Implicit choice of USB UART makes onboarding difficult. #298
Description
Feature Request 🚀
Really two requests:
1 - To make the UI clearly show which serial port it assumes the MicroPython board to be at. As I understand - to specify the serial port one must go into "Settings" - then disable "Auto connect" - and then set the specific serial port (well UART over USB port). (Or am I missing something in the UI?)
2 - In my case it connected to /dev/ttyUSB0 - which just had an unused USB UART on it. Still in the MicroPico REPL I get the prompt: ">>>" - which leads me to think it has connected to the board.
When failing to get MicroPython version and board variant - I'd like to have a bit more clear feedback than ">>>".
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
It took me quite some time to understand it was connecting to an UART where nothing was responding. Having to go into "Extension settings" felt counter intuitive.
Describe the solution you'd like
A more prominent display of which serial port is used. Ideally - ask for it - with a drop down.
The file .micropico could have an entry to specify a project specific serial port to use.
Also yto make it more clear that no valid response was received at the automatically selected USB UART.