Trouble Shooting

For Video Disc Controllers, such as the VDC-200A and VDC-212, use the same settings except the Baud Rate is 1200. Click OK. Main screen will appear and at the bottom left message “Connected” will appear.

Connect the programming cable from the 9-pin COM port on the back of the PC to the 5- pin circular connector on the back of the Museum Technology product. Make sure power is connected. Press the red PROGRAM button on the back of the Museum Technology control unit. The red LED should illuminate and the programming menu should appear on the computer screen.

In virtually all cases, problems may be traced to having the wrong COM Port selected. If the computer has more than one 9-pin connector on the back, try the other one.

If gibberish appears, it is generally due to having the wrong Baud Rate selected.

Keep in mind that the Museum Technology box just sends the main menu immediately after the red PROGRAM button has been pushed; to get to the main menu again, merely press the RESET button and the the PROGRAM button.

Any changes made in HYPERTERMINAL will not take effect until a disconnect has been made and a reconnection established. To disconnect, click on the icon of a phone off the hook. The message on the lower left of the screen will now say “Disconnected.” Reconnect by clicking on the icon of the phone off the hook.

October, 1999

Revised March, 2000

Revised November, 2000

Revised July, 2003

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