Octagon 6000 Series, User Manual

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Transferring files between the PC Microcontroller
and your PC
Once you have established communications between your PC and the
PC Microcontroller, you can serially download files to any read/write
drive used by the PC Microcontroller. You can then test and debug your
application files. You can also upload files from the PC Microcontroller
to your desktop PC for editing and debugging.
When booting from the PC Microcontroller BIOS drive, the default
CONFIG.SYS device drivers designate drive C: as the BIOS drive
(SSD0), drive D: as the SRAM drive (SSD2), and drive E: as the virtual
drive. All drives assigned, can be accessed as read/write drives and files
can be serially transferred to and stored on any of these drives.
Note The virtual drive is optional when booting from SSD0, floppy drive or
hard drive. If you do not need a virtual drive, do not use VDISK.SYS.
There are two methods to download files through the serial port to the
PC Microcontroller:
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The TRANSFER utility is used to download files, one at a time, to
the PC Microcontroller using the XMODEM protocol.
TRANSFER.EXE resides on the PC Microcontroller BIOS drive and
on the PC Microcontroller utility disk and is used to send or receive
files via the serial port (e.g., COM1). TRANSFER.EXE uses the
XMODEM protocol, as does PC SmartLINK. (See the note below on
XMODEM).
Note In Windows 95 when the TRANSFER utility is used to download files,
set the idle time sensitivity of PC SmartLINK on your desktop PC to
“low” for TRANSFER to run quickly. To change your settings, follow
the steps below:
1. Open Windows Explorer.
2. Select SL.EXE with the right mouse button.
3. Select the Properties menu item.
4. Select the Miscellaneous tab in the Properties window.
5. Move the Idle Sensitivity slide bar to low.
6. Select the Apply button.
7. Exit the Properties window.
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REMDISK/REMSERV utilities allow access to all of the files on a
remote disk drive. REMDISK.EXE and REMSERV.EXE are located
on the PC Microcontroller BIOS drive and the PC Microcontroller
utility disk. Once these programs are executed, single or multiple
files can then be transferred to and from the PC Microcontroller
using DOS COPY or XCOPY commands.
Note REMDISK/REMSERV will not work with Windows 95. Use
REMDISK/REMSERV with ROM–DOS, MS–DOS, or on a network.