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YAN-1 · 4th June 2007, 10:04 AM

Hello everyone. I am going nuts! I have a simple program to run but for some reason, all my PICs (16F877A) are not outputting ANYTHING on RB6 or RB7. Those pins seem to be floating all the time although they are configured as outputs just like the rest of PORTB. It can't be that all my PICs have malfunctioning RB6 and RB7 pins, can it?! Thanks a lot.

**Nigel Goodwin** · 4th June 2007, 10:34 AM

Try posting your code here! - make sure you use the code tags to maintain it's formatting.

BTW - those pins are used for programming and de-bugging, do you have de-bugging turned ON?.

picasm · 4th June 2007, 12:09 PM

Looking at the datasheet, I suspect that you have it set to in-circuit debug mode which grabs RB6 & 7 and stops them being used as normal ports.

Check the configuration word - bit 11 must be set to 1 to disable debug mode.

YAN-1 · 5th June 2007, 06:40 AM

Hello. Sorry for the late reply.

Well it's a really simple code. I've reduced it now to just blinking PORTB but those 2 bits just refuse to go high. I've never turned the debugging on. I use PIC StartPlus to program and so i manually set the configuration bits from the configuration menu in MPLAB, and it has always worked. What could be the problem now? Thanks a lot.

eng1 · 5th June 2007, 07:21 AM

Check bit 11 of the configuration word, as suggested. It must be set.
To disable the debugger you can add the _DEBUG_OFF label to the __CONFIG directive.

**Nigel Goodwin** · 5th June 2007, 08:07 AM

Yes, don't rely on setting the fuses in the programmer, you should ALWAYS set them in the source code!.

YAN-1 · 5th June 2007, 10:04 AM

Thanks guys. It worked. Turns out that bit 11 of the configuration word is not covered by the configuration menu in MPLAB. So I set the configuration word in the code and it worked. Solved some other problems as well! The weird thing is that I have ALWAYS used the configuration menu of MPLAB when programming and it never gave me any problems until yesterday. Ah well! Thanks again.

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4th June 2007, 10:04 AM	(permalink)
YAN-1	Portb Hello everyone. I am going nuts! I have a simple program to run but for some reason, all my PICs (16F877A) are not outputting ANYTHING on RB6 or RB7. Those pins seem to be floating all the time although they are configured as outputs just like the rest of PORTB. It can't be that all my PICs have malfunctioning RB6 and RB7 pins, can it?! Thanks a lot. __________________ World.......behold........YAN is coming

4th June 2007, 10:34 AM	(permalink)
Nigel Goodwin	Try posting your code here! - make sure you use the code tags to maintain it's formatting. BTW - those pins are used for programming and de-bugging, do you have de-bugging turned ON?. __________________ PIC programmer software, and PIC Tutorials at: http://www.winpicprog.co.uk Last edited by Nigel Goodwin; 4th June 2007 at 10:39 AM.

4th June 2007, 12:09 PM	(permalink)
picasm	Looking at the datasheet, I suspect that you have it set to in-circuit debug mode which grabs RB6 & 7 and stops them being used as normal ports. Check the configuration word - bit 11 must be set to 1 to disable debug mode.

5th June 2007, 06:40 AM	(permalink)
YAN-1	Hello. Sorry for the late reply. Well it's a really simple code. I've reduced it now to just blinking PORTB but those 2 bits just refuse to go high. I've never turned the debugging on. I use PIC StartPlus to program and so i manually set the configuration bits from the configuration menu in MPLAB, and it has always worked. What could be the problem now? Thanks a lot. __________________ World.......behold........YAN is coming

5th June 2007, 07:21 AM	(permalink)
eng1	Check bit 11 of the configuration word, as suggested. It must be set. To disable the debugger you can add the _DEBUG_OFF label to the __CONFIG directive.

5th June 2007, 08:07 AM	(permalink)
Nigel Goodwin	Yes, don't rely on setting the fuses in the programmer, you should ALWAYS set them in the source code!. __________________ PIC programmer software, and PIC Tutorials at: http://www.winpicprog.co.uk

5th June 2007, 10:04 AM	(permalink)
YAN-1	Thanks guys. It worked. Turns out that bit 11 of the configuration word is not covered by the configuration menu in MPLAB. So I set the configuration word in the code and it worked. Solved some other problems as well! The weird thing is that I have ALWAYS used the configuration menu of MPLAB when programming and it never gave me any problems until yesterday. Ah well! Thanks again. __________________ World.......behold........YAN is coming