HP49g programdownload problem
#1

I'm trying to download programs to my calculator from my pc. I use the pc connectivitykit version 3.0r2. The calculator runs with ROM 1.17-B. I've downloaded programs before,with ROM 1.10 on the calculator. (BTW we are talking about a HP49g). But now everytime the errorwindow "ERROR from the calculator äppears on the screen of my pc. And on the sreen of the calculator the massage "invalid name" appears fore a few seconds.

Anyone with the same problem, or who can help me out?

Thank's in advance.

#2

You might try setting the calculator to approx mode. Hold down right shift and press ENTER until display shows R~ at top. Hope this helps. rdb.

#3

I've experienced this problem also. It occurs when I attempt to download a file that is named the same as a reserved name on the calculator. For me, I was attempting to download a file named "MAIN".

It dosn't like this. Funny thing is, is that I can create a directory directly on my calculator named "MAIN" but just can't download one with that name.

Hmmm?!

I changed the name of the file from "MAIN" to "MAINENTRY" and the download works fine.

#4

But i have tried several other programs to download, and with all download efforts the same problem occurs. My calculator has a serialnumber starting with 93. I hope that it is not a hardware failure. But downloading went well with ROM 1.10-c.

#5

I may have found something,But i don't know what i can do with it. There is the transfer set-up box ([APPS] choos 2 "i/o functions",and then select 5 "transfer". There you will find on the rightside of the screen "Chk:" . Here you can select the checksumtype. My calculator only disply's 3 dots next too the Chk fiels. Whene i put the cursor on the Chk field,and press F2 fore choos, a window appears, and i can select 3 checksumtype's. But i can choos what i like, but none of the choices will be put in the Chk field. The HP49g emulator, that also runs on ROM 1.17-B, state's in the checksumfield "3".

Erwin

#6

Hi all,

Erwin you are wrong. The three dots tell you that the field is wider that one character. And if you have chosen exact mode in the emulator you get a "3" in there, and if you coose approx mode on your real calc you get "..." there because the number is be "3." wich is wider than one character ;-) OK back to the original problem. I have seen this often quoted in the newsgroup but did not follow that links up because I do not use hpcomm. I use linux as the main OS on my PC so I use simple xmodem transfers. What about trying a simple terminal program with xmodem transfer in windows?

Bye, Matthias

#7

Hi!

You have an unallowed name. Either a reserved word OR a non-alphabetic name. Only dot is allowed as a separator (if your current radix is comma, then no dot, but comma)

I hope this helped



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