PSC TopGun, PT2000 manual Setting Command Line Options, ptferfilename-/PnBnDnaction

Transferring Data With PSC Utilities

Setting Command Line Options

Note: In Windows 3.x, the command is in the Command Line input box in the application’s Program Item Properties window in the Program Manager.

In Windows 95, create a shortcut to the application. (The Desktop is a good place to put the shortcut.) Find the command in the Target input box on the Properties tab of the shortcut’s Properties window.

Change settings for the Portable File Transfer program before starting the program by entering options for the command that starts it. Type the options using the following syntax:

ptfer￿filename￿[-¦/][Pn][Bn][Dn][action]

where

filename = the name of the file to transfer (include the extension)

Pn = the number of the COM port to be used (1, 2, 3, or 4; the default setting is P2)

Bn = the baud rate to use (the default setting is B9600)

Dn = the timeout period, in seconds (the default is 30 seconds on receive and 1 second on transmit)

action = A to receive data and append it to the existing file

C to connect automatically when transmitting or receiving E to echo the display to the screen

H to display on screen help

M to maximize the PTFER window N to minimize the PTFER window

0n n n to set the size and position of the PTFER window R to receive data from the portable and replace the existing

file contents

S to display the line count in the title bar

T to transfer data to the portable (the default)

X to exit automatically after data is transmitted or received

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