[comp.sys.handhelds] Trouble with downloading to hp48

cmoore@space.mit.edu (Christopher B. Moore) (08/25/90)

I'm new to the hp48 world and I'm having trouble downloading programs
from ASCII files to the calculator.  The file I'm trying at the moment
is of Eric Postpischil's timekeeping program.  The file begins with the
following few lines:

CDP	@ Clock Data Put	CRC #AF13h 52.5 @
%%HP: T(2);
\<< \-> V L \<< 'CLKDAT' L V PUT \>> \>>
 
CDG	@ Clock Data Get	CRC #4B28h 29.5 @
%%HP: T(2);
\<< 'CLKDAT' SWAP GET \>>

PA	@ PreAmble		CRC #D892h 56 @
%%HP: T(2);
\<< RCLF 64 STWS 2 CDG TICKS 1 CDG - OVER - B\->R \>>

...
 

I'm setting ASCII mode and then using the calculator as a server.  The transfer
aborts with a 'SYNTAX ERROR' right at the beginning.  From the looks of things,
the \<< codes were not being translated.  If I change the %%HP: T(2) lines to
%%HP: T(3), things work until it gets confused and gives a syntax error at
the last line shown above.  This time it looks like it is trying to interpret
the %%HP: T(3) line as a command of some sort....  What am I doing wrong?

Thank you for your assistance,
Christopher Moore
cmoore@space.mit.edu

vervalin@AUSTIN.LOCKHEED.COM (Paul Vervalin) (08/25/90)

In article <1990Aug25.065759.28079@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>, cmoore@space.mit.edu (Christopher B. Moore) writes:
> I'm new to the hp48 world and I'm having trouble downloading programs
> from ASCII files to the calculator.  The file I'm trying at the moment
> is of Eric Postpischil's timekeeping program. 
> 

I think the problem is that there is more than one %%HP: T(3) in the file that
you are trying to send.  Try breaking the file into indivual files, each one
having a separate %%HP: T(3) at the top.  Gook Luck.
                                                  _______
*********************************  +------+      / _____ \
*                               *  |+----+|]-+   ||     ||      +-----------+
*  Paul Vervalin                *  ||HP48||  |   ||     ||      |           |
*                               *  |+----+|  |   ||_____||   +-[| THE WORLD |
*  vervalin@AUSTIN.LOCKHEED.COM *  |......|  |   \_______/   |  |           |
*                               *  |......|  |  +---------+  |  +-----------+
*                               *  |......|  +-[|  AMIGA  |]-+
*********************************  +------+     +---------+

edp@jareth.enet.dec.com (Eric Postpischil (Always mount a scratch monkey.)) (08/26/90)

When I wrote the timekeeping routines and submitted them to the net, I did not
have the cable, so I just typed in the routines and prefaced each with what I
figured was the necessary %%HP line.

You should not send all the entire text of my posting to the 48; the lines that
have the name of the function just tell you what the routine is.  Send each
object individually -- just the lines from the %%HP to the end of the object.

If you still have trouble, let me know.  I have the cable now, and I will upload
the timekeeping routines and post them again as one directory object, so you can
download the whole thing with minimal editing.


				-- edp

jurjen@cwi.nl (Jurjen NE Bos) (08/27/90)

cmoore@space.mit.edu (Christopher B. Moore) writes:

>I'm new to the hp48 world and I'm having trouble downloading programs
>from ASCII files to the calculator.  The file I'm trying at the moment
>is of Eric Postpischil's timekeeping program.  The file begins with the
>following few lines:

>CDP	@ Clock Data Put	CRC #AF13h 52.5 @
>%%HP: T(2);
>\<< \-> V L \<< 'CLKDAT' L V PUT \>> \>>

>I'm setting ASCII mode and then using the calculator as a server.  The transfer
>aborts with a 'SYNTAX ERROR' right at the beginning.  From the looks of things,

It is not supposed to be downloaded as a single file.  Interpret it as
<Filename>
<File, beginning with %%HP, until closing delimiter>

<Next filename>
and so on.

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