gnupic: Thread: Re: [gnupic] Olimex PG2C programmer

I've used the PG2C almost exclusively since I started pic programming about
a year ago. It works very well with the PiKdev programmer but I've never
used picprog.  Isn't picprog a parallel port programmer?

John

On 3/30/06, Maxim Wexler ####@####.#### wrote:
>
> Hi group,
>
> after some searching I've decided to buy this programmer.
>
> Has somebody used it w/ picprog and can give a report?
>
> -Maxim
>
>

On 3/30/06, John Chubick ####@####.#### wrote:
>
> I've used the PG2C almost exclusively since I started pic programming
> about
> a year ago. It works very well with the PiKdev programmer but I've never
> used picprog.  Isn't picprog a parallel port programmer?
>
> John



not according to http://hyvatti.iki.fi/~jaakko/pic/picprog.html

On 3/30/06, Maxim Wexler ####@####.#### wrote:
> >
> > Hi group,
> >
> > after some searching I've decided to buy this programmer.
> >
> > Has somebody used it w/ picprog and can give a report?
> >
> > -Maxim
> >
> >
>
>

Maxim ####@####.#### is reported to have said:
> Hi group,
> 
> after some searching I've decided to buy this programmer.
> 
> Has somebody used it w/ picprog and can give a report?
> 

I have been using the PG2C for 4-5 Months now.  It works fine with
picprog 1.7 but not with the latest, 1.8, release.  I have had no
problems with it.

Has to be run by root or sudo.  Mice software.

Wayne
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Wayne Topa ####@####.#### schreef:

> Maxim ####@####.#### is reported to have said:

>> after some searching I've decided to buy this programmer.
>> Has somebody used it w/ picprog and can give a report?
> I have been using the PG2C for 4-5 Months now.  It works fine with
> picprog 1.7 but not with the latest, 1.8, release.

1.8.1 is the latest ;-)

Can you tell which problems you have with 1.8?

> Has to be run by root or sudo.

I use picprog as a normal user.


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John Chubick ####@####.#### schreef:

> Isn't picprog a parallel port programmer?

 pts/7  jan ~$ dpkg -s picprog
Package: picprog
[cut]
Description: Microchip PIC serial programmer software
 This is Picprog, a Microchip PIC microcontroller programmer software
 for a simple serial port device.
 .
 homepage: http://www.iki.fi/hyvatti/pic/picprog.html
 pts/7  jan ~$ 


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... RFS: picprog: Microchip PIC serial programmer software (GPL)
    Deb-package is available at <http://www.janw.easynet.be/picprog.html>

Wayne ####@####.#### is reported to have said:
> Maxim ####@####.#### is reported to have said:
> > Hi group,
> > 
> > after some searching I've decided to buy this programmer.
> > 
> > Has somebody used it w/ picprog and can give a report?
> > 
> 
> I have been using the PG2C for 4-5 Months now.  It works fine with
> picprog 1.7 but not with the latest, 1.8, release.  I have had no
> problems with it.
> 
> Has to be run by root or sudo.  Mice software.
                                 ^ Nice

WT
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Jan ####@####.#### is reported to have said:
> Wayne Topa ####@####.#### schreef:
> 
> > Maxim ####@####.#### is reported to have said:
> 
> >> after some searching I've decided to buy this programmer.
> >> Has somebody used it w/ picprog and can give a report?
> > I have been using the PG2C for 4-5 Months now.  It works fine with
> > picprog 1.7 but not with the latest, 1.8, release.
> 
> 1.8.1 is the latest ;-)
> 
> Can you tell which problems you have with 1.8?
> 
> > Has to be run by root or sudo.
> 
> I use picprog as a normal user.

Sure.  In both the tar.gz and the .deb, it does not communicate with
the PG2C, yet does fine with version 1.7, same cable and computer.

I wrote to the author and tried a number of his suggestions but found
nothing that corrected the non-communication problem.  

As 1.7 works OK, I hope that more reports about the picprog-1.8/PG2C
combination might help in finding if the problem is here or with the
new version. 

Wayne

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John ####@####.#### is reported to have said:
> I've used the PG2C almost exclusively since I started pic programming about
> a year ago. It works very well with the PiKdev programmer but I've never
> used picprog.  Isn't picprog a parallel port programmer?
> 
 John
 
  Did you do anything special to get the PG2C working with pikdev?

  I tried all of the JDM options and can't get to to communicate.

Wayne
  
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Wayne Topa ####@####.#### schreef:

>>> I have been using the PG2C for 4-5 Months now.  It works fine with
>>> picprog 1.7 but not with the latest, 1.8, release.
>> Can you tell which problems you have with 1.8?
> Sure.  In both the tar.gz and the .deb, it does not communicate with
> the PG2C, yet does fine with version 1.7, same cable and computer.
> I wrote to the author and tried a number of his suggestions but found
> nothing that corrected the non-communication problem.  
> As 1.7 works OK, I hope that more reports about the picprog-1.8/PG2C
> combination might help in finding if the problem is here or with the
> new version. 

Strange, I know someone[1] who makes use of a Olimex PG1 with
picprog-1.8 without a problem. And the schematic of a PG1 and PG2[2] is
not very different. Oh well, the strange world of bits and bytes ;-)

[1]
<http://groups.google.com/group/wisclub/msg/cae2e21f3dad0c6b>

[2]
<http://www.olimex.com/dev/images/pic-pg1-sch.gif>
<http://www.olimex.com/dev/images/pic-pg2c-sch.gif>


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I don't recall doing anything "special".  Here are my settings on the
Programmer configuration panel:
Serial /dev/ttyS1
Vpp pin3
Vdd pin5
Clock pin7
Data in pin8
Data out pin4
Data R/W pin5
Clock delay 20

That's it...no inverted options checked, etc...  I think these correspond to
selecting JDM Class (delay 20) from the drop down.

Make sure you've selected the proper serial port.  Oh, and the other thing I
found I had to do was chmod 777 /dev/ttyS1 as root to give normal users
write privileges to the serial port.

Hope this helps.

John


On 3/31/06, Wayne Topa ####@####.#### wrote:
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> John ####@####.#### is reported to have said:
> > I've used the PG2C almost exclusively since I started pic programming
> about
> > a year ago. It works very well with the PiKdev programmer but I've never
> > used picprog.  Isn't picprog a parallel port programmer?
> >
> John
>
>   Did you do anything special to get the PG2C working with pikdev?
>
>   I tried all of the JDM options and can't get to to communicate.
>
> Wayne
>
> --
> Windows 3.1 not found: (C)heer, (P)arty, (D)ance?
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