User manual

MPLAB

PM3 User’s Guide

6. Enter a name for your environment into the “Environment Name” field. The

Environment name can be a maximum of 127 characters.

7. (Optional) Click Browse in the “Misc. Files” field and select a maximum of 10 files

(.txt, .hex, etc.) you want to associate with the Environment.

8. (Optional) Enter a brief description into the “Description” field.

9. Click Browse in the “Destination” field and select “MPLAB PM3 CARD” as the

destination.

10. Click OK to close the Environment Destination dialog.

11. Click Save to save the environment to the MPLAB PM3 Card. Once successfully

created, the Output window will display “Environment Name has been

created”.

12. Click Close to close the Save Environment dialog.

6.2.2 Loading an MPLAB PM3 Environment into the MPLAB PM3

Programmer

You can load an Environment from the MPLAB PM3 Card into the MPLAB PM3

programmer using either the MPLAB IDE software or Stand-Alone mode.

6.2.2.1 USING MPLAB IDE TO LOAD AN ENVIRONMENT

1. Ensure the MPLAB PM3 Card is fully inserted into the SD-MMC card slot on the

back of the MPLAB PM3 programmer, the programmer is powered on and the

programmer is enabled through the MPLAB IDE Programmer menu.

2. From the MPLAB IDE Main menu, select Programmer>Environment>Load

open the Load Environment window.

3. Expand the MPLAB PM3 Card directory to display the *.pm3 file you want to load

into the programmer.

4. Select the *.pm3 file you wish to load and click OK.

5. When complete, the Load Environment window closes and a completion

message displays in the Output window.

6.2.2.2 USING STAND-ALONE MODE TO LOAD AN ENVIRONMENT

1. Ensure the MPLAB PM3 Card is fully inserted into the SD-MMC card slot on the

back of the MPLAB PM3 programmer and the programmer is powered on.

2. From the MPLAB PM3 Main menu, select MPLAB PM3 card and press

<ENTER>.

3. From the MPLAB PM3 card menu, select Load an Environment and press

<ENTER>.

4. From the PM3CARD:\*.pm3 menu, select your Environment folder and press

<ENTER>.

5. Select your Environment.pm3 from the your Environment folder and press

<ENTER>.

Note: The destination can also be your hard drive or another storage device.