Please Help!!! PC--HP File Transfer!!
Christopher Diaz
I have just purchased the HP48GX and a Serial cable to hook it up to the PC.
I have not a clue in how to get this thing going to transfer programs. I
have been to numerous web sites trying every program I could to get this to
work I even read that you could use hyperterminal on Win95 to do transfers,
but I just must be really dumb. I have a few progs that I would really like
to get in there but I just cant. If there are any kind souls that could
walk me through the steps of setting up the calc and computer to do these
transfers and maybe even reccommend a prog that I may be able to get off
download or something it would be greatly appreciated. BTW does any one
know if the software that comes with the connectivity pack by HP is any good
and self explanatory?? I may just have to dig deeper into my already empty
pockets to get that if so. Thanks in Advance for any help you can give!!
Christopher Diaz
co...@gate.net
Colin and Stephanie Wilson
I just got through experiencing the same problem. There is a program
that works pretty well. It's called hp48exp. There may be slight name
changes depending on where you download it from. Yoou can get it almost
anywhere. ftp://hpcvbbs.cv.external.hp.com/dist/hp48g/ and
http://hp48.ml.org/hp48/ are great places to get files like this. They
have several other that will meet your needs.
The big problem I had was making sure that my cable was working
properly. Make sure that it is not conflicting with another device. In
other words, pick the correct com port. Set the calculator up as a
server and then click on the computer to connect. There is a connect
button on the program. The book shows how to get the calculator into
server mode. If you still have problems, write and let me (and others)
know what they specifically are.
Cheers,
Colin Wilson
Colin and Stephanie Wilson
Peter Karp
Hi Christopher,
that´s one way! how to do:
Connect the HP and your PC through the serial-cable.
open a terminal-pogramm and select 9600 Baud 8-N-1 (8 Bit - no parity
- 1 stopbit) Protocoll: xON xOFF, and select your com-port, and choose
X-Modem (because it´s faster than HP´s Kermit-Protocoll).
Start the HP and type a name, which you want to store the library or
other file in (at the moment).
Press Left-Shift (LS) 1 (I-O), press *next*
Then on the PC select the file you want to download (for librarys:
binary!) and send it,
then... you just press XRECV (F-key). That´s all!
Then follow the steps in the manual or in the readme.txt, that comes
with the library you want to install. (If you want to install some of
the great programms from Jack Levy I recommend to do this first,
becauce the description is very good and you learn how to install
librarys! for example take a look at MathTools7, which eases many
often used mathfunctions....)
The software that comes with the HP is self explanatory, as you think,
but it´s not necessary to buy this, because you can use every
terminal-programm for X-Modem or Kermit (The HP-software uses only
Kermit, which is slow to download *big* programms.
Maybe you want to take a look at HP-Shell which is a great programm
with many options.
Hope this is a help for you.
Greetings from Cologne
Peter