gnupic@linuxhacker.org

I need troubleshooting suggestions for prog84, it seems to be mostly
working:

Finally got my first chips, but I'm having problems with the
programmer.  On two different chips (16f84, 16c84) I have the same
problem, I cannot program them.  I can do a
 
dump84 -T 1684 -a

and see the file that was on there (these are spare chips a friend
had).  I can do a
 
prog84 -z

 and see (with another dump84) that it has cleared the program that was
in the upper part of the dump.  There are a spaces later on that appear
to have something in them.  However,
 
prog84 -T 1684 -v -W -a count.hex

fails, it gives the message:

using 16x84 (1684) chip, capacity 64 data, 1024 code
...closing
Read 0 cells, programmed 0

Upon doing another dump84 I can see that it has not changed.  The LED
does come on during programming though.  The programmer is this one, a
JDM variant: http://www.olimex.com/dev/pic-pg2b.html

Here is my prog84rc:

# settings for serial pic programmer described in README:
#
#The prog84 programmer requires the following bits to be named:
#  power --- set to 1 when the programmer wants the PIC's Vdd = +5v
#  mclr  --- set to 1 when the programmer wants the PIC's /MCLR = +13v
#  clock --- used to clock data into the PIC (connect to PIC pin 12)
#  data  --- used to write data (pin 13)
#  data_f -- sense return for data (pin 13)
#  clock_f - sense return for clock (pin 12)

#  rb6   --- synonym for "clock"
#  rb7   --- synonym for "data"
#  rb6_f --- synonym for "clock_f"
#  rb7_f --- synonym for "data_f"

#but first the type: serial / parallel / usb

port serial 

### for serial port:
base= 0x3f8	# com1, ttyS0
#base= 0x2f8	# com2, ttyS1
#base= 0x3e8	# com3, ttyS2
#base= 0x2e8	# com4, ttyS3

#dos and FASTCPU only:
loop = 15

# settings for serial pic programmer described in README:
power: TxD
mclr: TxD
data: DTR
data_f: CTS
clock: RTS


Thanks,
            Brian