Harold Hallikainen wrote:
>
>         I have had the same problem getting MPLAB to talk with a PRO
> MATE.  The DOS PROMATE program works great, so it appears all the
> hardware is ok.  Unfortunately, it appears Microchip is not updating the
> device files for the DOS version, so I'm having trouble programming newer
> chips.
>         I've messed with MPLAB for hours trying to get it to talk with
> PRO MATE.  It DOES handle short downloads ok, but anything large and it
> gives up mid-download.
>
I also had that problem with MPLAB v4.0 - it would take up to 10 or so
tries before an upload to the promate would succeed.  Sometimes a "blank
check" would help.  Since I upgraded to 4.14 earlier this week it's
worked every time.

--Matt