Read_Me.txt
Paul Romsky
10 MAR 2024
ROM Card Programmer GUI V0.0.0  Quick Start Instructions

If you do not have the Programmer you can still use this GUI in Setup mode.  A previously made Setup
(GUI_Demo.sup) is included as a demo. 

This version does not actually program ROM Card becuse the Progrmmer is not yet developed, the GUI merely
simulates the programming sequence. 

Quick Start:

Software:

1.  Download the 'ROM Card Programmer GUI V0.0.0' (latest version) from my website:  
    http://www.paul.romsky.com/index_rom_card_programmer.htm
2.  Copy the ROM_Card_Programmer_GUI_V0_0_0.zip file to your desktop.
3.  Unzip the ROM_Card_Programmer_GUI_V0_0_0.zip file.
4.  Traverse down to setup.exe
5.  Right click on 'setup.exe' and select 'Run as Administrator' (Do not attempt to install directly from the unzipped zip file - 
    it may not work).
6.  Select 'Next' on each installer screen.
7.  After the ROM Card Programmer GUI software is installed, you may be asked to Reboot the PC.
8.  Select 'Yes' (Reboot) if prompted and wait for PC to Reboot.
9.  Go to the 'C:\Program Files' or 'C:\Program Files (x86)' folder (directory) on the PC (where ever the GUI was 
    installed).
10. Right Click on the 'ROM_Card_Programmer_GUI.exe' icon and select 'Create Shortcut'.
11. Drag that 'ROM_Card_Programmer_GUI_Shortcut' icon to the PC's Desktop.
12. Select Properties on the Icon by Right Clicking on the 'ROM_Card_Programmer_GUI_Shortcut' Icon.
13. Find and and select 'Advanced' properties 'Run as Administrator'.
14. You must also grant full security permissions for all users and administrators (this can be invloved - 
    ask a Windows 10 expert for help if you do not know how to do this).
15. On Windows 10 PCs and above: Find 'Compatability' mode and select it as 'XP (service pack 3)'
    Also select 'Run as Administrator' if the option is here as well.
16. If you find a secuity slider bar, slide it all the way to 'Minimum' - the Windows 10 and above
    Operating Systems are a "dog" to some program that were not created by Microsoft (by design).

Software steps 1 through 16 above need only be performed once.


Note: If you do not have the ROM Card Programmer V0.0.0, you cannot perform the following steps.

Hardware:

1.  Plug in the 'ROM Card Programmer V0.0.0' into a USB slot on the PC.
2.  Wait for its drivers to automatically load (this may take a few minutes).
3.  Launch the GUI by Double Left Clicking the ROM_Card_PRogrammer_GUI Icon on the Desktop (the GUI should be displayed).
4.  You will most likely get a Red 'Programmer Status' LED on your first launch as it does not know which COM port
    the Programmer is on for the USB port.
5.  Click on 'Comms Set-Up'.
6.  Click on 'Find COM Port'.
7.  The GUI will try all COM ports.
8.  If it finds one, the 'Programmer Status' LED will go Yellow as it verifies the Programmer version.
9.  If the Programmer does not match the version, the 'Comms Ready' LED will go Red and a pop-up will be displayed, 
    follow the Pop-up instrunctions.
10. Note, when 'Find COM Port' is pressed, it picks up the serach on the next COM port from where you are - 
    this way if other hardware is in use on other COM ports, the GUI can still go through them all until 
    it finds the right one (the 'Programmer Status' LED goes Green).
11. If you have gone through all 255 COM ports and still do not have a Green 'Programmer Status' LED, check this
    entire Read_me.txt file again. You may also contact me via E-mail for help (my E-mail address is on my website).
12. Exit the GUI, the COM Port used will be saved in a .cfg file as your default COM port.

Hardware steps 1 through 12 above need only be performed once.

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