Remote Processing RPC-2350 - Manual (Page 11)

CHAPTER 2 SETUP AND OPERATION
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UPLOADING AND DOWNLOADING
PROGRAMS
Downloading program s means transferring them fr om
your computer to RA M on the RPC -2350. Uploading
means transferring pr ograms from RAM back to your
computer . T his section explains how to do both of these
procedures using PC SmartLink and both Windows
terminal programs. Gener alized instructions for other
terminal programs are given at the end of this chapter.
Uploading - Windows
In the previous section, you wrote a test program. To
upload that progr am to a PC and save it to disk, first
type “list” but do not hit the < Enter> key.
Select “Tr ansfer” then “ Capture to disk”. Enter the
name you w ant to save it as.
After that window closes, hit the enter key. The
program will be listed and captured by the terminal
program. To stop capture, select “Transfer” then
“Capture to disk” again. Then select stop transfer.
Your progr am is now saved.
Uploading - SmartLink
In the previous section, you wrote a test program. To
upload that program to a PC and save it to disk:
1. Pre ss the < F1> key. A windo w with the main
menu will appear.
2. Press the letter U (upper or lower case). Your
program will begin to transfer from RAM to the
PC. When m enu appears.
3. To save a program to disk, type the letter S. You
a r e pr o m p te d fo r a fi le n am e . E n te r th e fi le n am e
you want the program saved under.
4. Press < F2> to return to the immediate mode.
NOTE: Some ve rsions of P C Sm artLin k have pull
down menus or will operate differently. Refer
to the SmartLink manual for the version you
are using.
Downloading - Windows
Select “Tr ansfer” then “ Send Text file”. Select the
program . D ownloading begins.
For test purposes, select one of the programs on the
RPC-2350 dem o disk.
D e p en d in g up o n t he p r og r a m ( T e rm i na l o r H yp e r Te r m )
you will see progr ess on your scr een in different way s.
You may need to change the amount of delay between
lines. This is set under “P roperties”, ”A SCII Setup”.
1/10 second is usually ade quate for all progr am sizes.
You can set it to 10 milli-seco nds if your progr am is
small (unde r 500 lines) . A s the progr am gets lar ger, this
time should increase . A result of a sh ort delay tim e is
missing or gar bled progra m lines.
Downloading programs - SmartLink
To practice downloading a program , type
NEW<return>
Perform the following when using PC SmartL ink:
1. Press the < F1> key to view the main menu.
2. Smar tLink has a b uffer w hich is used to tem porar ily
store the progr am. If you followed these
instructions without exiting SmartLink, the
previously uploaded program is in the buffer and
may be dow nloaded. Howeve r, lets assume you just
started SmartLink. Press the L key to get the
program from the disk.
3. Enter the filename to get the file.
4. P r e ss D to d ow n lo a d t he p r og r a m .
5. Press the < F2> key to return to the program. You
can list the program by typing:
list
or
/
Other communications software
The following is general information when using another
terminal emulation program (Procomm , etc. ).
When uploading or downloading files, select ASCII text
format. Other forma ts are not used.
CAM BASIC does not know when you are typing in a
progr am or if something else (laptop or mainfr ame) is
sending it char acters. The uploa d and dow nload file
does not conta in any special c ontrol cod es, it is sim ply
ASCII cha racters.