Re: TI-H: 4 dollar serial link cable


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Re: TI-H: 4 dollar serial link cable








---lvader@idir.net wrote:
>
> At 09:41 AM 8/17/97 -0400, you wrote:
> >At 09:55 PM 8/16/97 +0000, you wrote:
> >>Currently there is NOT a way to use anything but the graph link
cable
> >>from TI. Does anyone here know the differences in protocol between
the
> >>85 and 86?
> >
> >Not true, the parallel link ($5) works.
> 
> 	I constructed a parallel link, but I can't get it to work
correctly.  I
> have tried using CAL, LinkXP, and a few other programs.  All of them
report
> the link test as successful, but no matter what I do i get an Error
38
> Transmission Error.  Anyone with any insight that could help would
be of
> great help.
> 
> 	Thanks
> 	lvader@idir.net
> 

According to TI, the 86 uses a 'silent link' mode, which lets you send
variables without putting the calculator in receive mode. The clac
will always give timeout errors if you set it to receive mode first,
so try sending without doing that, and let me know if it works.
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