[Techtoolslist] How do you send a hex file to 9010A?

[Tony Jones]

Hi

How do I send a hex file (the output of the 9LC compiler [1]) from
Windows to a 9010A using RS232?

I can use FIDE to compile a script  into hex and send the hex
("compile and send") and that works fine but I'm not seeing an option
in FIDE to open and send a pre-existing hex file.   There is an option
"send a pre-compiled file to the 9010A base unit" which sounds like
what I want but I can see no way to select the file.

The original Fluke 'xfer' utility [2[ supports sending hex files over
serial but I can't get it to work on Win7 (32bit).  Native "dos" it
never starts the transfer.  Under dosbox it completes without seeming
to send anything and the Fluke just displays "Aux-Receiving".

Trying to send the file direct to the serial port using DOS "copy
<file> com1:" (in text or binary modes) or using Realterm just results
in a Framing Error at 9600-7O1 (the FIDE recommended default) and
9600-8N1. Using 300-7O1 gets me a Parity Error rather than Framing
Error.

Also, I saw an old comment from John that XON/XOFF is manually enabled
through the Fluke setup menu
(http://www.vectorlist.org/TechTools/2009/08/0003.html) but I don't
see such an option and Kevin replied saying same.

Tony

1: Example of a hex file
ftp://ftp.flippers.com/TTL/TestEquipment/Fluke/9010%20Series/9010A%20Tapes/764977-1.H

2. xfer: utility
ftp://ftp.flippers.com/TTL/TestEquipment/Fluke/9010%20Series/9010%20DOS%20Programs/9010A%20Language%20Compiler%20V1.2%20-%20IBM%20PC%20-%201984/XFER.EXE