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<blockquote data-quote="2old4this" data-source="post: 2271" data-attributes="member: 174998">I have experienced many problems with various PCs (especially laptops) which fail to connect to the programming device.I stumbled upon a workaround though:I discovered that by running the program Chipcat v2.3 first (one of the many programming utilities you can find on the sat sites), the port is somehow always kick-started into life. I just connect the programmer without any card inserted, run chipcat, kick off its pogram function, and let it fail (since there is no card inserted). Then I put my card in and run the utility I really wanted.This is not necessary for all programmers (eg - the MasteraII and VX-Multi) but is for others (eg my VP2, VP20, PICPro3 and old phoenix).Chipcat can be found (for example) at Duwgati's excellent site:http://www.jali.nl/satelliet/satinfo/index.htmlDirect link: http://www.satinfo.org/download/ChipCat/chipcat23.zipWorth a try...??2old</blockquote>

[QUOTE="2old4this, post: 2271, member: 174998"] I have experienced many problems with various PCs (especially laptops) which fail to connect to the programming device. I stumbled upon a workaround though: I discovered that by running the program Chipcat v2.3 first (one of the many programming utilities you can find on the sat sites), the port is somehow always kick-started into life. I just connect the programmer without any card inserted, run chipcat, kick off its pogram function, and let it fail (since there is no card inserted). Then I put my card in and run the utility I really wanted. This is not necessary for all programmers (eg - the MasteraII and VX-Multi) but is for others (eg my VP2, VP20, PICPro3 and old phoenix). Chipcat can be found (for example) at Duwgati's excellent site: http://www.jali.nl/satelliet/satinfo/index.html Direct link: http://www.satinfo.org/download/ChipCat/chipcat23.zip Worth a try...?? 2old [/QUOTE]

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