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2. Type crosscut at the DOS prompt or click on the Crosscut icon to run the
program (a short cut can also be created from the desktop). Do not connect the
PC to the TT8v2 yet.
3. Select ‘CommPort’ from the menu bar at the top of the Crosscut window and
then ‘Port setup’ from the submenu (use a mouse or the keyboard combination
[ALT]-[P]).
4. Use the mouse or [TAB] and arrow keys to set the COM port being used to 9600
baud, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no handshaking, and no parity (9600, 8, N, 1).
Crosscut should have these values preset.
5. Click ‘OK’ to store these values in the configuration files so they will be reused
whenever Crosscut is started.
Editing the Registry to Enable Crosscut
1. On the desktop of a PC running a recent version of Windows, click START and
select RUN from the pop up menu.
2. In the prompt box type regedit and click on OK to start the registry editor
window.
3. The editor will display a Windows directory tree in the left half of the window
and a folder contents display in the right half of the window. Click your way
through the directory tree following this path:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / SYSTEM / CurrentControlSet / Services / VxD / VCOMM
4. Click on the VCOMM folder and its contents will be displayed in the right half
of the window.
5. Double-click on ENABLE POWER MANAGEMENT in the right half of the
window and change its value from 01 00 00 00 to 00 00 00 00 using the editing
tool that pops up.
6. After the value has been changed, work your way back out through the directory
tree and exit the registry editor.
7. Exit all programs, restart your PC, and try Crosscut again.
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