FlashMagic Hanging

[phonoplug]

Hi,

I seem to have had this problem for ages bt now its really got to me. I'm trying to program a P89V51RD2 in circuit and Flash magic just hangs, well sort of. It just sits there 'Attempting to connect'. If I click 'cancel' it just sits there 'Cancelling. Please wait'. Only way out is to close the program.

I have been opening FM by double clicking on a settings file I have created many years ago for that chip. I will attach it if I can. I get exactly the same behaviour if no board is connected. Ok, so that may be a clue in itself, but what I'm really asking, is why does FM not timeout or something? Why does it get stuck in the 'Cancelling. Please wait' mode?

I was using version 5.36. Just changed to version 5.90 but behaviour is exactly the same.

Is it because I'm opening via a settings file that is now incompatable with the latest version of Flash Magic?

Rather frustratedly...

Alex

[phonoplug]

Ok well here's something I just found out.

I rebooted this (same) PC into XP and ran FM from the same settings file, and the boards programmed fine.

Is there some known issues with Win7 and Flash Magic??

[Andy Ayre]

No, there isn't. But perhaps on Windows 7 the COM port timeouts might be handled differently. We will investigate.

Andy