Quote Originally Posted by picnaut
Hi,

Beware of USB-to-RS232 converters.
Not all of them (none of mine, come to think of it) support the use of the DTR signal.
This is needed in order to use the MCSP bootloader (as far as I know).

Just something to think about.

Regards,
Thanks for the reply,

The Dontronics adaptor has full RS-232 support, so the DTR et. al. pins all function as intended.