7BreakpointEvent(boundBreakpointsEnum);
             var ad7Thread = (AD7Thread)thread;
             Send(eventObject, AD7BreakpointEvent.IID, ad7Thread);
+            // We catch and resend data rather than using a second serial port because
+            // while this would work fine in a VM, it puts extra requirements on the setup
+            // when real hardware is used.
             DebugWindows.Test("Test");
         }
 

source2/VSIP/Cosmos.VS.Debug/MainWindow.xaml.cs

@@ -18,12 +18,16 @@ using System.Windows.Threading;
 
 namespace Cosmos.VS.Debug {
   public partial class MainWindow : Window {
+
     public MainWindow() {
       InitializeComponent();
+
+      var xServerThread = new Thread(ThreadStartServer);
+      xServerThread.Start();
     }
 
-    public void ThreadStartClient(object obj) {
-      using (var xPipe = new NamedPipeServerStream("CosmosDebug", PipeDirection.In)) {
+    public void ThreadStartServer() {
+      using (var xPipe = new NamedPipeServerStream("CosmosDebugWindows", PipeDirection.In)) {
         xPipe.WaitForConnection();
         using (var xReader = new StreamReader(xPipe)) {
           string xLine = xReader.ReadLine();