Comms 190
• If no port is currently active, check that the Remote link is off and that the
Port active command on the Transfer menu is ticked.
Note! To hide the status bar, remove the tick from Show status bar on the
View menu.
To close Comms:
• Use the Close command on the File menu.
The Terminal emulation screen is where you:
• Set up the MC 218 for communication with a remote machine.
• Start and stop connections to remote machines.
• Type characters that are sent via the communications port to the remote
machine or modem. The characters you type on the MC 218 and those you
receive from remote machines are displayed in the Terminal screen.
Note! Displaying the characters you type on the MC 218 is called ‘local
echo’. To switch the local echo off, select Translate codes on the Tools menu,
and remove the tick on the Local echo line.
• Send and receive files.
Before starting a connection, you need to make sure that the communication
settings on the MC 218 match those of the device you are connecting to. Use
Communication settings on the Tools menu, or the Set up button on the
toolbar, to adjust the following communications parameters:
• The comms port used.
• The Baud rate (the speed of data transfer between the two machines).
• The number of data and stop bits.
• Parity.
• The ‘Handshaking’ options.
Comms port
Set the Use comms port line to:
• Serial port 0: to connect using the serial port at the back of the
machine, e.g. if you are using the PC docking cable with an adaptor to
connect to a modem.
• Infrared: to start an infrared communications link.
Baud rate
The MC 218 can transfer data at speeds of up to 115200 bits per second.
Select an appropriate speed in the Baud rate line of the Communication
settings dialog. Make sure the speed you have set on the MC 218 matches the
speed setting on the remote machine, and does not exceed the maximum speed
of the modem you are using.
THE TERMINAL EMULATION SCREEN
SETTING UP TO COMMUNICATE WITH REMOTE
MACHINES
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