Olin,

They do have a better understanding then I do about the problem but here is=
 a snippet from Mark. They have identified the problem yet holding it off t=
ill MPLAB 10? I have seen quick responses for your own bug fixes. Would you=
 tolerate such attitude to an "easy fix"?

John

> From: Mike Harrison <mike@whitewing.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [PIC] ICD2 as programmer : Why isn't it releasing reset afte=
rprogram?
> To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
> Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 2:02 AM
> On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:20:12 -0400,
> you wrote:
>
> >Bob Axtell wrote:
> >> Mike, go back to MPLAB v7.4.
> >>
> >> The ICDC2 has never worked correctly, for me, on
> any version after
> >> 7.4 or 7.6.
> >
> >Or even better, ditch the ICD2 and get a RealICE. =

> Those flaky random
> >disconnects seem to be gone, and they're cheap enough.
>
> Just got a reply from the ticket I submitted on this - They
> admit they screwed up but can't be
> bothered to fix it until MPLAB 10 comes out next year.
> Pathetic response for what would be a trivially easy fix.
>
>
> "The change of operation is known, and a result of conflict
> between 'Release from Reset' and the
> 'Hold in Reset' buttons were not in the correct state when
> "run after successful program" was
> enabled. This limitation is documented in the  MPLAB
> ICD2 help overview section.
>
> The conflict will be resolved when the new MPLAB IDE 10 is
> released next year."





--- On Fri, 7/3/09, Olin Lathrop <olin_piclist@embedinc.com> wrote:

> From: Olin Lathrop <olin_piclist@embedinc.com>
> Subject: Re: [PIC] ICD2 as programmer : Why isn't it releasing resetafter=
program?
> To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
> Date: Friday, July 3, 2009, 7:55 PM
> John Chung wrote:
> > It helps since we have access to the src code. MPLAB
> is propriety
> > software.
> =

> Yeah, and you'd really go looking thru 100s of 1000s of
> lines of source code
> and spend long hours debugging the ICD2 interface only to
> find out you don't
> know why it randomly flakes out either, right?=A0 And
> Microchip hasn't noticed
> or doesn't care about the problem and none of the engineers
> that have a lot
> more knowledge of the ICD2 than you can possibly have never
> tried to find
> and deal with the problems?=A0 Then the ICD2 problems
> have to be on the host
> side.=A0 I actually suspect they have more to do with
> the ICD2 to chip
> interface than they do with the host to ICD2 interface.
> =

> Methinks you are protesting on emotional or philosophical
> grounds without
> any real substance.=A0 Even if you think you have the
> knowledge and skill to
> track down the problem, it's a long long way to go to avoid
> getting a
> RealICE.
> =

> =

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