> Garth Thomasson wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I am having a few problems programming pic's with a VSL programmer
> (based on D Taits programmer) using pip02.
> I've tried a few different versions of the software and i am still
> having trouble programming the control registers, (fuses)
>  the software either crashes or does not change the settings. I can
> load the .hex file into pip02 and program the pic,  but not change the
> fuse settings either beofre or after loading the .hex file.
>
> I run the pip02, in DOS, from a batch file with these instructions:-

You are not going to get any support for pip02 as the author has dropped
off the face of the earth, but you should be able to test your
programmer with the freeware version of p16pro linked from:
http://www.dontronics.com/p16pro.html

Don McKenzie    mailto:don@dontronics.com      http://www.dontronics.com

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