Chapter 4. Creating and Managing Sites
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4.1.12 Transferring a File from a PC to the PT878
Once you have stored site or meter files to a PC, you can then transfer them
back to the PT878 over an IR sensor (connected to the PC) through the
PT878 IR interface. The PT878 only accepts files with a .sit (site) or .met
(meter) extension. If you rename another type of file with one of these
extensions and transfer it, it will be transferred, but will not function if you
open it. Also, if you are transferring a file and the meter already has a file
with the identical name, the meter will overwrite its current file with the
transferred file. If the transferred file has a name longer than eight
characters, the meter will shorten the name to eight characters, and replace
any spaces in the name with underbars.
To download a site or meter file from a PC to a PT878:
1.
Check that the Communications option on the PT878 (see page 123)
has been set to the IrDA protocol, and that the IR beam on the PT878
has clear access to the IR sensor connected to the PC port.
Note:
For Windows NT 4.0, check that the QuickBeam
®
software (available
through the path C:\Program Files\QuickBeam Suite) is running.
2.
You can send the file in one of two ways.
For Windows NT 4.0:
•
Click on the desired file, and drag it onto the rocket button in the
QuickBeam window, as shown in Figure 51 below, or:
Figure 51: QuickBeam Window
•
Open the Send menu in the QuickBeam window, enter the
Files
or
Files on Clipboard
option, scroll to the desired file, and click
Send
.
QuickBeam opens a window indicating that it is downloading the file.
If you close and reopen the Site Manager, the file appears as one of
the listed sites.
