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Hi guys,

Just recieved 4 new ECIO40P's from farnell today.
I have used ECIO40's before on other projects and had no problems with them.
How ever, today I wanted to program the first ECIO40 that came out of the box and this showed up:

Building CASM file
Memory Usage Report
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RAM available:2048 bytes, used:79 bytes (3.9%), free:1969 bytes (96.1%),
Heap size:1969 bytes, Heap max single alloc:127 bytes
ROM available:22528 bytes, used:682 bytes (3.1%), free:21846 bytes (96.9%)

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Launching the programmer...
C:\Program Files (x86)\Flowcode 6\tools\ECIOprog\ECIOProg.exe -nogui "Flowcode1.hex"
File loaded: Flowcode1.hex
ECIO not found!
.........

FINISHED

I have checked the hardware and power from USB is selected.
I tried another ECIO but all 4 show the same.
I have downloaded another copy of Flowcode and hit repair, but no luck.
Installing the ECIO driver wont work. I get an INSTALLATION FAILED message.

I then tried to change the hardware and tried using a EB-006-007 but this showed the same as with ECIO.
Driver wont install and cant program my chip.

What do i need to do to get some life back into my project?

Dutchie

Hi
The ECIO40P should install automatically as it is an HID device does not need any drivers as the ECIO

Dutchie_World_Wide wrote:C:\Program Files (x86)\Flowcode 6\tools\ECIOprog\ECIOProg.exe -nogui "Flowcode1.hex"

you should use M loader not the ECIO Prog software ,you should also be able to program the ECIO40P directly from Flowcode

A message from Ben

Re: ECIO Driver isssue in vista

Postby Benj » Wed Nov 19, 2014 6:03 pm
Hello,

The ECIO40P16 only works with the mLoader software.

If you run the mLoader tool then it should automatically detect when you connect the ECIO40P16. Again the flashing LED indicates when the USB bootloader is active and having the mLoader tool open should keep the device in bootloader mode.

If you compile from Flowcode then when the pop up message appears try pressing the reset button on the ECIO40P16 device and this should allow programming to start.

Is this also true for the ECIO40P 18F4455?
Under 'Compiler Options' I cant make any changes to the settings as I have selected 'Default'

Dutchie

ah Ok Sorry i understood ECIO40P as you were talking about the ECIO40P16 dsPIC devices
I have no clue for the PIC18 devices I assume you need the drivers then ,
Hope one of the other gys help you out

I have tried to install the driver that I downloaded from matrix through windows device management and windows says that the HASH file is corrupt.
Anybody got another (older) driver for the ECIO's?

FYI I'm using Windows 8.1

Dutchie

Hello Dutchie,

To get the standard 8-bit PIC ECIO driver to install under windows 8.1 you need to disable the signed driver enforcement, I understand its not straightforward but there are many guides that show you how to do this such as the one below.

http://www.howtogeek.com/167723/how-to- ... d-drivers/

Let me know how you get on.

Thanks Benj, that did it