I can read the embedded .hex file using READ from the PICkit2. It appears to be all in place save one byte at the very end, byte 'c5'.

I do not understand why I need to attach a USB cable to the PIC32 card when the UART tool in PICkit2 looks like it is supposed to do the same thing. Do I need to push some of the buttons (PROG, RESET, USER) to get this thing started?

KEn