PIC16F877A not working again :(

[The Master]

By that i meant in an idle state where its not doing anything. It doesnt appear to be using any power and its not changing the state of any output pins etc

[mackrackit]

By that i meant in an idle state where its not doing anything. It doesnt appear to be using any power and its not changing the state of any output pins etc

Can I quote/use that statement the next time a customer calls and complains said machine is not working.

The machine is just in an idle state, not to worry

[The Master]

Ive just reprogrammed the PIC chip with my origional test code but setting the oscillator to HS and it works.

Thanx for your help

[skimask]

Ive just reprogrammed the PIC chip with my origional test code but setting the oscillator to HS and it works.

Thanx for your help

As the great 'Quagmire' says...

Gigadee-gigadee, gigadee-goo...

[rxforspeed]

I've had the same exact problems myself, especially since I've been using either an 8 or 20MHz HC-49 case crystal in a lot of recent experiements. No matter what programming software is used, it always seems to default to "XT" instead of "HS". I usually forget to change the PIC in the drop-down menu in Microcode Studio from 16F628A to whatever PIC the program is for, but that's easy to find and correct when the program doesn't assemble correctly and gives a "too many errors" error message.

Is there an .ini file or another file I can modify to have the default settings in Microcode Studio automatically select the PIC I've been using most lately, and to default to "HS" instead of "XT" in the oscillator setting? Same question for the PICFlash software from mikroElektronika-anything I can modify to change the same default settings?

[mackrackit]

Is there an .ini file or another file I can modify to have the default settings in Microcode Studio automatically select the PIC I've been using most lately, and to default to "HS" instead of "XT" in the oscillator setting? Same question for the PICFlash software from mikroElektronika-anything I can modify to change the same default settings?

Have you seen this about the config settings for the PIC?
http://www.picbasic.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=543

[rxforspeed]

Thanks for the link, Dave! Once I get those default settings changed, I'm sure that'll save me quite a few frustrating moments...