Operation Manual

Chapter 19: Communication Link 341
TI-84 Plus C LINK
The TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition has a USB port using a USB unit-to-unit cable to connect and
communicate with another TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, or TI-84 Plus. The
TI-84 Plus C also has an I/O port using an I/O unit-to-unit cable to communicate with a TI-84 Plus C Silver
Edition, TI-84 Plus Silver Edition, TI-84 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver Edition, TI-83 Plus, TI-83, TI-82 Stats, TI-73,
CBL 2™, or a CBR 2™ System.
With TI Connect™ software and a USB computer cable, you can also link the TI-84 Plus C to a personal
computer. TI Connect™ software is available as a free download from education.ti.com/go/download.
As future software upgrades become available on the TI Web site, you can download the software to
your PC and then use the TI Connect™ software and a USB computer cable to upgrade your
TI-84 Plus C.
Linking Compatibility
The TI-84 Plus C has files and variables that may or may not be compatible with the TI-84 Plus family of
graphing calculators. The table below is provided as a reference for what you can SEND and RECEIVE.
Note: Not all TI-84 Plus C graphing calculator files are compatible with other TI-84 Plus Family graphing
calculator files because of the high resolution of the TI-84 Plus C color screen. In general, numeric files
(not limited to lists, variables, matrices, and functions) are shared between these graphing calculators
but Apps are not shared between these graphing calculators even if they have the same title. When not
compatible, the computer file extensions for the TI-84 Plus C are different from a similar variable from
the TI-84 Plus/TI-84 Plus Silver Edition graphing calculators.
14. 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.
File type Link from TI-84 to
TI-84 Plus C?
Link from TI-84 Plus C
to TI-84?
Operating System No No
Apps No No
AppVar* Yes Yes
Programs - TI Basic* Yes Yes
Assembly
Programs*
Yes No
Pictures No No
Background Images N/A No
Group files Yes Yes
User Zoom Yes Yes
String Yes Yes
Table Yes Yes
Function file Yes Yes