Hi John, I think we're talking about two different beasts. As I mentioned, the YAP will burn in _CONFIG/_IDLOCS information from the object file (in fact, that's the only way of doing it). myke >At 03:00 PM 3/17/98 -0500, you wrote: >>Hi John, >> >>What type of parameters do you want to load? In the YAP, if you set up the >>_CONFIG and _IDLOCS, they will be programmed into the PIC with the rest of >>the code. >> >Myke, > >Thanks for responding. > >I hope I am not confusing your YAP with the YAPP, which I viewed at >Picpoints web page. I am not familiar with your programmer if they are not >the same. > >My ideal programmer would work off the pc serial port so that I could have >about a 15' cable. I could also program a variety of devices, perhaps by >sending a text file to the programmer to set up pulse timming, ect.. and I >could send data and parameters with my serial port communications software >so that I could create my own programming environment and not have to depend >on the programmers proprietary software. > >I have set up a nice little programming environmet using a serial com. >program and text editors, the assembler and batch files to bring them all >together for programming 68hc11s. I was hoping I could create the same type >of environment for pics. > >Anyway, I am looking. I hope this is what I can do with your programmer. >Please let me know. > >Thanks >John > > "If people don't know what you're doing, they don't know what you're doing wrong." - Sir Humphrey Appleby K.C.B