Tom,

Strange. I checked a few PICKIT2 I have, and they all work. For my original testing, I tried two eBay clones, two fasttech ones, and two little Malaysian thumb-drive sized ones - all were ok.

The OVMS board does have a fairly large modem, which complicates things. Maybe just not enough power?

Can you try to press the little modem power button on the motherboard, to shut down the modem? See if that makes a difference.

Regards, Mark.

On 23 Oct, 2013, at 5:29 am, Tom Saxton <tom@idleloop.com> wrote:

I'm not able to program the V2 board with the PICkit2 unless the board plugged into the car to get 12V power, so I'd recommend the PICKit3, which I'm assuming doesn't have this issue.

I need to either build a cable to power the OVMS from a power supply or order the PICKit3 from Fasttech. For now, my laptop is living in the Roadster's passenger seat while I've been doing some work on the charge time predictor.

   Tom

From: Mark Webb-Johnson <mark@webb-johnson.net>
Reply-To: OVMS Developers <ovmsdev@lists.teslaclub.hk>
Date: Monday, October 21, 2013 11:42 PM
To: OVMS Developers <ovmsdev@lists.teslaclub.hk>
Subject: Re: [Ovmsdev] OVMS Leaf Support

Rob,

If you are not developing code then a PICKIT2 is easier.

The original is here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Microchip-PG164120-Programmer-Pickit-2/dp/B0040ZRGCQ/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1382423740&sr=1-4&keywords=pickit2

but as it is 'open source', there are lots of much cheaper clones. For example:

http://www.fasttech.com/products/0/10000018/1002200-pickit-2-compatible-programmerdebugger

Personally, I'd go with the clone.

Regards, Mark.

On 22 Oct, 2013, at 2:32 pm, Robert Sharpe <robert.sharpe@evergreen-consulting.co.uk> wrote:

Hi Mark,

Wow great work.

For me my current status is

Good and frequent access to a Nissan Leaf - YES

RS232-to-USB adaptor and laptop (or laptop with RS232 port)  - YES

OVMS v2 Module - Accepted Kevin's offer of h/w waiting for delivery

OVMS v2 OBD-II cable - Accepted Kevin's offer of h/w waiting for delivery

PICKIT2 or PICKIT3 programmer - Will order one today (any suggestions to a good source?)

Regards,

Rob

---- On Tue, 22 Oct 2013 02:11:52 +0100 Mark Webb-Johnson<mark@webb-johnson.net> wrote ----

OK, here's an update...

I went through the logs we captured, and had a look at Leaf Spy. I even purchased a copy of Leaf Spy Pro (even though I don't have a Leaf) just as a donation to say thank you to Turbo3 for pushing this approach and working out so much of the mechanics of it.

I spent an evening reading thro