PicKit3 works well only in debug mode - why?

[bednyk]

PicKit3 question

Hi all!

I have recntly bought PICkt3 Debug Express with 44-pin demo board with a PIC18F45k20 microcontroller. I am facing an issue when programing this demo board in release mode - nothing happens. But whenever I am program in in debug mode program is working perfectly good.

Has anyone got similar problem. I was in touch with Microchip guys but haven't received solution to this issue.

BR,
Mike

 

[natraj20]

I got an exact opposite problem. I could work only in program mode. Facing problems with the debug mode.

44 pin - PIC 18F47J53

When i try to work in the debug mode, most of the times I get this error message.

PK3Err0040: The target device is not ready for debugging.
Please check your configuration bit settings and program
the device before proceeding.


Sometimes it works and sometimes it does not. I do not know what to do with the configuration bit settings for the debug mode. Is there any difference in setting those bits from the compiler or from the code?? I could not find anything (like the DEBUG bit referred by many controllers) regarding the debugging in the configuration bit registers. Please let me know how to work in the debug mode.

Coming to your problem, What happens when you select the pickit 3 programmer ?? Does it detect the target board ??

 

[beckmail]

Hi bednyk
Have you solved this problem? I have exactly the same situation. I too bought a PICkt3 Debug Express with 44-pin demo board with a PIC18F45k20 microcontroller. It works OK in debug mode but nothing in release mode.