Re: [M100] revised MVT100 firmware, V1.3.2_SA

2020-12-23 Thread Jim Anderson
> -Original Message- > > Pin 5 is an odd extra ground on the M100. Pin 7 is the ground for the > > spec, all wands, and all machines with the port, including the 100. > > fair, but pin5 is ground on an RS-232 DB-9. So, that is what I used on > MVT100. I think in the future I will just wi

Re: [M100] revised MVT100 firmware, V1.3.2_SA

2020-12-23 Thread Jim Anderson
> -Original Message- > > Thank you for giving it a whirl Jim.  Hopefully it is now "solid".  I > have it running beside me now. ;) > So, you did the BCR hack as well? nice. No problem, I was really excited to see this functionality fixed (I was leery of editing files using the external d

Re: [M100] revised MVT100 firmware, V1.3.2_SA

2020-12-23 Thread Stephen Adolph
on second thought you are right, ground should be on pin 7 since it is a TTL port.It isn't an RS-232. On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 6:49 PM Stephen Adolph wrote: > fair, but pin5 is ground on an RS-232 DB-9. So, that is what I used on > MVT100. I think in the future I will just wire both to grou

Re: [M100] revised MVT100 firmware, V1.3.2_SA

2020-12-23 Thread Stephen Adolph
fair, but pin5 is ground on an RS-232 DB-9. So, that is what I used on MVT100. I think in the future I will just wire both to ground on the MVT100 board. On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 6:39 PM Brian K. White wrote: > Pin 5 is an odd extra ground on the M100. Pin 7 is the ground for the > spec, all wa

Re: [M100] revised MVT100 firmware, V1.3.2_SA

2020-12-23 Thread Brian K. White
Pin 5 is an odd extra ground on the M100. Pin 7 is the ground for the spec, all wands, and all machines with the port, including the 100. I looked at a lot of things for github.com/bkw777/BCR_Breakout including schematics or manuals for different wands and guns and card swipe reader which are u

Re: [M100] Version 2 VT100 driver for M100

2020-12-23 Thread Stephen Adolph
so far... so good. *** it is software patched up by me so... one never knows ;) *** On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 4:34 PM Jim Anderson wrote: > > -Original Message- > > > > Quite right, found a bug. 90% of the time, it is me not thinking about > > the code in front of my nose. > > Build

Re: [M100] revised MVT100 firmware, V1.3.2_SA

2020-12-23 Thread Stephen Adolph
Thank you for giving it a whirl Jim. Hopefully it is now "solid". I have it running beside me now. ;) So, you did the BCR hack as well? nice. I have the "hack" installed on one of my T102s. Works the same but (1) the schematic is a bit different and (2) there is a missing ground on pin 5 of the

Re: [M100] revised MVT100 firmware, V1.3.2_SA

2020-12-23 Thread Jim Anderson
> -Original Message- > > Regarding the firmware for the MVT100 video adapter, I have updated the > firmware to address the scroll issue with TEXT.   I've done some > "designer testing" and it looks good.  Of course I always appreciate > test reports, thanks.  Really helps me to conserve ti

Re: [M100] Version 2 VT100 driver for M100

2020-12-23 Thread Jim Anderson
> -Original Message- > > Quite right, found a bug.  90% of the time, it is me not thinking about > the code in front of my nose. > Build 22 is posted. Spectacular! Seems to do everything the first version did, plus launching .DO and .BA files from the menu! jim

[M100] revised MVT100 firmware, V1.3.2_SA

2020-12-23 Thread Stephen Adolph
Hi folks, Regarding the firmware for the MVT100 video adapter, I have updated the firmware to address the scroll issue with TEXT. I've done some "designer testing" and it looks good. Of course I always appreciate test reports, thanks. Really helps me to conserve time. ( you would not believe