Charlie.. this is getting frustrating... I copied and pasted that hex code into wordpad..simple enough...When I scrolled to the end of the file on the screen, there is the same line of text I was getting before.. something like "read more http://rcuniverse blah blah blah".. It's screwing everything up. also, the straight line format is gone..it bunched it all up into one paragraph..no end of line markers etc..

I figured I'd remove that garbage line at the end and save the file anyway..Renamed it with the hex ext. and proceded to load it into PicProg4u and it tells me the same thing as before..configuration word not set or missing..Either way, it was not successful.. Programmed the chip and nothing..chip remained blank..

I guess I need to set the configuration word myself.. What values or settings should I turn on or off. Watchdog? Brownout, etc..as it loaded, they were all turned on and it locked up..no activity from the chip. Very frustrating to say the least! If you have a working hex file, can you zip it up and email it to me.. Maybe the forum is screwing things up by using the code tags or something.. I get garbage in the first line and also the last line.. not visible on the forum but tagged to the file when you copy and paste it.

What I am going to try is to load the old testfunc4.hex file into the programmer, and then look at the configuration word it has set. copy the results down and reload your code and set it like the other working hex file.. It might work..not sure. I'll let you know..

John