Casio FA-123 User Manual

Chapter

Data Communications

This chapter tells you everything you need to know to transfer programs between two CASIO Power Graphic calculators connected using the cable that is equipped as a standard accessory. You can also use the cable to connect the calculator to a CASIO Label Printer to print screen data.

To transfer data between a calculator and a personal computer, you need to purchase the separately available CASIO FA-123 Connection Kit.

10-1 Connecting Two Units

10-2 Connecting the Unit with a CASIO Label Printer

10-3 Connecting the Unit to a Personal Computer 10-4 Performing a Data Communication Operation

10-5 Data Communications Precautions

10-6 Sending a Screen Shot

10-7 Add-ins 10-8 MEMORY Mode

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Connecting Two Units

10-1 Connecting Two Units

The following procedure describes how to connect two units with the connecting cable that comes equipped as a standard accessory.

u To connect two units

1. Check to make sure that the power of both units is off.

2. Remove the covers from the connectors of the two units.

3. Connect the two units using the cable.

#Be sure you keep the connector covers in a

safe place so you can replace them after you finish your data communications.

Cable

#Keep the connectors covered when you are not

using them.

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Connecting the Unit with a CASIO Label Printer

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10-2 Connecting the Unit with a CASIO Label

Printer

After you connect the unit to a CASIO Label Printer with cable, you can use the Label Printer to print screen shot data from the unit (see 10-6 Sending a Screen Shot). See the user’s guide that comes with your Label Printer for details on how to perform this operation.

• The operation described above can be performed using the following Label Printer models: KL-2000, KL-2700, KL-8200, KL-8700 (as of February 1999).

uTo connect the unit to a Label Printer

1. Check to make sure that the power of the unit and the Label Printer is off.

2. Connect the cable to the Label Printer.

3. Remove the cover from the connector of the unit.

4. Connect the other end of the cable to the unit.

5. Turn on the power of the unit, followed by the Label Printer.

Label Printer

Cable

•After you finish data communications, turn off power in the sequence: the unit first, and then the Label Printer. Finally, disconnect the equipment.

#Be sure you keep the connector cover in a

safe place so you can replace it after you

finish your data communications.

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Connecting the Unit to a Personal Computer

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10-3 Connecting the Unit to a Personal

Computer

To transfer data and screen shots between the unit and a personal computer, you must connect them through a separately available CASIO FA-123 Connection Kit.

For details on operation, the types of computer that can be connected, and hardware limitations, see the user’s manual that comes with the FA-123.

Some types of data may not be able to be exchanged with a personal computer.

u To connect the unit to a personal computer

1. Check to make sure that the power of the unit and the personal computer is off.

2. Connect the personal computer to the FA-123 Connection Kit.

3. Remove the cover from the connector of the unit.

4. Connect the unit to the FA-123 Connection Kit.

5. Turn on the power of the unit, followed by the personal computer.

•After you finish data communications, turn off power in the sequence: the unit first, and then the personal computer. Finally, disconnect the equipment.

#Be sure you keep the connector cover in a

safe place so you can replace it after you

finish your data communications.

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Perfor ming a Data Communication Operation

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10-4 Performing a Data Communication

Operation

From the Main Menu, enter the LINK Mode. The following data communication main menu appears on the display.

•{TRNS}/{Recv} ... menu of {send settings}/{receive settings}

Communications parameters are fixed at the following settings.

•Speed (BPS): 38.4 kbps (sending a data)

9,600bps (sending a screen shot)

•Parity (PARITY): NONE

k Performing a Data Transfer Operation

Connect the two units and then perform the following procedures.

Receiving unit

To set up the calculator to receive data, press 2(Recv) while the data communication main menu is displayed.

The calculator enters a data receive standby mode and waits for data to arrive. Actual data receive starts as soon as data is sent from the sending unit.

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Sending unit

To set up the calculator to send data, press 1(TRNS) while the data communication main menu is displayed.

Press the number key that corresponds to the type of data you want to send.

• {Select} ... {selects data items and sends them}

• {Currnt} ... {selects data items from among previously selected data items and sends them}

• {Backup} ... {sends all memory contents, including mode settings}

• {H-Copy} ... {selects H-Copy screen shot data and sends it}

u To send selected data items

Press b(Select) or c(Currnt) to display a data item selection screen.

• {Sel} ... {selects data item where cursor is located}

• {All} ... {selects all data}

• {Tr ns } ... {sends selected data items}

Use the f and c cursor keys to move the cursor to the data item you want to select and press 1(Sel) to select it. Currently selected data items are marked with “'”. Pressing 6 (Tr ns) sends all the selected data items.

•To deselect a data item, move the cursor to it and press 1(Sel) again.

Only items that contain data appear on the data item selection screen. If there are too many data items to fit on a single screen, the list scrolls when you move the cursor to the bottom line of the items on the screen.

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uTo execute a send operation

After selecting the data items to send, press 6(Trns). A message appears to confirm that you want to execute the send operation.

• w(Yes) ... sends data

• i(No) ... returns to data selection screen

Press w(Yes) to send the data.

•You can interrupt a data operation at any time by pressing A.

The following shows what the displays of the sending and receiving units look like after the data communication operation is complete.

Sending Unit Receiving Unit

Press i to return to the data communication main menu.

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