Post by thread:[PIC] PICkit2 and OSX Parallels

I've encountered my first issue with using the PICkit2 on my Mac under Parallels. It does not seem possible to update the PICkit2 in a Parallels virtual machine. During a firmware update, the USB port is released momentarily and reinitialized. Parallels has to reallocate the USB port to the virtual machine, and in that timeframe the update corrupts. I experienced this several times last evening, and had to correct the issue on a true Windows machine each time. The PICkit2 application software is a higher version than MPLAB 8.1 recognizes, so MPLAB tried to update my PICkit2, causing this issue. The PICkit2 otherwise works fine under Parallels, but it does not seem possible to update. Has anyone else experienced this and have a fix? Joe

This may be a bit aside, but I gave up on Parallels. Video and networking bugs were the reason for me. VirtualBox rocks for me. Cheerful regards, Bob Joseph Bento wrote: {Quote hidden}> I've encountered my first issue with using the PICkit2 on my Mac under > Parallels. > > It does not seem possible to update the PICkit2 in a Parallels virtual > machine. During a firmware update, the USB port is released > momentarily and reinitialized. Parallels has to reallocate the USB > port to the virtual machine, and in that timeframe the update > corrupts. I experienced this several times last evening, and had to > correct the issue on a true Windows machine each time. > > The PICkit2 application software is a higher version than MPLAB 8.1 > recognizes, so MPLAB tried to update my PICkit2, causing this issue. > > The PICkit2 otherwise works fine under Parallels, but it does not seem > possible to update. > > Has anyone else experienced this and have a fix? > > Joe >

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I upgraded to Parallels 4 several weeks ago, and that seems to be when I began noticing issues with my PICkit2. I can work from the command line with Pk2cmd, but I'm not completely comfortable with that, as I have to keep referring to a cheat sheet for the various commands. I had to refresh my memory on how to perform a firmware upgrade on the PICkit2 from the Unix (OS-X) prompt. So now if I corrupt my PICKit2 again, I can at least correct it on the Mac. In many respects, I think I like Wouter's Wisp648 best of all. A no-nonsense programmer that always works in Windows or OS-X - just not directly from within MPLAB. Joe {Original Message removed}

I too am using it in Fusion. No major issues so far. -marc On 2/7/09, Peter Loron <spam_OUTpeterlTakeThisOuTstandingwave.org> wrote: {Quote hidden}> VMware Fusion has been very good for me. VirtualBox is also great, and > it is free. > > -Pete > > On Feb 7, 2009, at 2:10 PM, Bob Blick wrote: > >> This may be a bit aside, but I gave up on Parallels. Video and >> networking bugs were the reason for me. >> >> VirtualBox rocks for me. >> >> Cheerful regards, >> >> Bob >> >> >> Joseph Bento wrote: >>> I've encountered my first issue with using the PICkit2 on my Mac >>> under >>> Parallels. >>> >>> It does not seem possible to update the PICkit2 in a Parallels >>> virtual >>> machine. During a firmware update, the USB port is released >>> momentarily and reinitialized. Parallels has to reallocate the USB >>> port to the virtual machine, and in that timeframe the update >>> corrupts. I experienced this several times last evening, and had to >>> correct the issue on a true Windows machine each time. >>> >>> The PICkit2 application software is a higher version than MPLAB 8.1 >>> recognizes, so MPLAB tried to update my PICkit2, causing this issue. >>> >>> The PICkit2 otherwise works fine under Parallels, but it does not >>> seem >>> possible to update. >>> >>> Has anyone else experienced this and have a fix? >>> >>> Joe >>> >> --