User`s guide

Kermit Communication Protocol
The Kermit protocol is an error-correcting protocol for transferring sequential files between
computers over asynchronous serial communication lines. This protocol is available as an
option to the Adept V+ system.
Kermit is nonproprietary and was originally developed at Columbia University. Computer
users may copy Kermit implementations from one another, or they may obtain copies from
Columbia University for a nominal charge.
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The following information is not intended to be a thorough description of Kermit and its use.
You should refer to the Kermit User Guide and the Reference Kermit Protocol Manual (both
available from Columbia University) for more details on implementation and operation of the
Kermit protocol.
The Adept implementation of Kermit can communicate only with a server (see the Kermit
User Guide for a definition of terms). The following material describes use of Kermit from the
V+ system. In addition to this information, you will need to know how to perform steps on
your computer to initiate the Kermit protocol and access disk files.
When the V+ implementation of the Kermit protocol is enabled, it makes use of one of the
general-purpose USER serial lines on the Adept system controller. For a serial line to be used
with Kermit, the line must have been configured using the Adept controller configuration
program.
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Starting a Kermit Session
This section will lead you through the steps involved with initiating a Kermit file transfer
session using Kermit with the V+ system. The term remote system is used in this discussion
to refer to the computer system that is to be accessed with Kermit.
NOTE: The following information should be considered an example. The specific details
may not be correct for the computer system you are accessing with Kermit.
The first step is to start up a Kermit server on the remote system. One way to do this is to go
into pass-through mode on the V+ system by typing the monitor command:
PASSTHRU KERMIT
The system terminal is now connected directly to the serial line to the remote system:
Anything you type at the system terminal (except Ctrl+C and Ctrl+P) is sent directly to the
remote system.
If you cannot get any response from the remote system at this point, there is probably a
problem with the serial line connection. A common problem is a mismatch of baud rates or
other communication characteristics, or a bad serial line connection. Previous experience is
helpful in solving such problems.
Kermit Communication Protocol
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