Nice idea but no cigar :-) Still not working __________________________________________ David C Brown 43 Bings Road Whaley Bridge High Peak Phone: 01663 733236 Derbyshire eMail: dcb.home@gmail.com SK23 7ND web: www.bings-knowle.co.uk/dcb *Sent from my etch-a-sketch* On 4 January 2018 at 19:44, Manu Abraham wrote: > On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 8:44 PM, Manu Abraham > wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 8:04 PM, David C Brown > wrote: > >> It is unlikely that the DLLs in two very different systems are > corrupted in > >> the same way. > >> > >> Although I describe myself as a hobbyist I worked for 40 years designi= ng > >> digital logic and I know a great deal about the problems that crosstal= k > can > >> cause. > >> > >> I have done more tests with the 5cm cable, keeping clock and data > apart. > >> In both working and failing scenes the edge speed of the clock is > tens of > >> nano seconds. > >> > > > > If the hardware is ok and the software is ok, then everything else is > fine. :-) > > > > AFAICS, WinUSB works with almost every system, without much problems. > > MPLAB simply uses WinUSB. > > > > Another option would be to try with another USB controller. In some rar= e > > cases there are flaky USB controllers/Hubs etc. > > > Thinking a bit more: > > What about driver signature enforcement ? > Maybe it is not allowing your driver not to start. > You might need to disable it with Windows 8 > > http://download.support.xerox.com/pub/docs/WF_6204/userdocs/ > any-os/en_GB/Disable_Driver_Signature_Enforcement-Win_8_8.1_10.pdf > > Cheers, > > Manu > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .