Calculator User Manual

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Chapter 18: The TI
-
86 Communication Link
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Preparing the Receiving Device
To prepare a TI
-
86 or TI
-
85 to receive data transmission,
select
RECV
from the
LINK
menu (
- o '
). The
message
Waiting
and the busy indicator are displayed. The
calculator is ready to receive transmitted items.
To cancel receive mode without receiving items, press
^
. When the
LINK TRANSMISSION
ERROR
message is displayed, select
EXIT
from the menu (
&
). The
LINK
menu is displayed.
Transmitting Data
After you select data types on the sending unit and prepare the receiving unit to receive
data, you can begin transmitting.
To begin transmitting, select
XMIT
on the selection screen menu of the sending calculator (
&
).
To interrupt transmission, press
^
on either calculator. When the
LINK TRANSMISSION
ERROR
message is displayed, select
EXIT
from the menu (
&
). The
LINK
menu is displayed.
Receiving Transmitted Data
As the TI
-
86 receives transmitted data, each variable name and data type is displayed line
by line. If all selected items are transmitted successfully, the message
Done
is displayed. To
scroll the transmitted variables, press
#
and
$
.
To prepare a PC to receive
data, consult the
TI-GRAPH
LINK
guidebook.