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Fred Smythe:
Right now I have my control panel (built in fall of 2004, so I am assuming it is a legacy 28-input MiniPAC) connected to a Win 7 machine. I also have the old (Version 1.0.16) and new (1.2.154) versions of WinIPAC installed. Both are set to run as admin.

Settings for old version of WinIPAC: I-PAC-2, new chipset, both download timers set in the middle. Here's the WINIPAC.INI for it:

--- Code: ---[TIMER VALUES]
Download Delay:50
TimeOut Delay:4953
Page Delay:250

[IPAC]
IPAC Model:2
Debug Mode:0
Keyboard Mode:1
--- End code ---

For the new version: Legacy MiniPAC selected, connected to USB, download timer set to 5 seconds. Here's the WINIPAC.CFG for that:

--- Code: ---[BOARD TYPE] 2
[USB MODE] True
[DOWNLOAD SPEED] 50
[TIMEOUT] 5047
--- End code ---

(I edited Download Speed myself because I thought that was the issue and the default wasn't working.)

The nutshell is: programming via the old WinIPAC works. Programming via the new one is met with "PROGRAMMING IPAC...Driver installed OK...Failed to program device"

Anyone have any ideas what I might be doing wrong? I had heard at one time that the new WinIPAC wasn't supposed to work with my MiniPAC, but then there appears to be a setting for it, so I'm a little confused.

Thanks for any help!

-- Chris

Dizzle:
I had similar problems, but it was with the new minipac and Windows XP.  First make sure that your connection type is correct, then try selecting different board types in WinIPAC (I had to choose IPAC instead of MiniPac for mine for some reason, but it programmed fine after that).

Fred Smythe:

--- Quote from: Dizzle on March 23, 2010, 07:50:47 pm ---I had similar problems, but it was with the new minipac and Windows XP.  First make sure that your connection type is correct, then try selecting different board types in WinIPAC (I had to choose IPAC instead of MiniPac for mine for some reason, but it programmed fine after that).
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Thanks for the idea, but it doesn't seem to matter. My three options are 32, 56, and 28-input boards, and they all throw the same error regardless of how I have it set.

Dizzle:
Can you still program it through the notepad and CTRL+ALT+P?

Fred Smythe:

--- Quote from: Dizzle on March 24, 2010, 01:06:32 am ---Can you still program it through the notepad and CTRL+ALT+P?
--- End quote ---
Ostensibly, but I can't think of why I would need to. I can still program it through the older version of WinIPAC. The question is one of, if I can do that, why can't I through the newer version.

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