---- START NEW MESSAGE --- Received: from cherry.ease.lsoft.com [209.119.0.109] by dpmail10.doteasy.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-8.05) id ADB38EFC008E; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 16:52:03 -0800 Received: from PEAR.EASE.LSOFT.COM (209.119.0.19) by cherry.ease.lsoft.com (LSMTP for Digital Unix v1.1b) with SMTP id <14.00CC6DCD@cherry.ease.lsoft.com>; 1 Feb 2004 19:52:00 +1900 Received: from MITVMA.MIT.EDU by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8e) with spool id 3306 for PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 19:51:55 -0500 Received: from MITVMA (NJE origin SMTP@MITVMA) by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LMail V1.2d/1.8d) with BSMTP id 8272; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 19:50:04 -0500 Received: from outbound04.telus.net [199.185.220.223] by mitvma.mit.edu (IBM VM SMTP Level 430) via TCP with SMTP ; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 19:50:04 EST X-Warning: mitvma.mit.edu: Host outbound04.telus.net claimed to be priv-edtnes27.telusplanet.net Received: from DAR2.planet.eon.net ([198.53.251.69]) by priv-edtnes27.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.6.00.05.02 201-2115-109-103-20031105) with ESMTP id <20040201005006.KVSB12056.priv-edtnes27.telusplanet.net@DAR2.planet.eon.net> for ; Sat, 31 Jan 2004 17:50:06 -0700 X-Sender: dwayner@pop.telusplanet.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.1.1 References: <401B4B02.4050009@yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Message-ID: <6.0.1.1.2.20040131173740.02c5bec0@pop.telusplanet.net> Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 17:46:21 -0700 Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list Sender: pic microcontroller discussion list From: Dwayne Reid Subject: Re: [PIC:] K128 USB Programmer. What's wrong? To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU In-Reply-To: <401B4B02.4050009@yahoo.com> Precedence: list X-RCPT-TO: Status: U X-UIDL: 371856723 At 11:28 PM 1/30/2004, Bob Axtell wrote: >Everytime I try to help out a client on a programmer (he didn't have a >serial port on his XP), I get into trouble. I am running Win2K. > >My research concluded that the K128 would be ideal, as I'd bought 5 >PICPROs from them (Kitsrus), all of which worked perfectly. > >I bought TWO K128 USB Programmers (designed by Tony N) yet neither of >these work. I PROBABLY have installed a wrong driver, but the MICROPRO >programming software knows that the programmer is there, and the LED >flashes like it has been registered. But when I try to do a BLANK check, >I get the catchall error message "Error, etc etc, will reset programmer" >and that's all I get. I am testing with 5 PIC16F872's, but its not >device dependent, PIC12F675 doesn't work either; in fact none of the >listed chips that I have work. Have you tried a different machine to see if in fact it is a driver issue? I've got one of Tony's beta units here - it is currently working flawlessly on both Win98 SE and Win XP home machines. However, it didn't work when I first got it. The problem turned out to be the firmware in the K128 - once that was sorted out, everything was peachy. This problem was with a beta unit - I'm not aware of anything similar happening since the production units started shipping. Do you have anything else that uses the FTDI USB drivers? If so, make sure that the drivers are working properly. dwayne -- Dwayne Reid Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax Celebrating 19 years of Engineering Innovation (1984 - 2003) .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .- `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' `-' Do NOT send unsolicited commercial email to this email address. This message neither grants consent to receive unsolicited commercial email nor is intended to solicit commercial email. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu .