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*D TAPE UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD
FUNCTION
This library qption adds additional*D mode
commands
that allow datalogger programs to
be saved to
{nd
loaded
from
a
cassette tape.
INSTRUCTIONS
Command
Description
3
Save Program on Tape
4
Load Program
from Tape
SAVING PROGRAM ON TAPE
Use
Cor
Connect
3
to save
a program on tape.
Cassette Recorder to the
datalogger via
the SC92A Cassette Write Only
lnterface or
the SC93A Cassette
ReadMrite
Interface.
SC93A has three plugs which
plug into
the
monitor,
and
DC-
lNput
jacks
Qn
the
recorder.
Enter
*D Mode,
switch
the reborder
to
RECORD, and key
in
3A
to initiate thelprogram
dump.
When
the
recording
is
{ompleted, "13:0000"
is
displayed.
Command
3
tuvrites
an
ASCII listing of the
datalogger pfogram to
tape.
The information
saved on tapB
is
the same as the printer listing
(Command
1).
The C20, with the format
switches
in
the
"ll,
Decode" position,
will
read
the
file.
The PC201 will
read
the
file
if
the
TAPE.COM program is run and the File Data
Format
is
specified as
either Printable ASCII or
Comma Delineated
ASC|l.
LOADING PROGRAM FROM TAPE
Use Command
4
to load a program from tape to
the datalogger. Connect the RC35 Cassette
Recorder to the datalogger via
the SC93A
Cassette
ReadAA/rite
Inter{ace. The recorder's
volume setting should be near mid-range.
Position the
tape
at
the start
of
the recorded
program before plugging
in
the
SC93A.
Enter
*D Mode, press the play button, and key in
44
to initiate the
load"
When loading a program from tape, the
datalogger suspends all other
tasks, including
updating
the real-time
clock. An
"L"
is
displayed
when a block of data is detected on the
tape.
A
tape read error will be signaled by an
"E".
lf
data is not read within 30 seconds, the
datalogger displays
E97.
lf there
are
no
incorrectable
errors (E98), the datalogger will
display "13:0000" after the tape read
is
complete. The
new program
will be in memory
and running.
the
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