Tapecart SD+WiFi

Setting up Instructions

You need to format a micro SD card with FAT32 file system and unrar the file below,

Unzip the contents to your SD card.Make sure browser.prg is at the root,otherwise you will get "Press Play on Tape" message.

You can use any micro SD card upto 32GB in capacity.Try to use 8 or 16GB even smaller if possible.Few users had problems with the 32GB ones.If you are using a Mac,it might create duplicate files on the SD card.

You can change any folder and file on the micro SD card but you need to keep the browser.prg at the root folder.You can find tons of games,demos,apps etc in PRG format at the following link,

Planetemu Commodore 64

You can load the browser by pressing the SHIFT and RUN/STOP keys or by typing LOAD command and pressing the RETURN key.

How to create TCRT files:

1.Download Tapecart Bundler.rar and open it to your desktop.

2.Copy your PRG files to the folder called PRG.You need minimum 2 PRG files.You can't convert a single PRG file to TCRT.

3.Double click Runme.bat. It wil create game-Vol#1.tcrt Rename it before moving to your SD card.

Setting up the Wi-Fi:

You have to be in the same room as your router while setting up the Wi-Fi.

Plug it in to C64 with the micro SD card and turn it on.Make sure Wi-Fi switch is on ON position.

Turn off mobile/celular data on your phone and search for wireless networks,connect to Tapecart SD+WiFi.

Open your web browser and type 192.168.4.1 to the address bar and go.It will open the page shown above.Click/tap on Configure WiFi

and select your wireless network and enter the password.It will turn off the hotspot so your phone should reconnect to your home WiFi.

At this point Tapecart SD is connected but we need to find the IP address that your router assigned to it.

You can simply logon to your router and find it in the connected devices list or you can use your phone.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.myprog.netscan&hl=en_GB&gl=US

Install the app called Network scanner on your phone.When you scan the connected devices,you will find Tapecart SD.

Make a note of its IP address.

Go to your This PC/My Computer,right click any empty space below and choose Add a network location.

Click on Next twice.Type your IP address as

http://XXX.XXX.X.XX:8080/

Click on Next and name the network location as Tapecart SD.

After clicking on Next,you can find it at This PC under Network locations.

You can drag it to your desktop while holding the mouse right button and choose create shortcut to make it easier to access.

You can also use Webdav clients to access the SD card remotely.For example install the app called WebDAV Navigator Lite on your phone or tablet.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.schimera.webdavnavlite&hl=en_GB&gl=US

Enter your IP address.

Tap on the disk icon to save.

If it takes too long to switch between folders,you might be too far from the router or need a faster micro SD card.What I'm using is a UHS Speed Class 3 Lexar Professional 1000x UHS-II 32GB.

If Tapecart SD can't connect to the known router,it will create the access point and fall back to the Wi-Fi setup again.

To create a shortcut in the Send To menu,press windows and R keys at the same time,type shell:sendto and press enter.

Go to this PC,and right click on Tapecart SD and choose copy.Go to sendto folder and paste.

IMPORTANT:

This device works as Tapecart SD until a remote machine connects to it over WiFi.At this point it turns into a NAS device.

After copying the files,you will need to turn off the WiFi or press the SW2 button in order to use this device as Tapecart SD again.

If you want to reset the WiFi credentials,push down the SW1 button for 5 seconds and wait till it stops blinking.

CAN NOT ACCESS TO A FOLDER.If a file or folder name contains "£" pound symbol or "&" ampersand,remote machines can't access that folder.