THIS IS A DIRECT TRANSCRIPT OF THE NEWWAVE DOC THAT COMES WITH THE DMII CHIP..... HOW PITIFUL............ THE DATAMASTER 2 IS A MULTIMODE VCII CHIP THAT IS CONTROLLED BY THE SET UP MENU... THE CHIP WILL ALWAYS REVERT BACK TO THE STOCK U-30 MODE EVERY TIME THE BOARD IS POWERED ON OR SHUT OFF.. TO GET THE CHIP TO CHANGE MODES YOU MUST ENTER A PASSWORD USING SETUP 4. THIS IS THW SAME PASSWORD THAT YOU USE TO THE RATING CEILING.. IF THE BOARD WAS JUST POWERED UP A SCROLLING MESSAGE WILL APPEAR ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN. THIS MESSAGE ONLY APPEARS WHEN THE BOARD IS POWERED ON AND THE CORRECT PASSWORD IS ENTERED. THE OPERATION OF THE CHIP SHOULD BE EASY TO FOLLOW BY THE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VARIOUS MENUS.. MOST MENUS VECTOR TO CODE THAT RESIDES IN U-20. IF THERE IS NO ROOM , OR U-20'S DATA IS NOT CORRECT THEN THE OP CODE WILL NOT BE FOUND AND THE MESSAGE WILL BE DISPLAYED. IF THIS HAPPENS, RESETTING THE SYSTEM WILL CORRECT IT, AND ALLOW THE MENU TO WORK. IF YOU WISH TO EXPEREMENT WITH SOME DIFFERENT MODES AND MENUS TRY USING A SIMPLE PASSWORD TO MAKE ENTERING IT EASY.. MOST OF THE MENU ITEMS ARE SELF EXPLANITORY BUT SOME ITEMS REQUIRE SOME EXPLANATION: (1) RESET SYSTEM/ THIS WILL RESET THE BOARD THE SAME AS IF IT WERE UNPOWERED AND PUT THE CHIP IN THE STOCK U-30 MODE.. (2) CHANGE BOX TYPE/ THIS WILL ALLOW THE USER TO CHANGE THE VERSION OF BOX (V2.4, V2.6, V3.0,ETC) THAT APPEARS ON SETUP 0. (3) REINSTALL CHIP/THIS WILL PUT TE BOX IN THE INSTALLATION MODE. THE CHIP WILL DO SOME INTERNAL DIAGNOSTICS THE GO BACK TO SETUP IF EVERYTHING IS OK.. (4) TRANSFER OAK DATA/ THIS WILL ALLOW DATA TO BE SENT TO "OAK ORION" DESCRAMBLERS. (5) PROGRAMMERS SWITCH/ THIS IS FOR MEOPLE WHO WISH TO TRY WRITING DIFFERENT PROGRAMS TO RUN OUR CHIP. MAX SIZE IS 256 BYTES.. (6) LIMIT MENU SIZE/ THIS WILL LIMIT THE SETUP MENUS TO THE FIRST 6 ITEMS ONLY.. THIS IS FOR DEALERS WHO WANT TO LOCK THEIR CUSTOMERS OUT OF THE OTHER MENU ITEMS...... .....................END OF DMII DOCS..................... IF ANYONE GETS THIS DAMN THING TO WORK LET THE REST OF US IN ON THE SECRET.............. DR.G. ................... Downloaded From P-80 International Information Systems 304-744-2253