HPLX communications plugin for Total Commander

Version 1.13


Preamble
History
Installation
Upgrade
Operations enabled on HPLX
Limitations
Feedback

This plugin enables to work with files on HP100/200LX directly from Total Commander (version 5.51 and newer is needed) using Filer protocol. Total Commander is available on address http://www.ghisler.com

Preamble

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

History

1.13

File date/time and attribute is copyied to HPLX and both can be changed from Total Commander menu

1.12

simple unit for INI file handling instead standard one (much smaller code); minor bugs fixed (error handling)

1.11

GNU general public license; minor bug fixed (cache processing)

1.1

directory cache for speed-up work with the same directory; if file FSPLUGIN.INI is not found, error message is displayed; no default communications parameters

1.02

"execute file" function (see below), simpler access to INI file (see Installation), small bug fixed (copying from CD-ROM to HPLX caused error)

1.01

handshakeless communications, HPLX and PC can be connected with 3-wire cable

1.0

first public release

Installation

  1. Copy HP200LX.WFX file to some directory on PC (Total Commander directory is probably the best place)

  2. In Total Commander, choose Configuration - Options - Operation - FS Plugins, click on Add, choose the HP200LX.WFX file and click OK.

  3. Copy FSPLUGIN.INI file into the same directory where WINCMD.INI is placed (standard is Windows directory). Mind the misplaced FSPLUGIN.INI is the most frequent cause of troubles! If FSPLUGIN.INI already exists (it can be used by other FS plugins) append content of the distributed file to existing one.

  4. Edit section [HPLX] in FSPLUGIN.INI file. Choose the Network Neighborhood, right click on the HPLX icon and click on "Properties". Now you can edit the file in Notepad.

    As Port use value COM1 - COM8, as Speed use one of the values [19200, 38400, 57600, 115200]. Drives are names of HPLX drives. If file is not found, error message is displayed.

  5. Connect PC and HPLX with null modem cable (important ;-), only 3-wire cable (RX-TX, TX-RX, GND-GND) can be used

  6. On HPLX run Filer. For the first time check and set communications parameters (port, speed, server mode enabled).

  7. You can now access the HPLX file system via the Network Neighborhood

Upgrade

Simply replace old file HP200LX.WFX by new one.

Operations enabled on HPLX

  • browse directories

  • copy or move files from/to HPLX

  • make and remove directories

  • delete files

  • rename files

  • execute files – file is copyied into the temporary directory on PC and executed according to the Windows rules

Limitations

  • Rename/move files on HPLX is possible only on the same drive f. e. rename A:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to A:\PP\AUTOEXEC.BAT is OK, but rename A:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT is not OK

  • Capacity of directory cache is 1024 files or subdirectories

Feedback

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