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3. (UN)LOAD, PLOT & COPY
The Model
6302A
Software Support Package (Version
V#5.0
or later)
(Un)load/Plot/Copy allows information to be unloaded from a Data Logger
and printed or plotted on a printer/plotter (Canon X-710) attached to the
Field Test Unit (Canon X-07). In print mode, any standard
80
column
printer may be used when interfaced to the
FTU
via the ‘Centronics’ printer
interface or RS-232 communications interface.
In addition, program and data
files
may be transferred between cassette,
RAM, Data Logger and a host computer in various formats.
3.1
STANDARD FEATURES
The (Un)load/Plot/Copy package will:-
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
unload a Data Logger and store the resulting data in a RAM file
(requires 24k) or a cassette file on a datacassette tape.
load a logger program from a RAM file or a cassette file into a
Data Logger.
print the contents of an unloaded Data Logger direct or from a
RAM file or a cassette file in a tabular (column) format (up to
8 channels/fields per print) onto a Canon X-710 printer/plotter,
a Centronics interfaced 80 column printer or a RS-232 inter-
faced 80 column printer.
plot the contents of a Data Logger direct or from a RAM
file
or a
cassette file
in
a four color multi-plot format (up to 8 chan-
nels/fields per plot) onto a Canon X-710 printer/plotter.
transfer unloaded information or logger programs between a host
computer and the
FTU
in ASCII format via an RS-232 com-
munication channel.(see Appendix A for message format).
transfer unloaded information or logger programs between an
IBM-PC type system and the
FTU
in LOGGER message for-
mat. (using the IBM-PC utility program “PDLIO”). Print or
plot logger files direct from an IBM-PC type system (using the
PDLIO utility program).
NOTE: The IBM-PC utility program PDLIO is not part of the
(Un)load/Plot/Copy
Software Package. Program PDLIO is included
within the
STARLOG
Software Support Package for the IBM-PC (and
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