Dear Imre,

it is not a must using the PICSTART+ - Software; you probably could
work better by using the older version of the PIC-programming software.
Based on DOS it is easy to use and fits all your needs, I think.

Contact me, if you need detailled information.


Regards


Wolfgang Willenbrink




At 10:35 04.05.98 +0200, you wrote:
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>        I have purchased a PicStart+ as it supports all known PIC types.
>However, the programming software is integrated into the MPLAB IDE, and I
>don't like GUI, because of its instability and other disadvantages. I plan
>to write a simple programming software dealing with it, however, I need
>the communication protocol between PC and PICSTART+. I know the serial
>parameters are 19200,N,8,1, but I don't know the challenge-response
>sequences. I wrote to Microchip but I didn't got ANY answer. Could
>somebody help me? That software would be good also for Linux, I guess.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Dr. Imre Bartfai
>University of Pecs, Hungary
>
>

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