Falcon DOS Portable Data Terminals, Advanced User'S Manual

Page: 4 / 184

Contents
ii
Falcon
®
DOS Portable Terminals
Chapter 2: The Falcon Configuration Utility ....................................................... 2-1
Overview ............................................................................................................2-2
Installing the Falcon Configuration Utility .........................................................2-2
Using the Falcon Configuration Utility ..............................................................2-3
Main Menu ................................................................................................ 2-3
The Custom Configuration Menu.............................................................. 2-5
The File Configuration Windows ............................................................... 2-9
The Program Settings Windows ............................................................... 2-16
The Comm Settings Dialog Box ............................................................... 2-20
The File Transfer Window ....................................................................... 2-21
Chapter 3: Using File Transfer Programs ............................................................. 3-1
Using XFER32...................................................................................................3-2
XFER32 Setup........................................................................................... 3-2
General Tab................................................................................................ 3-3
Transfer Tab............................................................................................... 3-5
Logging Tab ............................................................................................... 3-7
Host Mode .........................................................................................................3-8
Sending and Receiving Data ...............................................................................3-8
Send File (to Portable) ................................................................................ 3-9
Receive File (from Portable)........................................................................ 3-9
Using XFER .....................................................................................................3-10
Syntax and Parameters .............................................................................. 3-11
The XFER_ARGS Environment Variable................................................. 3-26
Multiple-Option Blocks ........................................................................... 3-27
The Modem-Initialization File.................................................................. 3-29
Performance ............................................................................................. 3-32
Error Codes .............................................................................................. 3-34
Chapter 4: The Falcon 4-Slot Dock ......................................................................... 4-1
Overview ............................................................................................................4-2
Operating Modes................................................................................................4-2
The 4SLOT.SYS Device Driver ..........................................................................4-3
Transferring Files with XFER .............................................................................4-4
Setting the Baud Rate .........................................................................................4-5
Chapter 5: Disk Drives, Organization, Software, & Configurations ............ 5-1
Overview ............................................................................................................5-2
Disk Drives and Files ..........................................................................................5-2
Structure..................................................................................................... 5-2
Drive A....................................................................................................... 5-3
Drive B....................................................................................................... 5-4
advuser.book Page ii Friday, September 27, 2002 4:22 PM