jra@febo.com said: > The modular cable connecting the receiver to the decoder is wired straight > through, not reversed as most telephone cables are. My fear is that > someone (like me) might at one point have used a reverse cable and thus put > reverse polarity on the board; I don't see any reverse power protection. Many thanks for that comment. I hadn't checked that before. My cable was reversed. A new/correct one arrived today. The meter is working. With a bit of practice, I'll bet I could read the data pattern off the wiggles. But after an hour, the LCD still shows time-since-power-up rather than date and time. -- These are my opinions. I hate spam.