The programmer setting was at ICD2; I never put it there,
and I thought it was set correctly.

Sorry ..

--Bob

Bob Axtell wrote:

> I'm trying to debug a complex PCB based on LF88
> running at 3.5V. For the last 6 weeks, bringing up
> the earlier code, no problems were discovered at all.
> A 3 week lull ensued, caused by external issues. Now
> that they are resolved, I have returned to it, only to
> discover than the ICD2 is acting very strangely.
>
> 1. The ICD2 seems to work perfectly- no errors are
> posted to MPLAB7.0 at all.
>
> 2. The LF88 acts like it is operating correctly. The
> PA and PB registers act in MPLAB as if they are
> working correctly (MPLAB shows them correctly
> changing state). But get this: the actual LF88 itself
> has no pin state changes at all!!! With a scope attached,
> not an edge transition occurs!
>
> 3. I have checked for ICD2 debug PGM area overruns,
> for protected register overwrites, everything I can think of.
>
> I have one more ICD2 I can switch to, but it is RS232 only.
> Before I rip up the station, does anybody have any ideas?
>
> -- 
>
> I am running MCs ICD2, short (6") cable, external GND,
> on a 1200Mhz 256Mb Win2K system.
>
> --Bob
>


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