AVR ISP mkII

The mkII ISP cable has a 10-pin 100 mil (5x2) footprint that looks
suspiciously like an unpopulated JTAG header. Is this for programming
the on-board mega128 chip, or can it be used to connect to a target?

Thanks.

"larwe" <zwsdotcom@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> The mkII ISP cable has a 10-pin 100 mil (5x2) footprint that looks
> suspiciously like an unpopulated JTAG header. Is this for programming
> the on-board mega128 chip, or can it be used to connect to a target?
>
> Thanks.
>
I have about 5 AVR ISP mkII programmers and all of them have 6-pin 
connector.
It is connected to ISP port  of mega128 (PD0, PD1, SPICLK, RST, GND, VCC).
No JTAG functions at all.
Alex. 

On Feb 27, 12:03 pm, "Alexander Baranov" <bara...@verizon.net> wrote:

> I have about 5 AVR ISP mkII programmers and all of them have 6-pin
> connector.

I know it comes with a 6-pin ISP cable, however look at the PCB. Right
next to the USB connector you'll see what looks like a JTAG port. I
expect it is only for programming the onboard micro, but I thought I'd
ask.

On Feb 27, 8:49 am, "larwe" <zwsdot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 27, 12:03 pm, "Alexander Baranov" <bara...@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > I have about 5 AVR ISP mkII programmers and all of them have 6-pin
> > connector.
>
> I know it comes with a 6-pin ISP cable, however look at the PCB. Right
> next to the USB connector you'll see what looks like a JTAG port. I
> expect it is only for programming the onboard micro, but I thought I'd
> ask.

Yes, that's for programming the on-board micro.
You need the Jtag MkII to program another AVR via Jtag.