User's Manual

19-2 Communication Link
8319LINK.DOC TI-83 Intl English, Chap 19 Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/19/01 1:24 PM Printed: 02/19/01 1:40 PM
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Getting Started is a fast-paced introduction. Read the chapter for details.
Create and store a variable and a matrix, and then transfer them to another
TI
-
83.
1. On the home screen of the sending unit,
press
5
Ë
5
¿ ƒ
Q. Press
Í
to
store 5.5 to
Q.
2. Press
y
[
[
]
y
[
[
] 1
¢
2
y
[
]
]
y
[
[
] 3
¢
4
y
[
]
]
y
[
]
]
¿ 
1.
Press
Í
to store the matrix to
[A].
3. Connect the calculators with the link
cable. Push both ends in firmly.
4. On the receiving unit, press
y
[
LINK
]
~
to
display the
RECEIVE
menu. Press 1 to
select
1:Receive. The message Waiting
...
is
displayed and the busy indicator is on.
5. On the sending unit, press
y
[
LINK
] to
display the
SEND
menu.
6. Press
2 to select 2:All
N
. The
All
N
SELECT
screen is displayed.
7. Press
†
until the selection cursor (
4
) is
next to
[A] MATRX. Press
Í
.
8. Press
†
until the selection cursor is next
to
Q REAL. Press
Í
. A square dot next
to
[A] and Q indicates that each is selected
to send.
9. On the sending unit, press
~
to display the
TRANSMIT
menu.
10. On the sending unit, press 1 to select
1:Transmit and begin transmission. The
receiving unit displays the message
Receiving....When the items are
transmitted, both units display the name
and type of each transmitted variable.
Getting Started: Sending Variables