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HP 50G PC Connection Problems...Old Fool Needs Help..!! - Alan Taylor - 03-09-2007 Well I'm back in the HP fold. I have just purchased the HP 50G, my previous HP's were "the electronic slide rule" circa 1972. This unit replaced my trusty Decilon 10 inch and 5 inch slide rules (which I still have!!), then in the late 1980's I had a HP41.. First impressions......well after all the technical inovations etc..the documentation for the HP50G is magnificently inadequate, to be more direct....it really **cks!! My goodness, I remember when it was possible to settle down with a HP calculator and the superb manual(s)for a good evening read, and when finished to put everything back into the hard plastic carry case...those were the days...sigh....:) Well here I am prostrating myself on this forum....stumped by my inability to connect my 50G to my PC. Any help would be much appreciated... God!! I feel such a fool!!!!!! Really, I would not mind paying the few extra bucks for some good old fashioned HP manuals of yester-year style.... :(
Alan
Re: HP 50G PC Connection Problems...Old Fool Needs Help..!! - Giancarlo (Italy) - 03-09-2007
Hi Alan, Re: HP 50G PC Connection Problems...Old Fool Needs Help..!! - dbatiz - 03-09-2007 Sir, First make sure flag 33 is set to Transfer Via Wire. Install the connectivity kit and calculator driver on your PC. Connect the calculater to the PC with the USB cable. Press (AND RELEASE) the right shift, then the right arrow. The display should say "Xmodem Server Waiting for command." Start your Calculator Connectivity Kit. Set Connect Using to AUTO. Then press the quick connect button (it's right beside the button that looks like a camera). Your directory tree should appear on the screen. Good luck! Very Respectfully,
David
Re: HP 50G PC Connection Problems...Old Fool Needs Help..!! - Dave - 03-09-2007 There's a fantastic manual for the 49/50g, even more comprehensive than the old 48 AUR. This post from James Prange has all you need.
Quote: Re: HP 50G PC Connection Problems...Old Fool Needs Help..!! - cfh - 03-09-2007 1) Make sure you have the latest connx4. 2) press and release shift right arrow (as pointed out here) 3) if no connection, turn on and off the 50, plug and unplug it again, sooner or later the PC will "find it". I have had similar problems - it seems a little stochastic at times finding the calculator for the connX4 program (while ALWAYS finding the calc as a RAM-card...) If anyone else has ha perfectly clear answer to this I'd be glad to read it. cheer Carl
Re: HP 50G PC Connection Problems...Old Fool Needs Help..!! - Alan Taylor - 03-12-2007 Hi Giancarlo, Thanks for this. I eventually managed to get the 50G to talk to my PC. One of the issues was the activation of the XMODEM server. I eventually managed to start the server via the CAT dropdown. Thanks for all the help from the guys.
The next issue is the 50G screen capture. The manual refers to Or is there a simpler command format...
Very Best Regards Re: HP 50G PC Connection Problems...Old Fool Needs Help..!! - Giancarlo (Italy) - 03-12-2007 Hi Alan.
Quote: Hope this helps. Best regards. Giancarlo Re: HP 50G PC Connection Problems...Old Fool Needs Help..!! - Les Wright - 03-13-2007 I am so baffled by the USB interface with my 49G+ I don't even bother with it, and transfer files with an SD card. Fortunately, this is very straight forward for me since I have a cardreader on my PC--put the SD card in the slot, drop files into the folder, put card in calculator, navigate to the SD card with FILES, recall desired object to stack, store it accordingly as program, variable, or library on the calc. The smaller SD cards, which are more than adequate for storing relatively tiny calculator programs and libraries, are really cheap these days, as are card readers that plug into a USB port. It means shelling out a little more money, but maybe this is a more sensible and intuitive file transfer solution? Were it not for my little SD card and card reader, I would be pretty befuddled when i comes to ROM updates and other file transfer tasks.
Les
Re: HP 50G PC Connection Problems...Old Fool Needs Help..!! - Giancarlo (Italy) - 03-13-2007 Hi Les. Re: HP 50G PC Connection Problems...Old Fool Needs Help..!! - Alan Taylor - 03-18-2007 Hi Guys, This is also the conclusion that I have come to! :)
The only thing that I am having difficulty with concerns
I disconnent via the software prompt, press the ????? What is the "up arrow"? Does anyone have a better routine??
Alan
Re: HP 50G PC Connection Problems...Old Fool Needs Help..!! - Gerson W. Barbosa - 03-18-2007
Quote: That's one of the four round-shaped silver keys, the one just below the F5/E key. Regards,
Gerson.
Re: HP 50G PC Connection Problems...Old Fool Needs Help..!! - James M. Prange (Michigan) - 03-18-2007 Quote:Yes. Personally, I prefer to call it the "CursorUp key", largely because character 144 really does look like an arrow pointing up, and there are also characters that look like arrows pointing down, left, and right. Anyway, to invoke the PRLCD command (used for Conn4x's "screen capture"), press and hold the ON key, press and release the CursorUp key, and release the ON key.
Regards, Re: HP 50G PC Connection Problems...Old Fool Needs Help..!! - Alan Taylor - 03-19-2007 Gerson, and James, Thanks for this. I like the 50G, however the learning curve is quite steep, even for an old HP user. The lack of adequate documentation makes it even steeper.
Alan
Re: HP 50G PC Connection Problems...Old Fool Needs Help..!! - Les Wright - 03-19-2007 Quote: Heck, I am fine with an old 128mb card, which does double duty in my Palm TX and the HP49G+. This is plenty to store all of my little files for the HP49G+ and Free42. I do have a 2gig card but it is better used in a digital stereo recorder I have--the highest quality wave files are very big and 2gig handles about an hour of recording, I think.
Les
Re: HP 50G PC Connection Problems...Old Fool Needs Help..!! - Pete - 03-22-2007 LOL!!!
Thanks. I just got my calculator about 5 minutes ago. Popped in the batteries and wanted to make a connection just to test it out. I couldn't find it either for the life of me!!! Thanks for responding to his message!
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