Filink usage

As I keep forgetting how to use the FILINK program I assembled the 
knowledge after the latest rediscovery.

Connect with Epson cable #724 (straight cable) and a null modem  / loop-back
converter of type:
25p.       25p.(9p.)
 2 -------  3  (2)   TxD - RxD
 3 -------  2  (3)   RxD - TxD
 4 -+   +-  4  (7)   RTS
    |   |      
 5 -+   +-  5  (8)   CTS
               
 6 -+   +-  6  (6)   DSR
    |   |      
 8 -+   +-  8  (1)   DCD
    |   |      
20 -+   +- 20  (4)   DTR

 7 -------  7  (5)   S.GND

A custom cable (loop-back build in) would be connected as:

8p.        25p.(9p.)
 2 -------  3  (2)   TxD - RxD
 3 -------  2  (3)   RxD - TxD
 4 -+   +-  4  (7)   RTS
    |   |      
 5 -+   +-  5  (8)   CTS
               
 6 -+   +-  6  (6)   DSR
    |   |      
 8 -+   +-  8  (1)   DCD
    |   |      
 7 -+   +- 20  (4)   DTR

 1 -------  7  (5)   S.GND

Configure the PC serial port with "mode com1: baud=4800 parity=n data=8 stop=2"
(default RS-232C settings PX-8). Filink will only use COM1: and only with DOS 
and Win9x.

The FILINK archive contains an MSDOS
executable, a CP/M assembly and a unix sysV c source file.

The filename at the receiving end is optional. 

If there is some configuration of connection error, the FILINK.EXE (PC)
will hang. FILINK.COM (PX-8) can be aborted with CTRL-STOP.

Example sending a file with filink on Linux:
./filink > /dev/ttyUSB0 < /dev/ttyUSB0 CARDBOX.COM

fjkraan, 2012-02-03