Electronic – uploading sketch using mcp2221 to Atmel Mega1284P

Hi I am unable to upload sketch to Atmel mega1284p using a mcp2221 usb to uart converter IC.

I have a simple code prints "message received" It works to program the Mega1284p using arduino nano as ISP. But not using the MCP2221 over usb. I took a long time and eventually errors out. I tried pressing reset button on ATMega while uploading, I tried swapping TX and RX. I double checked COM port. Please help.

avrdude:

     System wide configuration file is "C:\Users\hhuynh\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\MightyCore\hardware\avr\2.0.1/avrdude.conf"

     Using Port                    : COM5
     Using Programmer              : arduino
     Overriding Baud Rate          : 38400

An error occurred while uploading the sketch

This is my setup.

This schematic is simular to how mine is setup.