Operation Manual

16-6 Communication Link
8216LINK.DOC TI-82 Parcus, Chapter 16, English Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/09/01 9:33 AM Printed:
02/09/01 12:43 PM Page 6 of 8
Transmitting Items
Once you have selected what to send and the receiving unit is ready, you can
begin transmitting. For easy distribution of items to several TI
.
82 units, current
items remain selected in both the sending and receiving unit. It is easy to
transmit the items again.
Transmitting Items
After you have selected the items you want to send, press
~
to move the
cursor to
TRANSMIT
and display the
TRANSMIT
menu.
Be sure that the receiving unit is set to
Receive
(page 16
.
7). Press
Í
to
select
Transmit
.
The name and type of each item is displayed, one per line, as the TI
.
82 tries
to transmit it. After transmission is complete for all items,
Done
is
displayed. Press
}
and
†
to scroll through the names.
Transmitting Items to an Additional TI-82
After sending or receiving data, you can repeat the same transmission to a
different TI
.
82 from either the sending unit or the receiving unit without
selecting what to send. The current items remain selected.
Before you make another selection, simply connect the unit to another
TI
.
82, select
Receive
on the new unit, and then press
y
ã
LINK
ä
3
(to select
SelectCurrent...
)
~
1
(to select
Transmit
).
Error Conditions
A transmission error occurs after one or two seconds if:
¦
There is not a cable attached to the sending unit.
¦
There is not a receiving unit attached to the cable.
¦
The receiving unit is not in
Receive
mode.
Note: If the cable is attached, push it in more firmly and try again.
If the
É
key is pressed to interrupt transmission, an
ERROR
screen is
displayed. Select
Exit
to leave the
ERROR
screen.