Hi Gordon,
I first goto the <Programmer> menu, then I choose "MPLAB ICD 2" from the <Select Programmer> menu and here's what it says in the MPLAB ICD 2 output window;
Auto-connect not enabled - Not connecting (Try enabling auto-connect on the ICD2 settings pages.)
Then I work my way through the <Programmer>, <Settings>, and <Communications> menus and I select the Com1 port and 19,200 baud and click OK... Finally, I click on the Reset and Connect to ICD button and I get the following messages in the MPLAB ICD 2 output window;
Auto-connect not enabled - Not connecting (Try enabling auto-connect on the ICD2 settings pages.)
ICDWarn0034: Please ensure that your system's serial FIFO buffers are disabled.
Connecting to MPLAB ICD 2
...Connected
ICDWarn0030: MPLAB ICD2 is about to download a new operating system. If MPLAB IDE is just starting, it will appear to "hang" at the splash screen. Please be patient. MPLAB IDE will finish it's intialization after the OS is downloaded. (Note: You may wish to select to ignore this warning in the future.)
Downloading Operating System
Connecting to MPLAB ICD 2
...Connected
Setting Vdd source to MPLAB ICD 2
ICDWarn0020: Invalid target device id (expected=0x88, read=0x0)
...Reading ICD Product ID
Running ICD Self Test
...Passed
...Download Operating System Succeeded
Setting Vdd source to MPLAB ICD 2
ICDWarn0020: Invalid target device id (expected=0x88, read=0x0)
...Reading ICD Product ID
Running ICD Self Test
...Passed
MPLAB ICD 2 Ready
Those are the messages I get when I don't have a target device connected...
Are you following a similar procedure?
Regards, Mike