[avrdude-dev] avrdude: stk500_getsync error message

[Peter Warlich]

Hi,

I am using avrdude 4.3.0 and an STK500 (v1.46) to program my target board
with an ATmega16 on it.
If I attempt to program the flash or the fuses I get the following message
(have not tried the EEPROM):

avrdude: stk500_getsync (): not in sync: resp=0x15

If I retry the programming or power cycle the stk500 board before the
programming it works fine.
This occurs if I run avrdude from a command line or from WinAVR (040404).

Example of fuse programming command I use:
avrdude -p m16 -c stk500 -U hfuse:w:0xC0:m -U lfuse:w:0c7F:m

Can somebody help me to get around this problem?

/Peter