Hi,

The (Atmel) programmer options are non standard arduino and are contributions from users that I can extend as required.

This error means the clock delay switch is either wrong or missing for the programmer definition

You can edit the definition via the programmers.atmel.txt below the visual micro hardware folder.

The file/folder is probably in:-

C:\Program Files (x86)\Visual Micro\Visual Micro for Arduino\Micro Platforms\arduino16x\hardware\avr\programmers.atmel.txt

You can either change or create an entry in the txt file. The current one is:-

atprogram_avrispmkii_isp.name=Atmel Studio AVRISP MkII (ISP)
atprogram_avrispmkii_isp.program.tool=atprogram
atprogram_avrispmkii_isp.program.extra_params=-t avrispmk2 -i ISP
atprogram_avrispmkii_isp.help=Connect the programmer to the ICSP port
 

but you could add a new entry to try different settings

atprogram_avrispmkii_isp_custom1.name=Atmel Studio AVRISP MkII (ISP) (Custom1)
atprogram_avrispmkii_isp_custom1.program.tool=atprogram
atprogram_avrispmkii_isp_custom1.program.extra_params=-t avrispmk2 -i ISP
atprogram_avrispmkii_isp_custom1.help=Connect the programmer to the ICSP port
 

After changing the "extra_params" value to have the correct values you can either restart atmel studio or click "tools>visual micro>reload toolchains"

If you find the correct values please post and I will add support to the next release of visual micro.

Thanks

Thanks for all the info.

I just noticed the path to the command is not being resolved correctly. It's falling back to normal arduino avrdue instead of calling atprogram

This must be a bug since the new downloaded boards manager was implement a couple of months ago.

I will investigate and report back.

Did that, but still no go. It didn't have the extra parameters for the bootloader. I've changed the files to add them, but I still can't run it. Maybe because of the forward slashed in the bootloader path?

I've tried to program the bootloader with the AS62 Device Programming utility and I had no problem, so it's not a connection problem between the ISP mkII and the arduino.

Burning bootloader to board 'Arduino Pro or Pro Mini w/ ATmega328 (5V, 16 MHz)' using 'Atmel Studio AVRISP MkII (ISP)'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Atmel\Atmel Studio 6.2\atbackend\atprogram -d atmega328p -v -t avrispmk2 -i ISP program -c -f "C:\Program Files ex"
Firmware check OK

System.Exception: Burn bootloader failed with an exception ---> Visual.Micro.MiroAppAPI.debug.RunnerException: [DEBUG] Starting execution of "program"
[DEBUG] Starting process 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Atmel\Atmel Studio 6.2\atbackend\atbackend.exe'
[DEBUG] Connecting to TCP:127.0.0.1:10065
[INFO] Connected to ispmk2, fw version: 1.17
[INFO] Firmware check OK
[ERROR] Could not establish connection to device. Please check input parameters, hardware connections and clock values.
Failed to enter programming mode. ispEnterProgMode: Error status received: Got 0xc0, expected 0x00 (Command has failed to execute on the tool). (TCF Error code: 1)

   at Visual.Micro.MiroAppAPI.debug.Uploader.executeUploadCommand(ICollection commandDownloader, String workingPath)
   at Visual.Micro.MiroAppAPI.debug.Uploader.executeUploadCommand(ICollection commandDownloader)
   at  programmerPrefs, String programmer)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at  programmerPrefs, String programmer)
   at Visual.Micro.MiroAppAPI.debug.AvrdudeUploader.burnBootloader(Board boardPreferences, String programmerName)