Communication Link 19-5
8319LINK.DOC TI-83 Intl English, Chap 19 Bob Fedorisko Revised: 02/19/01 1:24 PM Printed: 02/19/01 1:40 PM
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To display the LINK RECEIVE menu, press y [LINK] ~.
SEND RECEIVE
1:Receive Sets unit to receive data transmission.
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.
To transmit, follow the steps on page 19.6.
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 [QUIT] to exit the receive mode.
During transmission, if a variable name is duplicated, the
DuplicateName menu is displayed on the receiving unit.
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.
When you select 1:Rename, the Name= prompt is displayed,
and alpha-lock is on. 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.
When you select 4:Quit, transmission stops, and the
receiving unit exits receive mode.
During transmission, if the receiving unit does not have
sufficient memory to receive an item, the Memory Full menu
is displayed on the receiving unit.
• To skip this item for the current transmission, select
1:Omit. Transmission resumes with the next item.
• To cancel the transmission and exit receive mode,
select 2:Quit.
Receiving Items
LINK RECEIVE
Menu
Receiving Unit
DuplicateName
Menu
Insufficient
Memory in
Receiving Unit