The COM port, the VFD, and the software are all set at 19.2 and I still get the funky lettering. What about the other COM port settings. Do any of those need to be adjusted?

I recently got a VK204-25-V and installed it in my computer. I get a blinking cursor when I first boot up. But when I try to run any applications I get all kinds of weird characters that appear on the VFD. Is there something that I didn't set or some kind of software I need to get to fix this?

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