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Appendices
Document code: SS1-UM-1.05
Example using RCOM
On the Workabout:
♦
Exit from the SunData application on the Workabout by pressing
∪
∪
∪
∪
+X
.
♦
In the System Screen, press
Menu, Spec, Remote Link
,
and press
Enter
. Set the
Remote Link
to
On
,
Baud rate
to
19200
, and the
Port
to
A
.
♦
Connect the RS232 port at the top right of the Workabout to the PC’s COM1
serial port using the SunScan comms cable.
From the PC
♦
At the DOS prompt, in the directory holding
RCOM.EXE
, type:
RCOM
↵
↵↵
↵
(Let's assume this is in your
C:\SUNSCAN\COMMS
directory)
The
RCOM
prompt "»" followed by the current subdirectory name will appear, in a
DOS-like screen.
You should now be able to get a directory listing of the Workabout Internal Disk on
your PC by typing
DIR I:
↵
↵↵
↵
at the prompt.
Note: in
RCOM
, the Workabout drives
A, B
and
Internal
are mapped onto drives
L,
R
and
I.
♦
If the subdirectory
\SUN\
does
not exist you must create it as
follows:
>>C:\SUNSCAN\COMMS>I:
↵
↵↵
↵
>> I:\>md\sun
↵
↵↵
↵
♦
Check the new subdirectory
now exists:
>> I:\>dir
↵
↵↵
↵
♦
Then type
>> I:\>copy
c:\sunscan\psion\*.* I:\sun\
↵
↵↵
↵
This copies both the SunData program
sundata.app
and
sys$8087.ldd
, which is
also required, to the Workabout Internal drive subdirectory
\SUN\
and confirms the
process. When you have finished:
♦
On your PC, type
EXIT
↵
↵↵
↵
to exit from
RCOM
♦
On the Workabout, close down the Remote Link: From the System Screen, press
Menu, Spec, Remote Link
, and set it to
Off
,
then press
Enter.
If the SunData icon does not automatically appear in the Psion System screen, see
More Psion and file handling notes
about re-installing SunData as an application.
Documentation of RCOM and SLINK
If you have been successful with the above transfer instructions, you can skip this,
but if you need to know more about either RCOM or SLINK, the SunData s/w
diskette contains text files in the \COMMS directory which explain the operation of
the transfer programs.
•
COMMS.TXT gives brief details of the operation of both SLINK and RCOM.
•
RCOM.TXT is a text file containing the full RCOM manual.