What city are you in Liam? Do you have the original article or circuit info? _______________________________________ Roy Tauranga New Zealand _______________________________________ -----Original Message----- 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=seri al+pic&SPECIAL=&form=KEYWORD&ProdCodeOnly=&Keyword1=&Keyword2=&pageNumbe r=&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..) -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.4 - Release Date: 27/04/2005 -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist