{"id":18,"date":"2013-10-21T09:55:51","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T09:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wphost.spider-e.com\/?p=18"},"modified":"2013-10-22T15:53:38","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T15:53:38","slug":"issues-with-icd3-in-mac-os-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wphost.spider-e.com\/?p=18","title":{"rendered":"Issues with ICD3 in Mac OS X"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been using Microchip’s MPLAB X on Mac OS X for some time now, and really getting along nicely with it.<\/p>\n

I use it for various projects and with a range of different hardware targets and programmers.<\/p>\n

I’m using MPLAB X<\/a> v1.90 with PicKIT2<\/a>, PicKIT3<\/a> and ICD3<\/a> and until recently I’ve had little or no trouble.<\/p>\n

Last week, however, I allowed the 2013-005<\/a> Java Software Update from Apple to install. This updated my VM from JRE 6 to JRE7 (aka Java version 1.7).<\/p>\n

Everything seemed fine until I tried to program a device using my ICD3 debugger\/programmer.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

With Java 1.7 installed MPLAB X can no longer see my ICD3. When connected my ICD3 shows a flashing red status light.<\/p>\n

MPLAB X also ships with a utility called MPLB IPE – which is the Integrated Programmer Environment: a tool which allows you to use your programmer outside of the main IDE. This utility can not detect the ICD 3 either.<\/p>\n

There is<\/em> a forum post<\/a> over at the MPLAB X forums which states that Mac OS X 10.7 and 10.8 require the use of JRE6, but it is light on information, and the link it gives for downloading JRE6 is out of date.<\/p>\n

I tried to remove Java 1.7 following the instructions on the Oracle website here<\/a>. I followed the instructions for removing the applet plugin and the JDK. (Note: On my system the JDK was installed at \/System\/Library\/Java\/JavaVirtualMachines and not \/Library\/Java\/JavaVirtualMachines)<\/p>\n

However my ICD3 still does not work. I have rebooted and checked which version of Java the system thinks is installed. From a terminal window I type:<\/p>\n

java -version<\/pre>\n
and it responds with:<\/p>\n
java version \"1.6.0_65\"<\/pre>\n
But still no joy. Ho Hum. Looks like the install of Apple’s 2013-005 Update has hosed my ICD3 usage. As a matter of interest the same programemr still works great on a PC running Windows 7, and in a Virtual Machine running Windows 8.1 Pro on the same Mac where is will not work natively.<\/p>\n
I think this dependency on Java 1.6 will start to bite Microchip because many people will just automatically update to Java 1.7 when prompted by software update on the Mac, and I cannot find a way to successfully redact the update. With OS X Mavericks just around the corner, who’s going to be caught out? Maybe there are too few of us Mac OS X users with ICD3 about for anyone to care anyway!<\/p>\n
Best wishes.<\/p>\n
Kenny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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