Wouter van Ooijen wrote: >> Is there anything more I can do to help debug this ? > > - try without an xtal on the target OK, Done. Got the same "OK,fail,OK,fail,OK..." pattern (*if* powering off between each run) > - try with the dongle circuit And that is what ? > BTW does someone understand the exact meaning of the Vpp spec, for > instance D110 on p34 of the 18Fxx20 programming specs? It shows a min > and a max value. This could mean either: > > 1- programming mode will not be entered when below the min value, and be > surely entered when above the max value > > 2- programming mode will be entered when avove the min value, and max is > the maximum value you should evere apply to the MCLR pin Well, I don't *know*, but "2-" above seems most reasonable. Anyway, I have also tried some other Xwisp commands. "READ" works ever time (after a successfull GO). "ERASE" always gives an OK without any errors. Jan-Erik. -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body