Mplab 8.8 isn't linux compatible. You need mplabX<http://www.microchip.com/en_US/family/mplabx/index.html>
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Cathrine Hribar <bhri...@bresnan.net> wrote: > >>>>> If you plan on using a Windows environment, then you can use > Microchip's > >>>>> MPLAB PIC IDE and several different C compilers, all freeware. > MPLABX > >>>>> <...> > >>>> Hi Doug: > >>>> > >>>> Thanks for the info... I just received the pickit 2 debug from > microchip. > >>>> Have the latest v. of MPLAB. Problem is that my software system is > Windows > >>>> 2000 with SP4. The pickit 2 software doesn't see the pickit 2 > hardware > >>>> pluged > >>>> into the USB port. I know the port works. > >>>> > >>>> thanks: > >>>> > >>>> Bill > >>>> > >>>> > >>> Bill: > >>> > >>> You do know how old Windows 2000 is in technology-years? Microsoft > >>> terminated support two years ago. > >>> > >>> Sorry, I just had to get that out of my system :-) > >>> > >>> Did you have administrator privileges when you installed the driver? > >>> Without a functioning driver, Windows 2000 won't admit your pickit > >>> exists even if the port itself is electrically sound. Your smart drive > >>> test was necessary but not sufficient. It exercises a different driver. > >>> > >>> Were I in your shoes, I'd install MPLAB X IDE in Linux and drive on > >>> rather than arm-wrestle with W2K. To paraphrase what Admiral Farragut > >>> never exactly said, "Damn the bugs, full speed ahead." > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Kent > >> > >> Hi Kent: > >> > >> Thanks for the note. > >> > >> I am aware of the age of Windows 2000 as I used it in my business of > >>computer > >> animation in S. W. Florida. That was up to 2005 before I retired. > >> > >> I agree it is a pain but sense I am retired and this is a hobby, I used > what > >>I > >> had on hand, as MPLAB listed the system software could be Windows 2000 > or > >>XP. > > > > Hi, Bill. > > > > My wife and I are retired as well and fully understand the financial > > constraints. We choose to forgo many technology baubles in order to > > spend more in other pursuits, like staying involved in our grandkids' > lives. > > > > My wife, for example, is still using a Sony laptop we bought when she > > was consulting a decade ago. She likes the full keyboard so much she > > doesn't want to buy a new laptop. We're running Windows 2000 on it > > because that's the latest version that has working drivers for it. > > > >> I put that Query on this web site about two weeks ago, asking if there > was a > >> complier that would work for programming the dspic's, under Linux. One > of > >>the > >> fellows said that there was a compiler but it was a pain to get all the > >>files, > >> in place, that was needed to use it under Linux.. Being the novice > that I > >>am, > >> not being a programmer, I thought it would be more of a challenge than I > >>could > >> overcome with my limited knowledge. > >> > >> However, I think I will give it a try as I like the Linux operating > system > >> much better that Windows. It reminds me of the Amiga operating system > that I > >> use to use for model building, ray tracing, and animation recording. > > > > Oh, man, a Amiga user. You really were serious about animation work. I > > never had one but I drooled over the one my friend (also in video and > > animation work) had. I have neither the eye nor the temperament for > > graphics work. I envy those who do. > > > >> If I need some direction, are you willing to lend a bit of help once in > a > >> while? > > > > I and the rest of the LinuxCNC crowd are always available to kibitz. > > Collectively, we know everything (and if it turns out we don't we can > > still sympathize with you!). > > > > What direction did you decide to go---MPLAB or MPLAB X? And in Linux > > directly or in Windows running as a virtual host in Linux? > > > > Of course, inquiring minds also want to know what you have in mind for > > those dspics. > > > > > >> Bill > >> > > > > Good luck. > > > > Regards, > > Kent > > Hi Kent: > > Yes we are all for the grand kids too! > > Well I think I will go with Linux. The MPLAB I have just downloaded was > 8.80. > > I purchased the Pickit 2 debug. The project is a brushed servo controller. > Knowing me I think it will go beyond that, maybe BLDC. Then who knows > what. > > Well Kent back in 1985 my wife and I opened an Amiga store in Florida. > Because I used it for 3 D wire frame modeling, in my Architectural > Illustration business. I thought it would really catch on. She and I went > to > Commodore's repair school so we could support the machine. > > We were authorized Video Toaster retaillers. > > Opened a larger store in a strip shopping center about 1989. I ran both > businesses from that location. About the time we got rolling the Hi-way > dept. > started tearing up the main hi-way that went in front of our center. And > the > first war started. Mail order got going real strong and we were doomed. > I could buy Commodore Hi-res monitors from mail order cheaper than I could > buy > from Commadore direct and we were authorized retailers with them. I hate > loop > holes!! > > It was a great machine, 1 main processor and 5 sub-processors. Multitasking > for real and all on 512K ram. I networked the Amiga, with the Windows > NT4.0, > and the MAC Quadra 950, for all animation and video recording. Play back > recording directly to Beta-cam in real time. > > I learned a lot, mostly not to get involved with the computer retail > market. > That lesson cost us dearly! > > Well anyway I will let you know how it goes. > > Bill > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
