MPLAB-X IDE integrated with PICKitPlus to support a PICkit2 or PICkit3 programming operations. 

Wow, thank you for your gracious help in extended the life of our PICKit2s! I am not a great computer person. I do understand from the commented instructions that I need to cut/paste the installation folder path into the command line. I am capable of doing that. However, I do not have the knowledge base to be able to follow the instructions to locate that path. Even though you list the instructions, I do not know how to use them: - $(Device) is expanded by MPLAB-X IDE - $(ImagePath) is expanded by MPLAB-X IDE If I am not explaining myself well, what I need to know is where to locate the address of my installation folder. Thank you for these additional details. EDIT: Might this be the path? = - Programs - Microchip - PICKit2 - Properties "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microchip\PICkit 2 v2\" Ohhh... Do we have to buy your software, in order for this to work? The command line path includes "PICKitPlus."

Great tip. But I don’t see the command line referred to at 4:25 in the comments or in description. Did you forget to post it?

I have a bunch of PIC12F508 and I tried your method and is not working for this family of PIC's. I only have pickit2 and I very much like to use it with Mplab X. I managed to install this MCC plugin, but it only works with Your 18f24K42 PIC . If I select my 12F508, I get an error every time and will not let me inside MCC options window like it does for you: "WARNING: The project's device is not supported by the currently loaded libraries. All library versions are available for download on the MCC website. www.microchip.com/mcc" I managed to install the newest library for [pic10-pic12-pic16-pic18-version1.81.7] and still, the same error. It does not let me enter and select anything you selected in your case. -Any advice? -Thank you.

Hi, many thanks for the hint, under linux with pk3cmd I insert the code : pk2cmd -P $(Device) -M -F "$(ImagePath)" and it works very nicely !! By the way using PIC16F690 ...

Hi, is there a way to do the same on Linux with with pkcmd-lx?

how will i get PICkit2 plus software for free