Indicator Lights (LEDs)

The top of MPLAB ICE 4 unit has two light pipes butted against to each other, each illuminated by an LED.

The expected start-up sequence for the debugger is:

  1. 1.Purple - steady on for approximately 3 seconds.
  2. 2.Blue - flashing for approximately 2 seconds while the debugger runs a power-on self-test.
  3. 3.Blue - steady on. The debugger is ready.

The following table advises how to read the indicator lights.

Table 1. LED and Bootloader Error Descriptions
LED 1 LED 2 Description
Normal Modes
Blue Blue Power is connected; debugger in standby; Network ready to connect
White Blue Network connected
White, slow blink Blue MPLAB X IDE/MPLAB IPE has initiated communication with ICE 4 over the network
Red Blue Network connection failure/error
Orange Blue Power target circuit from ICE 4 checked
Green Blue Power target circuit from ICE 4 unchecked
Green, slow blink Blue DGI connected
Purple Purple Bootloader is running
Yellow Yellow Debugger is busy
Red Red An operation has failed
Bootloader Errors
Purple Red, slow blink Problem accessing the debugger’s serial EEPROM
Purple Red, fast blink Bootloader API commands cannot be processed
White, fast blink White, fast blink A runtime exception occurred in the tool firmware