Problems with Olimex AVR-USB-JTAG and Spark Fun Electronics

Has anyone successfully used this product (AVR-USB-JTAG from Olimex)?

I posted a query here a week or two ago, no replies - so I ordered one
from Spark Fun Electronics. It arrived with the wrong USB cable (they
shipped A to B, it requires A to A) and SFE never responded to my email
asking for the problem to be corrected (note to self: buy elsewhere
next time). So I cannibalized two other USB cables and got it
connected.

I installed the latest driver from FTDI, and it mounted the device as
COM5. I can't find any method in registry or control panel to change
that, by the way.

AVR Studio won't connect. I select JTAGICE and COM5, and it just pauses
for a little while then returns to the select-port dialog.

It is possible my target isn't working properly yet - but shouldn't AVR
Studio connect to the ICE even if there is no target connected? It's
not establishing any communication whatsoever.

larwe wrote:
> 
> Has anyone successfully used this product (AVR-USB-JTAG from
> Olimex)?
... snip ...

4 copies within 18 minutes, the first three within 4 minutes.  You 
are not unique in generating multiple copies from google, so I 
suspect their foul interface.  Probably there is absolutely no 
immediate response to a 'send' action, inciting repeats.

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Chuck F.  wrote:

> 4 copies within 18 minutes, the first three within 4 minutes.  You
> are not unique in generating multiple copies from google, so I
> suspect their foul interface.  Probably there is absolutely no
> immediate response to a 'send' action, inciting repeats.

No, I got an internal server error when I submitted it - which implies
to me it wasn't accepted by the server.