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- From: dixon@spot.Colorado.EDU (Life is real?)
- Subject: IBM->HP48SX Answers!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.052531.15334@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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- References: <1992Nov10.164626.4239@dde.dk>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 05:25:31 GMT
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-
- THANKS! To all those who did not waste bandwidth by
- responding to me directly on my questions for sending stuff
- from an IBM to an HP-48SX...successfully. Here's
- a short summary:
-
- For any file, i.e. .ASC, binary, or .LIB, do this:
-
- 1) Run kermit on your PC and make sure the port and baud rate
- are set up ok. On my version, which came with my HP serial
- adapter kit just recently (MS-Kermit), you have 2 choices:
- a) create a file called MSKERMIT.INI which contains 2 lines
- like this:
-
- set port 2
- set speed 9600
-
- b) Run kermit, then issue the above 2 commands manually.
-
- Note that the MSKERMIT.INI file must be in the same directory
- that you're calling kermit from. Note also that you must issue
- these commands in order, i.e. if you set the port *after* setting
- the speed, then you will have set the speed for the wrong port!
- Check your settings by typing "show com" at the kermit> prompt.
-
- 2) On your HP-48SX, press {left-shift}-I/O, then {setup}. Make sure
- you are set up for "wire", and "9600". Ignore "binary"/"ASCII"...the
- 48 will determine the file type when it arrives.
-
- 3) On your HP-48SX, press {right-shift}-I/O to enter kermit server mode
- on the 48. You should see "Awaiting Server Command" (or something like
- that) on top of the screen.
-
- 4) On your PC, at the kermit> prompt, type "send filename". The rest is
- automatic, i.e. either a directory or a variable will be created and
- it will contain what you sent.
-
- If you sent a library:
-
- 1) Recall the library to the stack by recalling the new variable to the
- stack with {right-shift}-LIBVAR, where LIBVAR is the name of the new
- variable containing the library.
-
- 2) Follow the directions in your manual for attaching the library to a
- port.
-
- If you sent a directory:
-
- 1) Press the function key for the new directory.
-
- 2) Follow the directions that came with the software, i.e. sometimes you
- have to press the function keys in a particular order to set things
- up ok, i.e. press the "info" button, or press the "setup" button first etc.
-
- If you sent a variable, and it was binary:
-
- 1) Check the docs, but you are probably already set up to run, i.e. you may
- just need to press the new variable button to run the program.
-
- If you sent a variable, and it was ASCII:
-
- 1) Recall the ASCII variable (a string) to the stack by pressing {right-shift}-
- VARNAME, where VARNAME is the name of the new variable you just downloaded.
-
- 2) Execute ASC-> to convert the ASCII string to a binary object.
-
- 3) Press 'VAR, then STO to store the binary object in a new variable named
- "VAR".
-
- 4) Press the new VAR button to run the software. Purge the original VARNAME
- variable which contains the ASCII that you downloaded.
-
- Hope that gets a few other newbies started...I've got bouncing balls, trains,
- games, and stuff for my homework (Bode plots, Nyquist plots) all working
- on mine, and I only just started this stuff a couple of days ago!
-
- Good Luck!
- Brian Dixon
- briand@cv.hp.com
-
- PS: Forgive me if I got anything wrong in the above instructions...I did my
- best considering my faulty memory.
-
-