Operation Manual

Chapter 19: Communication Link 345
2. On the sending unit press y 8 and select a data type and items to SEND.
3. Press ~ on the sending unit to display the
TRANSMIT menu.
4. On the other unit, press y 8 ~ to display the RECEIVE menu.
5. Press Í on the receiving unit.
6. Press Í on the sending unit. A copy of the selected item(s) is sent to the receiving unit.
7. Disconnect the link cable only from the receiving unit and connect it to another unit.
8. Press y 8 on the sending unit.
9. Select only the data type. For example, if the unit just sent a list, select
4:LIST.
Note: The item(s) you want to send are pre-selected from the last transmission. Do not select or
deselect any items. If you select or deselect an item, all selections or deselections from the last
transmission are cleared.
10. Press ~ on the sending unit to display the TRANSMIT menu.
11. On the new receiving unit, press y 8 ~ to display the
RECEIVE menu.
12. Press Í on the receiving unit.
13. Press Í on the sending unit. A copy of the selected item(s) is sent to the receiving unit.
14. Repeat steps 7 through 13 until the items are sent to all additional units.
Receiving Items
LINK RECEIVE Menu
To display the LINK RECEIVE menu, press y 8 ~.
Receiving Unit
When you select 1:Receive from the LINK RECEIVE menu on the receiving unit, the message Waiting...
and the busy indicator are displayed. The receiving unit is ready to receive transmitted items. To exit the
receive mode without receiving items, press É, and then select
1:Quit from the Error in Xmit menu.
When transmission is complete, the unit exits the receive mode. You can select
1:Receive again to
receive more items. The receiving unit then displays a list of items received. Press y 5 to exit the
receive mode.
DuplicateName Menu
During transmission, if a variable name is duplicated, the DuplicateName menu is displayed on the
receiving unit.
When you select
1:Rename, the Name= prompt is displayed. Enter a new variable name, and then press
Í. Transmission resumes.
When you select
2:Overwrite, the sending unit’s data overwrites the existing data stored on the
receiving unit. Transmission resumes.
When you select
3:Omit, the sending unit does not send the data in the duplicated variable name.
Transmission resumes with the next item.
SEND RECEIVE
1: Receive
Sets unit to receive data transmission.
DuplicateName
1: Rename
Prompts to rename receiving variable.
2: Overwrite
Overwrites data in receiving variable.
3: Omit
Skips transmission of sending variable.
4: Quit
Stops transmission at duplicate variable.