Sharp EL-9900G, CE-LK2 PC User Manual

OPERATION MANUAL BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG MODE D’EMPLOI

PC LINK SYSTEM FOR EL-9900 PC-LINK-SYSTEM FÜR EL-9900 SYSTÈME PC LINK POUR EL-9900

ENGLISH ..................... Page 1

DEUTSCH ....................Seite 22

FRANÇAIS ...................Page 43

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CE-LK2

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PC LINK SYSTEM FOR EL-9900 OPERATION MANUAL

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< INTRODUCTION >

Thank you for your purchase. This product is supplied to customers who agree to the following items; please read them before using this product. We shall determine that you’ve approved them at setting up this product’s software.

Sharp Corporation (hereinafter called “our Company”) shall grant a nonexclusive right of this product “CE-LK2” upon the following terms to you. You shall agree to the following terms at setting up this product’s software.

•You shall use the software of this product on one Personal Computer. (hereinafter called “PC”)

•You may make only one copy of the software on a storage medium for backup purposes only.

•You shall not use or copy part or all of the operation manual without permission.

• Our Company shall not be held liable to anyone for failure arising out of improper use of this product and accessories, or during use of them, nor for any damages suffered from other malfunctions or use of this product.

• This product, including its accessories, are subject to change without notice for product improvement.

Note

• Some of the models described in this manual may not be available in some countries.

• Illustrations and icons in this manual may differ from the actual ones.

• "EL-96xx" refers to EL-9600/9600c/9650.

CONTENTS

♦ GETTING STARTED .............................................................................................. 4

What is PC LINK? ............................................................................................ 4

Checking the Accessories ............................................................................... 4

System Requirements ..................................................................................... 5

Setting Up PC LINK ......................................................................................... 5

Connecting the EL-9900 to the PC .................................................................. 6

♦ USING PC LINK ..................................................................................................... 7

Files PC LINK can Handle ............................................................................... 7

Starting and Exiting PC LINK .......................................................................... 8

Creating and Saving a New Program .............................................................. 8

Sending, Receiving, and Backup Programs and Various Data ........................ 9

Opening a Saved File .................................................................................... 11

Using Edit Functions ...................................................................................... 12

Saving and Printing the Contents of the Edit Screen ..................................... 15

Screen Capture .............................................................................................. 16

Screen Capture on Microsoft Word (EL-9900 Screen Capture Tool)

Group/Ungroup .............................................................................................. 18

Converting a File ............................................................................................ 19

♦ APPENDIX ........................................................................................................... 20

Ta ble for Converting Special Symbols into TXT Letters ................................. 20

How to Proceed in the Event of Abnormal Conditions ................................... 21

Sheet .................................................... 17

GETTING STARTED

What is PC LINK?

• Creates and edits EL-9900 programs on a PC.

• Receives and saves programs and various data from EL-9900

• Makes a backup of all the contents of memory of EL-9900.

• Sends programs and various data to EL-9900.

• Loads image data of EL-9900.

• Screen capture on Microsoft Word

• Converts programs and various data files into a text file.

Converts program text files into a program file.

•Prints out programs and various data files.

This manual is intended for users who already understand how to use the EL-9900 and how to operate a PC. Also refer to the PC manual with this book.

Checking the Accessories

sheet

Please check that all the following accessories are included upon purchase.

• CD-ROM for IBM PC compatible computer 1

• Communication cable 1

• Operation manual (this book) 1

System Requirements

• 100% IBM Compatible PC

• Microsoft

•Pentium

Pentium Pentium

Windows® 98/98 Second Edition/2000 Professional/Me/XP

150MHz or higher for Microsoft® Windows® 98/98 Second Edition

200MHz or higher for Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional/Me

/Celeron® Family 300MHz or higher for Microsoft® Windows® XP

• 30MB Available Hard Disk Space

• 64MB RAM for Microsoft

128MB RAM for Microsoft

Windows® 98/98 Second Edition/2000 Professional/Me

Windows® XP

• CD-ROM drive

•1 Available Serial Port

• Mouse or Compatible Pointing Device

• Microsoft Word

Tool for Microsoft Word

2000/XP on your PC for installing the "EL-9900 Screen Capture

2000/XP"

Setting Up PC LINK

1 Installing the PC LINK Software

1. Start Windows.

2. Insert the supplied CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.

3. Click the Start button, and then select Run.

4. Enter “Setup” followed by the path name of the location where the setup program

is saved. For example, type “D:\setup”.

5. Click on the OK button.

The Setup screen appears, then follow the screen instructions for setup.

When you do not use the Microsoft Word

: At the Select Components stage, deselect the check box for "EL-9900 Screen Capture Tool". In case the function needs to be installed later, reinstall CE-LK2 at the time of installation.

After completing the setup, the SHARP PC-LINK for EL-9900 folder is added in the

Program folder of the Start menu.

NOTE: When uninstalling the software, quit Microsoft Word® application beforehand.

Connecting the EL-9900 to the PC

Connect the EL-9900 to the PC with the supplied communication cable.

NOTE: Push in all connectors firmly and make sure they cannot be removed by pulling

them lightly. Also tighten the fixing screws.

1. Turn off the EL-9900 and the PC.

2. Connect on side of the supplied communication cable to the peripheral connecting terminal (communication port) on the bottom of the EL-9900; the other side to the serial port of your PC.

Peripheral connecting terminal

communication cable(supplied)

9 pin

To PC serial port

USING PC LINK

Files PC LINK can Handle

PC LINK can handle the following files listed below.

Contents of File

Backup

Group

Graph Database (GDB)

Graph Equation

Solver Equation

Picture

List

List Database (List DB)

Matrix

Program

Slide Show

Table Setup

Window Setup

Data variable

Zoom

Text

Tagged Image Format

Bitmap

backup

Set arbitrarily. (Initial value: Group)

g_data1 to g_data9, g_data0

y1 to y9, y0 / x1t to x6t / y1t to y6t /

r1 to r6 / u / v / w ← for EL-96xx/9900

only

Match it with the file name on the calculator.

pict1 to pict9, pict0

I1 to I6

I_data1 to I_data9, I_data0

mat_a to mat_j

Set arbitrarily.

Match it with the file name on the calculator.

tblsetup

winsetup

variable

zoom

Set arbitrarily.

File Name on PC

g4b

g4g

g4d

g4y

g4e

g4i

g4l

g4n

g4m

g4p

g4s

g4t

g4w

g4v

g4z

txt

tif

bmp

Extension

EL-9400 EL-9450EL-9900

g3b

g3g

g3d

g3y

g3i

g3l

g3n

g3p

g3t

g3w

g3v

g3z

←

g5b

g5g

g5d

g5y

g5i

g5l

g5n

g5p

g5s

g5t

g5w

g5v

g5z

←

EL-96xx

g2b

g2g

g2d

g2y

g2e

g2i

g2l

g2n

g2m

g2p

g2s

g2t

g2w

g2v

g2z

←

NOTE: Attention should be required when assigning variables in integral calculations,

because EL-9400/9450/9600 handles variables differently from EL-9900. (Tolerance will not be assigned for EL-9400/9450/9600; the number of divisions will be assigned instead.)

Starting and Exiting PC LINK

1 Starting the PC LINK

Select Start CE-LK2 to start the PC LINK.

The menu bar and the icons are displayed on the top of the window.

→→

→ Programs

→→

→ SHARP PC-LINK for EL-9900

→→

→ SHARP

→→

2 Exiting the PC LINK

Select the Exit from the File menu, or double-click on the CLOSE box at the uppermost-left corner on the screen.

Note: If a communication will not be available, check the settings of the communication

(COM) port and the cable connection. If these procedures will not solve the problem, set the Power Management and the screen saver to OFF. (See Readme.txt for details.)

Creating and Saving a New Program

1 Creating a New Program

NOTE: Only programs can be created.

1. Select the New from the File menu. The Newly-Edited screen is displayed.

2. Enter a program name in Title:

3. Enter a program. (For details on entering a program, refer to “Using Edit Functions” on page 12.)

2Saving a Created Program

1. Select the Save As... from the File menu. The Save As screen is displayed.

2. Specify the drive and folder, and then enter the file name and extension. The extension is different depending on your calculator.

3. Click on the OK button. The created program is saved as a new program file with the contents specified in

* Alphanumeric characters can be used for file names. If a program file stored with a file

name that consists of non-alphanumeric characters is sent to the EL-9900, the file name may change.

Sending, Receiving, and Backup

Programs and Various Data

(1) Programs and various data can be received from the EL-9900 in order to save

them in a file. The contents saved in the file can also be sent to the EL-9900.

(2) Back up all data of the EL-9900 to the file. Also, restore the backup data to the

EL-9900.

1 Setting a Communication Port

Set a communication port. Set the communication port where the communication cable for the PC is connected.

1. Select the Communication Port from the Link menu.

A list of communication ports is displayed.

2. Click on the port to be used or Auto Setting.

2 Sending and Receiving Programs and Various Data

Programs and various data can be received from the EL-9900 and saved in a file. Also, the file can be sent to the EL-9900.

(1) Receiving Programs and Various Data from the EL-9900 to be

Saved in a File

1. Turn on the EL-9900.

2. Select the Receive... from the Link menu.

The Receive Files screen is displayed.

3. Specify the kind of drive, folder, and file, then select the file to be received from

the file list, and click on the Select button. The selected file is displayed on the File Selected column.

4. Click on the OK button.

The Receiving screen is displayed on the PC screen to start receiving.

5. After the completion of receiving, the initial screen returns.

* If a file stored with a file name that consists of non-alphanumeric characters (Solver

equation, Program, Slide show) is received by a PC, the file name may change.

* If multiple Solver equation and Program files are saved on the EL-9900 with the same

file name, only the initial saved file can be received. To receive all the files, save each file on the EL-9900 with a different file name.

(2) Sending a File to the EL-9900

NOTE: Group files, Text files, TIFF files, and Bitmap files cannot be sent to the EL-9900.

1. Turn on the EL-9900.

2. Select the Send... from the Link menu. The Send Files screen is displayed.

3. Specify the kind of drive, folder, and file, then select the file to be sent from the file list, and click on the Select button. The selected file is displayed on the File Selected column.

4. Click on the OK button. The Sending screen is displayed on the PC screen to start sending.

5. After the completion of sending, the initial screen returns.

3 Making a Backup

All data of the EL-9900 can be backed up to the disk, and the backed up data can be restored to the EL-9900.

(1) Making a Backup of All Data

1. Turn on the EL-9900.

2. Select the Receive... from the Link menu. The Receive Files screen is displayed.

3. Specify the kind of drive, folder, then select “backup.g4b” from the file list, and click on the Select button. The selected “backup.g4b” is displayed on the File Selected column.

4. Click on the OK button. The receiving screen is displayed on the PC screen to start receiving, and then all data of the EL-9900 will be backed up.

(2) Sending Backup Data to the EL-9900

NOTE: All the contents saved in the EL-9900 immediately before this are erased.

Perform the same procedure of “(2) Sending a file to the EL-9900” on this page to send the back-up file (backup.g4b) to the EL-9900.

Opening a Saved File

First, display (open) the contents of a file in order to print and edit the contents of the saved file.

1 Displaying the Contents of a File

NOTE: The contents of Backup files, Group files, GDB files, Graph equation files, Solver

equation files, and TIFF files cannot be displayed. (The files cannot be opened.)

1. Select the Open... from the File menu.

The Open File screen is displayed.

2. Specify the kind of drive, folder, and file, then select the file whose contents are to be displayed from the file list.

3. Click on the OK button. The selected file is opened with its contents displayed.

2 Printing a File

NOTE: The contents of Backup files, Group files, GDB files, Graph equation files, Solver

equation files, and TIFF files cannot be printed.

1. Display the contents of a file on the screen.

2. Select the Print... from the File menu. The Print Setting screen is displayed.

3. If necessary, specify items such as the range and the number of copies.

4. Click on the OK button. The Print Run screen is displayed, and then the contents displayed on the screen are printed.

Using Edit Functions

NOTE: The files that can be edited with the Edit functions are: List files, List DB files,

Matrix files, Program files, Table setup files, Window setup files, Data variable files and Zoom files.

The Edit functions are used for creating EL-9900 programs and editing the contents that have already been saved as files.

1 Entering Commands, Strings, and Values on the Edit

Screen

On the Edit screen, the following three ways can be used to enter commands, strings, and values.

•Keyboard layout

• Func Table

• PC keyboard

(1) Entering from the Keyboard Layout

Display the Keyboard layout of the calculator on the Edit screen, and then enter necessary items such as commands.

1. Select the Key Board from the View menu.

The Keyboard layout of the calculator is displayed.

2. Move the cursor to the key on the Keyboard layout you want to enter, and then click on it. The item is entered in the cursor position on the Edit screen.

*For some items such as “STAT PLOT”, “ZOOM”, and “CALC”, the subcategory and

minor category are displayed. In this case, select the item in the left row (the subcategory) to display the right row (the minor category), and then move the cursor to the item in the right row that you want to enter, for double-click.

(2) Entering from the Func Table

The Func Table is used to select necessary items from the list containing items such as functions, and enter them.

1. Select the item from the major category of the Func Table menu.

Selecting the Key Pad and Func All displays the subcategory. Selecting other than the Key Pad and Func All displays the subcategory and minor category, respectively.

2. Perform either of the following operations, and then enter an item in the cursor position on the Edit screen. When only the subcategory is displayed, move the cursor to the item that you want to enter, for double-click. When the subcategory and minor category are displayed, select the item in the left row (the subcategory) to display the right row (the minor category), and then move the cursor to the item in the right row that you want to enter, for double-click.

(3) Entering from the PC Keyboard

Enter necessary items such as functions from the PC keyboard.

2 Editing

(1)Cutting a string

1. Select the string to be cut.

2. Select the Cut from the Edit menu. The selected string is cut on the Edit screen and moved to the clipboard.

(2)Copying a string

1. Select the string to be copied.

2. Select the Copy from the Edit menu. The selected string is copied to the clipboard.

(3)Deleting a string

1. Select the string to be deleted.

2. Select the Delete from the Edit menu, or press the DEL on the PC keyboard. The selected string is deleted.

• Selecting Select All from the Edit menu selects all strings on the Edit screen.

(4)Pasting the contents of a clipboard to the Edit Screen

The contents moved to the clipboard by “Cutting a string” and “Copying a string” can be pasted at the cursor position on the Edit screen.

* Selecting the Paste from the Edit menu pastes the contents of the clipboard at the

cursor position on the Edit screen.

(5)Finding a string

1. Select the Find... from the Edit menu.

The Find screen is displayed.

2. Enter the string to be searched for. If necessary, specify the option to differentiate between uppercase and lowercase.

3. Click on the Find Next button. The cursor moves to the found string.

(6)Replacing a string

1. Select the Replace... from the Edit menu. The Replace screen is displayed.

2. Enter the string to be searched for, and then the string after replacement. If necessary, specify the option to differentiate between uppercase and lowercase.

3. Click on the Find Next button. The cursor moves to the found string.

4. Perform either of the following: Click the Find Next button to find the next string without replacing the string. Click the Replace button to find the next string after replacing the found string. Click the Replace All button to replace all found strings without checking.

*To return to the state immediately before making an operation (such as after making

an input error), select the Undo from the Edit menu.

Saving and Printing the Contents

of the Edit Screen

1 Overwriting

NOTE: Program files can be overwritten.

• After completing edition, select the Save from the File menu.

The file is saved in the same file.

2Save As

NOTES: • List files, List DB files, Matrix files, Table setup files, Window setup files, Data

variable files, and Zoom files which are edited with the Edit functions, can be saved only as text files. When a file is saved as a text file, letters are included in @s for special symbols. (For details on special symbols, see the “Table for Converting Special Symbols into TXT Letters” on page 20.)

• Alphanumeric characters can be used for file names. If a program file stored with a file name that consists of non-alphanumeric characters is sent to the EL9900, the file name may change.

1. After completing editing, select the Save As... from the File menu.

The Save As screen is displayed.

2. Specify the drive and folder, and then enter the file name and suitable extension.

3. Click on the OK button.

The file is saved with the contents specified in step 2.

3 Printing

Perform the same procedure as in step 2 or from “2 Printing a File” on page 11, and then print the contents displayed on the screen.

Screen Capture

The screen capture function loads image data displayed on the EL-9900 on the PC.

1 Setting a Communication Port

Perform the same procedure as in step 1 or from “1 Setting a Communication Port” on page 9, and then set the communication port.

2 Loading Image Data

Load image data displayed on the EL-9900.

1. Display the contents to be loaded on the EL-9900 display.

2. Select the Screen Capture from the Link menu.

The Load screen is displayed to load image data.

3. After the completion of loading, the loaded image data is displayed with the Screen Image screen.

3Saving and Printing Image Data

Image data can be saved in a file and printed by a printer connected to the PC.

(1)Saving

1. Load the image data.

2. Select the Save As... from the File menu. The Save As screen is displayed.

3. Specify the drive and folder, and then enter the file name and “tif” or “bmp” extension.

4. Click on the OK button.

(2) Printing

1. Open or load the image data.

2. If necessary, specify the Print image percentage for printing.

3. Select the Print... from the File menu. The Print Setting screen is displayed.

4. If necessary, specify items such as the range and the number of copies.

5. Click on the OK button. The Print Run screen is displayed, and then the contents displayed on the screen are printed.

Screen Capture on Microsoft Word® Sheet

Installing the "EL-9900 Screen Capture Tool" enables you to directly capture and insert the image from the EL-9900 to the Microsoft Word

document.

1 Setting the Communication Port

1. Make sure that your PC and EL-9900 are connected with the supplied communication cable.

2. Start Microsoft Word tion Port from EL-9900 menu on the menu bar. Communication Port Setting Dialog will open.

3. Select the port you wish to use or select Auto and click OK.

, and select Communica-

2 Screen Capture on Microsoft Word® Sheet

1. Open Microsoft Word document.

2. Move the cursor pointer to the location you wish to insert the captured image.

3. Click the Screen Capture icon in the Tool menu bar or select Screen Capture from EL-9900 menu on the menu bar.

The captured image (bmp) will be inserted into the cursor location.

Screen Capture icon

Group/Ungroup

1Group (Combine individual files into a group file)

It is possible to create a group file either by combining unrelated individual files or by combining only related files.

1. Select the Group Files... from the Tools menu. The file selection screen to

choose which files to combine into a group file is displayed.

2. Specify drive, directory and the file type. Select the file to group from the file list

and then click the Select button. The selected file is displayed in the File Selected column. Continue this file selection process for each file to group.

3. After selecting all the files for file grouping, click the OK button.

The Save As screen is displayed.

4. Perform the same procedure as in step 2 or from “2 Save As” on page 15, and save as a group file.

2 Ungroup (Ungroup a group file)

1. Select the Ungroup Files... item from the Tools menu. The group file selection screen to choose which group file to ungroup is displayed.

2. Specify the kind of drive, folder, and file. Select a group file to ungroup from the file list and then click the OK button. The folder and drive selection screen to select where to save the individual files after ungrouping is displayed.

3. Specify the folder and drive and then click the OK button. The group file selected in step 2 is ungrouped and the individual files are saved as specified in step 3.

Converting a File

1 Converting a Program and Various Data Files into a Text

File

NOTE: The following files can be converted to text files: List files, List DB files, Matrix

files, Program files, Table setup files, Window setup files, Data variable files, and Zoom files. For conversion to a text file, letters are included in @s for special symbols. (For details on special symbols, see the “Table for Converting Special Symbols into TXT Letters” on page 20.)

1. Open or display the contents of the file to be converted to a text file on the screen.

2. Perform the same procedure as in step 1 or from “2 Save As” on page 15; however, enter “txt” as the extension.

2 Converting a Program Text File into a Program File

Program text files can be converted into program files that can be sent to the EL-9900.

1. Open or display the contents of the program text file to be converted into a program file.

2. Perform the same procedure as in step 1 or from “2 Save As” on page 15; however, as the extension, enter “g4p” for the EL-9900.

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