In message <174301c8efda$eb3a3ab0$6701a8c0@RICHARD>, "Richard Seriani, Sr." writes >I apologize for the double post. Send first time without tag. > >I have been running a PICStart Plus for several months with no problem. > >I successfully programmed/reprogrammed a PIC16F883 four or five times >yesterday. The last time I tried, I got an error "Unsupported programmer >detected, EF." I double-checked that I had the correct chip selected and >even tried another (16F84A) - without success. Removing power and >restarting the PICStart was no help. I tried restarting MPLAB and, then, >when that didn't help, I rebooted the computer. This morning, the symptom >remains. > >A check of Google resulted in several hits on "unsupported programmer >detected", but they had different error codes (other than EF) and were >related to older versions of the PICStart Plus and/or MPLAB. I got no hits >on the phrase on the Microchip site, including in the forum. > >Can someone tell me where I can find out what the "EF" in the error code >signifies? Has anyone else run into this and, if so, what did you do to >resolve it? > >Thanks for the help. > >Richard > > Try a flash upgrade. Mine went corrupt and caused all sorts of errors. Solution was to reflash the PUM with a *full* version of the firmware using a PICKit2, I suspect this may also apply to the newer flash PICStart+ units as well. -- Clint Sharp -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist