Casio BN-10 Service Manual & Parts List page 28

PROCEDURE
The menu items ("Casio"
your BN Unit fast and efficiency to your PC, e.g. before changing batteries, and - if necessary -back to
your BN Unit.
While transferring some data between the BN Unit and PC, the following display always appears.
"DATA COMMUNICATION IN PROGRESS! TO STOP PRESS [ESC]"
<Data transfer from BN Unit to PC>
1 To back up the data, choose "Casio", then "Backup", and then "Receive" with PC.
2 Next, press START button on the mini cradle. All data is now transferred to PC.
* Time for this transfer (BN-10: about 10 minutes/ BN-20: about 20 minutes) is very long compared
with the other transfer even if the transfer is performed with 38400 b.p.s..
3 Give the backup file a file name after the transfer.
<Data transfer from PC to BN Unit>
1 To retrieve the data, choose "Casio", then "Backup", and then "Send" with PC.
2 Then select the relevant back-up file.
3 Next, press START button on the mini cradle. All data is now transferred to BN Unit.
* Time for this transfer (BN-10: about 10 minutes/BN-20: about 20 minutes) is very long compared
with the other transfer even if the transfer is performed with 38400 b.p.s..
4 After data transfer, the MENU mode display will appear with BN Unit.
Note
• Backup files always have the extension *.bak and cannot be edited, i.e. you cannot open them
choosing "File", then "Open".
Remarks
1. Select *the default PORT (COM1 PORT) ordinarily. Otherwise, the data transfer will not be per-
formed. Select another PORT if the data transfer is not performed with COM1 PORT.
* The default PORT will be appeared by the following procedure.
Casio Transmission Setup...
2. If PC LINK software FA-127/(128) and PC sync for Windows were installed in your PC and some
files (the extension ".twf") made by FA-127/128 exist, these files will be opened with PC sync for
Window at the time of opening one of these files with mouse directly.
Be sure to select "File" and then "Open " after opening the software FA-127/(128).
To discriminate and control the files having the same extension ".twf", three kinds of holders
should be made in your PC.
3. To print data in a file after exporting data in this file having the extension ".twf", you had better
choose the ANSI [Plain ANSI text] at this time. These data in this file will be saved with the
extention ".text".
Printing many data in the file having the other extension (for example, ".csv"), these many printed
data are very difficult to see.
"Backup" "Send" or "Receive") enable you to transfer all the data of
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