IBM 1000-90 COMM.EXE

COMM.EXE 5

COMM.EXE

No special installation procedures are required to install the 1000-90

program. Make a backup copy of the diskette if you plan to use the

1000-90 program directly from the floppy disk, or copy the contents

of the diskette onto a hard disk drive in your computer.

The 1000-90 program is a general purpose data communications

program. Data incoming from the selected RS-232C port is

displayed on the CRT, and optionally written to the system printer,

and/or written to a disk file. Typed characters are transmitted out the

selected serial port (COM1 or COM2).

To run the program, type COMM <enter>.

The program is controlled by the softkeys F1 thru F9:

F1 The file 'LCONFIG.LCR' is accessed, and you can select the

configuration entry you wish to use. This file is simply an ASCII

file that contains preset RS-232C configurations. Move the cursor

using the down/up arrow keys on your computer to access the

appropriate LI-COR instrument configuration, and press <Enter> to

select that configuration. Notice that there is also a 'General

Purpose' configuration for instruments which do not appear on the

menu. If you wish to add to the file, use a text editor, and model the

new entries after the existing ones. Help files for each configuration

can also be specified.

When F1 is pressed, there is always a 'User Defined' entry appended

to the list found in the configuration file. Selecting this entry allows

you to set whatever configuration you might wish to use that is not

already in one of the existing options. Simply model your entry as