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Answer: Do you have the correct time code reader selected in the CaptionMaker program? Using the menu, select Time Code -> Time Code Reader Properties. Is the device that is selected the same as the device you are using? Make sure that you have the correct device selected and press "Locate". If locate is grayed out, select another time code reader from the drop down menu, and then select your original time code reader again. You should now be able to click it.

"Success!" : If you get a "success" message after clicking the locate button, then your time code reader is installed correctly. If you are still not receiving time code, that means that either the tape has no timecode, or you have not correctly connected the time code to the time code reader. First, make sure that there is a RCA to RCA cable going from your VCR's time code out (on a standard VHS VCR this would be the red audio out) into the time code in on your time code reader card. If you still cannot receive time code, then the tape does not have time code.

"None Detected" : If you get this message after clicking the locate button, that means that you do not have the drivers installed correctly. Please select from the following time code readers so that we may further help you diagnose your problem.

Question: My time code in the CPC software is not matching with the time code on the Tape

Answer: It is likely that you have not specified the right time code device inside the time code properties option of the CaptionMaker software. CPC is shipped with the PC System timer as the default device. Go to the Time Code menu. Click on Time Code Properties and choose the appropriate time code device. Click "locate" to see if your time code reader card is installed. If you receive a "success" message, then your timecode should be working correctly. If you receive a "none detected" message, please visit this article, I am not getting any timecode in the program.

Install PCI Time Code Reader Card Driver
The PCI card is the simplest to install of all of the time code reader cards, because it is plug and play. This means that when you first install the card, when you first turn on the computer you should be prompted to install. If the card is not working, then you do not have the correct driver installed.

In Windows, click on Start, then Settings, and navigate your way to the Control Panel. Once in the control panel, open "System". Win98 users click on the "Device Manager" tab, while Win2k and WinXP users should click first on the "Hardware" tab, and then click the "Device Manager" button. Here, look for any devices that stand out with a yellow question mark, or a red exclamation point. It will probably be called "Adrienne Time Code Reader", but it may just be called "Multimedia Device". Open it and verify that the problem is a bad driver. Click "Update Driver", and tell windows that you would like to manually select the driver.

In the browse menu when searching for the driver, navigate to
"C:\Program Files\CPC\CaptionMaker\Adrienne\PCI\" and select the folder of your operating system. Select the .inf file and use that as a driver. If windows accepts the driver, restart your computer and attempt to use the time code reader card with the CaptionMaker software.

Download PCI Driver: This link will download a zip file with all of the current PCI diskette drivers, sample source code, sample programs and software developers files. This file works with ALL of the PCI-TC time code boards. PCI_ALLc.zip (~777kB)

Testing PCI-TC card

After installing the card and the driver, if you do not see the presence of the card from inside the CaptionMaker, you may check the card using the following procedure.

Insert the floppy disk (labeled Adrienne Electronics TC cards) and restart the computer. The disk is auto bootable. The Adrienne TC software will run automatically.

A DOS screen will appear acknowledging Adrienne Electronic Test/Demo Software running. Make sure your computer is capable of booting from the floppy drive. If it is not, you will have to change the booting configuration from the computer BIOS setup.

Now play the CPC Practice Video Tape and connect the Audio Out (right or Red - which contains LTC time code) to the time code card LTC In.

Run the CaptionMaker software. From the menu bar, select Time Code and then click Time Code Properties. Select the name of your time code reader. If you have a PCI LTC or VLTC card, choose from the list box:

Installing an ISA timecode card
If you are using an Adrienne Electronics ISA card (which is often called PC as opposed to PCI) card, you must install the device driver for the card. After you have installed the CaptionMaker software, you may need to tell the CaptionMaker about your time code reader.

The following table displays all the Adrienne ISA time code reader cards and the corresponding default addresses:

Adrienne Time code Cards	Slot Required	Default Address
AEC LTC/IOR Reader	ISA	02A0
AEC LTC/MMR Reader	ISA	CC00
AEC LTC/RDR RG1 Reader/Generator	ISA	CC00
AEC VITC/RDR Reader	ISA	CC00
AEC VLTC/RDR RGX Reader/Generator	ISA	CC00

From the menu bar, select Time Code » Properties. Select the name of your time code reader and the appropriate address. Click on the Locate button and you will go through an installation process. A DOS window will appear. You will see number of messages on the screen. Press any key seven times to go though seven message screens. Now you have to give all the information for the appropriate card you have installed inside the computer. Now go through the following steps to complete the installation process. Make sure you type the appropriate information for two entries:

After the process is completed, you must reboot the computer to put the driver for the card in effect.

If the card still doesn’t work after you have finished this process, copy the file Winrt.sys,, from the C:\Program Files\CPC\CaptionMaker\Adrienne\ISA folder into your C:\Windows\System\Drivers folder.

Then copy the file Wrtdev0.vxd into your C:\Windows\System folder, and restart your computer again.

Note : If you are using Windows 2000, the Windows folder will be named “WINNT”

Installing the ISA time code drivers
If you have any difficulty installing the driver from the CaptionMaker software, you may get the driver software from one of these places:

You may get it from the CaptionMaker CD, under the folder AEC ISA Card. The exact path is:
AEC ISA Card\W95-CODE\REGISTRY (For Windows 95/98) and
AEC ISA Card\NT-CODE\REGISTRY (For Windows Nt/2000)

The driver is Aec95set.exe (For Windows 95/98) and
The driver for is Aecsetup.exe (For Windows Nt/2000)

Trouble Shooting
After installing the driver for the ISA cards, if you still can not read time code, you may have one of the following two problems:

Conflict of address is a very rare incident. First you should look into installing the right driver once again. After you install the driver for the card, two files are copied into two folders in your computer’s registry. The first file is WinRT which is located in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE » System → CurrentControlSet » Services » Class

And the second file is WrtDev0 located in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE » System » CurrentControlSet » Services » VxD

Note: If you already installed the CaptionMaker software, you will find these two files are in the C:/Program file/CPC/CaptionMaker/Adrienne subdirectory.

Deleting Wrong Registries

If somehow the driver is installed incorrectly, you need to delete the driver first, before you can install the driver again. If you have never edited the Windows registry before, you may want to ask a computer professional to help you. If done incorrectly, editing the registry can cause many problems with your computer. If you are not experienced with editing the registry, it is important to be very careful, and follow the below instructions exactly.

· Click on the Start button located at the bottom left corner of your computer screen.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
            System
                   CurrentControlSet
                        Services
                                    Classs
                                   .
                        .
                        .
                        .
                        .
                                            WinRT (go to the very bottom of the list to find it)
                                    VxD
                                   .
                        .
                                                WrtDev0

Delete both WinRT and WrtDev0 folders. Restart the computer. This process will remove the unwanted drivers from the system completely. Now install the driver for your card following the procedure described earlier.

How would we know if there is a conflict of address?
The only way there can be a conflict of address is if you are using an ISA board. If you have a PCI board, there cannot be a conflict of address. If you are using an ISA board and you are having problems installing it, it is possible that there is a conflict of address. It is very unlikely that there is a conflict of address even with an ISA card, so this should be done as a last resort.

First, boot from the floppy disk. Test the card. (If you do not have the floppy disk you may download the files from http://www.adrielec.com/files/ ).

Make sure you are running a tape with time code on it and the second audio out channel is connected to the right input on your board. If you can read time code, that means there is not a conflict of address.

If it is still not working, take the disk out and reboot to Windows. Once in Windows, run aec95.exe from the floppy disk. When in the aec95.exe program(which can also be located on the CaptionMaker Cd in the Adrienne-ISA folder), change the address, and then reboot with the floppy. Keep attempting this and changing the address until the test program works.

Installing AEC External TCR boxes: 2 & 10 (LTC) 20 (LTC & VITC)

First, in the Time code reader properties panel, select Sony BVU-800. AEC (Adrienne Electronics Co.) external time code readers works with the Sony BVU protocol only. The AEC box dip switches must be set for the following SONY BVU parameters:

Inside the AEC box, there is a set of 8 dip switches. Make sure the dip switches are set to the following (If you bought the AEC box through CPC, Adrienne sets the default setting to Sony BVU which is given below. Normally the factory setting is different):

Reading Dip Switches
The end of the dip switch, indicates the position of that switch. Make note of the numbers 0 and 1 written on the right hand side of the switch box on the board; 0 means open and 1 means closed.

For example: If you are looking at the dip switches in a way that the numbers 1 through 8 go from left to right and the top of switch #1 is in the down position, then switch #1 is set to 0, or open.

Connections
The LTC time code out(red) from the VCR is connected to the LTC-IN of the box.

Connect the serial/com port of the computer to the AEC box serial I/O 9 pin plug using the cable provided by AEC. The serial cable is not a standard serial cable.

If you do not have a cable provided by AEC, you can make your own cable with the connections below:

                      Pin # |   Function
                    ========================
                        1     |
                        2     |   TX422-
                        3     |   RX422+
                        4     |
                        5     |   TX232
                        6     |
                        7     |   TX422+
                        8     |   RX422- and RX232
                        9     |   Chassis GND

Testing time code
When the VCR is properly connected, and LTC time code is being fed to the AEC box, the green light in front of the AEC box should be steadily lit.

From the CPC CaptionMaker menu choose Sony BVU-800 from Time code ® Time Code Properties menu. Now click on Start Time Code and click on OK. Time code should now be displayed inside the time code window near the right center of the screen.

Details of switch settings
1          Baud Code #1
2          Baud Code #2
3          Odd (1) or Even (0) Parity
4          Parity Enabled (1) or Disabled (0)
5          Seven (1) or Eight (0) Data Bits, & Protocol Control
6          Box Address Bit #2
7          Box Address Bit #1
8          Broadcast (1) or Polled (0) Operating Mode