On Wednesday 30 April 2003 03:17 pm, Picdude wrote: > Okay, I'll buy that, and will adopt in my designs from now, but... > > I'm still suffering here. PCB version checks out okay, including > the debug mode on the SW which manual exercises the pins (that go > to the PIC), and all checks out fine. > - Voltages are perfect now -- 5.04V and 13.4V f/MCLR. > - I've pulled RB3/PGM low by jumpering to ground. > - Eliminated the cable as a suspect, by connecting the programmer > directly to the port. > - Both Vss pins connected to ground. > > But alas, same prob.... says pic is protected and needs to be. > Erasing does not help any. Nothing connected to the programming pins RB6/RB7? -- Ned Konz http://bike-nomad.com GPG key ID: BEEA7EFE -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body