DV007003 Microchip Technology, DV007003 Datasheet - Page 149

• Manufacturer Part Number: DV007003
• Description: PROGRAMMER UNIVERSAL PROMATE II
• Manufacturer: Microchip Technology
• Series: PRO MATE® IIr
• Type: Universalr

Specifications of DV007003

• Contents: Programmer, Power Supply, Assembler/Simulator, Cable, Software and Documentation
• Positions/sockets: 1
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• For Use With/related Products: PIC16C5x, PIC16Cxx and PIC17Cxx 8-Bit Micro
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B.5
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Troubleshooting Software
B.5.1
Establishing Communication with PRO MATE II
MPLAB attempts to establish communication with the PRO MATE II when you
enable the programmer. If communication cannot be established, no
programming can occur. A dialog box appears if the attempt to establish
communication fails. If you encounter communications problems, try the
following:
• Make sure that the RS-232 cable is connected, the power supply is con-
• Try connecting the PRO MATE II to a different serial port. If your PC has
• Make sure that a COM port is properly set up exclusively for use by
• Some system errors are caused by driver and hardware incompatibility.
• If you have a COM port, but MPLAB will not let you select it (the option
• You must use the Microsoft Windows communications driver that is
• Make sure you are not using a third party communications driver. Open
nected, and the power switch on the PRO MATE II is on.
a 25-pin serial port, you will need a 25 to 9 serial port adapter.
PRO MATE II. Check the resources to ensure they are operating prop-
erly and that there are no conflicts with other devices. This commonly
happens when you have a modem or other serial device that is improp-
erly configured. Consult your Windows manual or other reference litera-
ture. You can try removing, reconfiguring, or disabling the conflicting
device, but do so only if you are familiar with those procedures. See the
steps below for Windows 3.1 or Windows 95.
See the steps below for Windows 95.
is grayed out), you may be able to assign the port manually by editing
the MPLAB.ini file. Typically, this occurs if you have a gap in your
COM port list (i.e., you have a COM1, COM2, and a COM4, but no
COM3). In this case you may be able to fix it by opening MPLAB.ini
(use FIND to locate this file) and editing the section called [program-
mers] so that the setting CommPort=1 is set to the port you want
selected. This is just a work-around to a deeper problem in which Win-
dows is incorrectly reporting port availability through the 16-bit driver.
native to the version of Windows that you use. If you use Windows 3.10,
look for the file COMM.DRV in your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. That
file MUST have a time of 3:10a. The time denotes the version. If you are
using Windows for Workgroups, look for the same file as above, but the
time stamp on that file should be 3:11a. If these files differ, you may
need to re-install windows or install that file from another source. This
problem is not likely to occur in Windows 95.
your SYSTEM.INI file and look for the line in the [OPTIONS] section
that reads
COMM.DRV=COMM.DRV
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