Uploading programs to 50g [HP48]

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From: RadSurfer on 2 Dec 2007 15:19

I have had my HP50G since last christmas, I've tried to learn all of
its powerful features,
lately I've been wanting to upload programs I'm finding.
One is to calculate the distance/bearing between two cities using Lat/
Longs.

I have the connectivitykit software installed.
I know about the Xserv() thing.

My question is learning how best to go about uploading this ASCII file
to the 50g.
There really isn't walk-through with the help in the
connectivitykit... just a brief intro.

Can I find an actual rundown of uploading a program, ASCII file in RPN
format,
to the proper folder, transfering it to the stack and running it?
Storing it for future use in the calculator, etc.

I honestly think, in some ways, that the USB connection to TI89's is a
bit more
intuitive for the user. The 50g requires a bit more knowledge to
accomplish the same
tasks; but is probably more flexible too.

Thanks!

RadSurfer .at. yahoo.com

From: mnhollinger on 2 Dec 2007 21:20

From: jdoliva on 3 Dec 2007 00:23

On 2 dic, 17:19, RadSurfer <RadSur...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have had my HP50G since last christmas, I've tried to learn all of
> its powerful features,
> lately I've been wanting to upload programs I'm finding.
> One is to calculate the distance/bearing between two cities using Lat/
> Longs.
>
> I have the connectivitykit software installed.
> I know about the Xserv() thing.
>
> My question is learning how best to go about uploading this ASCII file
> to the 50g.
> There really isn't walk-through with the help in the
> connectivitykit... just a brief intro.

Buy a cheap USB-SD card adapter for your PC, download programs to SD,
then upload programs to HP50g through SD card. Easier, faster.

I had problems with USB connectivity software on HP50g´s CD-ROM, hence
never used USB cable for data, only as energy source for the calc
sometimes :)

From: sc_usenet on 3 Dec 2007 20:03

On Dec 2, 3:19 pm, RadSurfer <RadSur...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have had my HP50G since last christmas, I've tried to learn all of
> its powerful features,
> lately I've been wanting to upload programs I'm finding.
> One is to calculate the distance/bearing between two cities using Lat/
> Longs.
>
> I have the connectivitykit software installed.
> I know about the Xserv() thing.
>
> My question is learning how best to go about uploading this ASCII file
> to the 50g.
> There really isn't walk-through with the help in the
> connectivitykit... just a brief intro.
>
> Can I find an actual rundown of uploading a program, ASCII file in RPN
> format,
> to the proper folder, transfering it to the stack and running it?
> Storing it for future use in the calculator, etc.
>
> I honestly think, in some ways, that the USB connection to TI89's is a
> bit more
> intuitive for the user. The 50g requires a bit more knowledge to
> accomplish the same
> tasks; but is probably more flexible too.
>
> Thanks!
>
> RadSurfer .at. yahoo.com

I use Conn4x (on the CD that comes with the calculator) to transfer
things, because for some reason, my 50g does not like the SD card that
I have. I bought my 50g in January 2007 and it came with Conn4x 2.3
Build 2434. I have yet to have a problem with it.

Open Conn4x, start Xmodem Server (RS right arrow), and click the
leftmost button at the top of the Conn4x window (when you hover your
mouse over it, the text at the bottom of the window should say "Quick
connect to the calculator."). Then it will show all of the files and
directories in the current HOME folder. The rightmost button at the
top of the Conn4x window (two to the right of the button you clicked
to connect) toggles between BINARY and ASCII transfer. If you have a
text file (ASCII) in RPL, you'll want to switch to ASCII transfer mode
before dragging the file into the Conn4x window. If you're transfering
a file like xxxxxx.hp then that is a binary executable and should be
transferred in BINARY mode.

It's pretty easy to tell what mode you're in because in BINARY mode,
the toggle button shows "010101" and in ASCII mode it shows "ABCD".

To get out of Xmodem, press the ON (cancel) button on the calculator.
The computer automatically disconnects. The transferred file will be
on stack level 1 on the calculator. Type in the name you would like to
save it as and press the STO-> key. It can now be found among other
things in the HOME folder; to access this quickly, press the VAR key
and it will bring up the first six entries in the current HOME folder
in the soft keys. Presumably, since you just transferred this file, it
will occupy the leftmost softkey (F1) and everything else will be
pushed to the right.

To run the program, type in the arguments into the stack and then
navigate to the program using the VAR key (as mentioned above). Then a
single keypress will execute the program.

S.C.

From: John H Meyers on 3 Dec 2007 23:04

On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:23:50 -0600:

> Buy a cheap USB-SD card adapter for your PC

If the PC doesn't already have "media" slots...

> download programs to SD,
> then upload programs to HP50g through SD card. Easier, faster.

"Ascii" (UserRPL text) programs need a little help,
which can be permanently loaded into the calculator;
the following contains one simple, small program for importing,
followed by a larger, general system, that can itself
be imported by the very first small program:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.hp48/msg/4e7ed90b3cf11c42

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