All,

I've got a programmer which I built early last year and used for a few
projects back then but nothing recently. I just dug it out cause I
need to get a project up and running however programming keeps
failing.

The programmer is from Jaycar Electronics and is a Kit of a project
from the Australian Electronics Mag Silicon Chip.

http://www1.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=KC5367&CATID=&keywords=serial+pic&SPECIAL=&form=KEYWORD&ProdCodeOnly=&Keyword1=&Keyword2=&pageNumber=&priceMin=&priceMax=&SUBCATID=

http://www.siliconchip.com.au/cms/A_30668/article.html

For programming software beacuse the programmer is JDM compatable i've
been using ic-prog and im using it as an ICSP programmer however to
avoid possible problems on my board im using a programming adapter
with the 16F628.

When i turn on the programmer the MCLR line instantly goes up to about
12.8V and remains this way regardless of toggling the test panel in
ic-prog. Also PGD remains at a constant 5V as does VDD. I can remember
last time I used it i tested it using this facility and the ICSP lines
responded to the ic-prog test panel.

I've even gone and got the free serial monitor program discussed
recently and all i get from it is that ic-prog is communicating with
the serial port.

The programmer uses an internal pic but as this is my only programmer
I cant exactly re-program it (not that I have the code but I may be
able to get the hex..)


Anyone have any ideas or experiances? 



Thanks

Liam

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