The Falcon 4-Slot Dock
4-2
Falcon
®
DOS Portable Terminals
Overview
This chapter provides advanced information about using the Falcon 4-Slot
Dock. It is intended for use by system administrators and advanced users who
need to modify the Falcon 4-Slot Dock’s factory-configuration settings.
For basic information about the Falcon 4-Slot Dock, see the
Falcon DOS
Portable Data Terminals User’s Guide
. For information about programming
the Falcon 4-Slot Dock, see the
Falcon DOS Portable Data Terminals
Developer’s Toolkit
.
Operating Modes
The Falcon 4-Slot Dock network can operate in either of two modes:
z
In
terminal-demand mode
(the default), the Falcon 4-Slot Dock network
grants access to the communications line to individual portables on a
priority basis.
z
In
host-controlled mode,
the host controls which portable gets access to
the communications line at any time.
For information about setting and using these modes, see the
Falcon DOS
Portable Data Terminals Developer’s Toolkit.
XFER, the serial file-transfer utility that comes with Falcon, can access the 4-
Slot Dock network in terminal-demand mode without any further action from
the user. Use XFER to send and receive files from one or more portables to the
host (refer to
). If two or more portables attempt to communicate with
the host at the same time, the 4-Slot Dock network arbitrates between them so
that each portable gets a chance at the line.
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