1-24 Database Upload/Download Routine
7. When the Receive XMODEM screen displays, enter path and file name
for database file, then press <Enter> to begin the download routine.
The download is complete when a confirmation tone is heard from
the communications package and the ADM> prompt returns.
8. Type M and press <Enter>.
9. Press <Alt> + <X>.
10. To exit Procomm and return to the DOS prompt, press <Enter>.
The download file contains a series of ASCII strings with a checksum at
the end of the string. The checksum is verified when the system receives
the string. An error in the checksum results in rejection of the string. An
error m essage is sent to the PC when a string is received with an error.
If the file uploaded from the PC contains:
Less information in a string than required by the system database,
the s ystem mainta ins de fault in fo in the area not cov ered by string.
More information in a string than required by the system database,
the system ignores the additional information.
The Downloaded Database cannot be changed in the PC. The
Upload/Download Routine is only a method to save an existing
database. Database changes are made using the remote admin
capabilities.
Baud rates on I/O ports are NOT downloaded or uploaded.
The Database must be initia lized prior to an upload. The system
should t hen be reset after the upload.
Receive XMODEM
Please enter filename:
