# mesen-binary-monitor

This is a monitor for Mesen, intended to mimic [VICE's binary monitor](https://vice-emu.sourceforge.io/vice_13.html).
It is currently in an alpha state, and some commands are not functional or behave
incorrectly. I originally wrote this to support debugging in my [VS65 Debugger](https://github.com/empathicqubit/vscode-cc65-vice-debug)
To use it, make sure your script timeout is set as high as possible (2147483647)
and start up Mesen as such:

Linux:

```sh
MESEN_REMOTE_HOST=127.0.0.1 MESEN_REMOTE_WAIT=1 MESEN_REMOTE_PORT=9355 MESEN_REMOTE_BASEDIR=/path/to/mesen-binary-monitor mono Mesen.exe /path/to/mesen-binary-monitor/mesen_binary_monitor.lua romfile.nes
```

Windows (CMD):

```sh
set MESEN_REMOTE_HOST=127.0.0.1
set MESEN_REMOTE_WAIT=1
set MESEN_REMOTE_PORT=9355
set MESEN_REMOTE_BASEDIR=/path/to/mesen-binary-monitor
Mesen.exe /path/to/mesen-binary-monitor/mesen_binary_monitor.lua romfile.nes
```

The options:

* `MESEN_REMOTE_HOST`: The host to listen to
* `MESEN_REMOTE_PORT`: The port to listen to
* `MESEN_REMOTE_WAIT`: If set to `1`, pause the emulator immediately and wait
for a connection.
* `MESEN_REMOTE_BASEDIR`: Must always be the base path of the script.