Harold Hallikainen wrote:
>
>         I'm still having problems downloading to ProMate from within
> MPLAB.  I am able to download using either the old promate.exe or the new
> procmd.exe.  This is all through COM2 on a 486DX2-66 running WFW 3.11.
> I've tried everything in the help files.  The download runs for awhile,
> then stops after 0x700 or so words download.  I suspect a problem with
> handshaking or some sort of buffer overrun.  It MIGHT be possible to fix
> it by just slowing down the transmission, but there appears to be no
> setting other than COM port in MPLAB.
>         I AM able to use procmd.exe for production programming, but it's
> sure a pain to program a quick prototype with it.  Any ideas?
>
I mentioned to you before that I had the same problem (but with Win9x),
and it went away when I upgraded MPLAB.  Which software versions are you
using?  Mine are:
  MPLAB 4.11
  ProMate 5.00.00

Before I upgraded, sometimes it would take up to 10 attempts to download
to the ProMate.  When I got really frustrated, I would reboot my PC and
the download would work the first time.  I suspect you're correct that
handshaking is the problem.

--Matt