Hi all.
I have a couple of things that annoy me a little about the programmer software.
1) Why bother with the password when you install? It's the same password for everyone, and if you need to install, you just have to hunt down the password(becasue you have forgotten since last install!), and this is just a pest...
2) When programming the chip, it is annoying when the programmer cannot talk to the chip, that it stops with a message and you have to click [OK]. It would be much better and less stressful, if, when ready to program the chip, you press [F5], and a window comes up, with a [CANCEL] button. What would happen now, would be that the programmer would try FOREVER to program the chip, until you click [CANCEL] or the programmer was sucessful in programming the chip.
I find 99% of the time, when you press [F5] to start the programming, you need to cycle the power to the chip, and by the time you have done this, the programmer has timed-out and displayed an annoying message asking for an [OK] click.
Surely, it would be better, if the program automatically made repeated attempts to program the chip, rather then just one - I think this would make life easier for all.
Please don't get me wrong - the programmer software is GREAT apart from these things, and the forums are very helpful, and the Picaxe product is BRILLIANT - these are just a couple of niggles(annoyances) of mine...
G.
I have a couple of things that annoy me a little about the programmer software.
1) Why bother with the password when you install? It's the same password for everyone, and if you need to install, you just have to hunt down the password(becasue you have forgotten since last install!), and this is just a pest...
2) When programming the chip, it is annoying when the programmer cannot talk to the chip, that it stops with a message and you have to click [OK]. It would be much better and less stressful, if, when ready to program the chip, you press [F5], and a window comes up, with a [CANCEL] button. What would happen now, would be that the programmer would try FOREVER to program the chip, until you click [CANCEL] or the programmer was sucessful in programming the chip.
I find 99% of the time, when you press [F5] to start the programming, you need to cycle the power to the chip, and by the time you have done this, the programmer has timed-out and displayed an annoying message asking for an [OK] click.
Surely, it would be better, if the program automatically made repeated attempts to program the chip, rather then just one - I think this would make life easier for all.
Please don't get me wrong - the programmer software is GREAT apart from these things, and the forums are very helpful, and the Picaxe product is BRILLIANT - these are just a couple of niggles(annoyances) of mine...
G.