50g

Hello all,

I’m trying to figure out how to use the UTool (2.12), UnitMan
(4.2004), and KeyMan (5.2004) libraries with my 50g (2.10-7 ROM “du
Capes”, RPN mode, flag -117 set). When I tried the example KeyMan
assignment for the UTOOL command shown in UTool.txt, «1547. MENU»
«UTOOL» IfL A?D followed by ↱ [hold] UNITS , the assignment
didn’t seem to have any effect on the calculator.

Is the assignment above valid for the 50g, or is it valid only for the
other 49g series calculators? Are there any flag values that need to
be set or cleared? Does the KEYTIME value play any rôle in this? Have
I misinterpreted the example in the UTool.txt file?

Thanks for any pointers!

Chris.

rallypt wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I’m trying to figure out how to use the UTool (2.12), UnitMan
> (4.2004), and KeyMan (5.2004) libraries with my 50g (2.10-7 ROM “du
> Capes�, RPN mode, flag -117 set). When I tried the example KeyMan
> assignment for the UTOOL command shown in UTool.txt, «1547. MENU»
> «UTOOL» IfL A?D followed by ↱ [hold] UNITS , the assignment
> didn’t seem to have any effect on the calculator.
>
> Is the assignment above valid for the 50g, or is it valid only for the
> other 49g series calculators? Are there any flag values that need to
> be set or cleared? Does the KEYTIME value play any rôle in this? Have
> I misinterpreted the example in the UTool.txt file?
>
> Thanks for any pointers!

Out of curiosity, what character encoding are you using in your mail
program? You may want to use UTF-8 for wider compatibility.

Since I use all of those libraries, I tried that assignment, and it
worked fine.

I hesitate to ask this, but did you remember to set the User Keyboard
(flag -62 set)?, by pressing LS-ALPHA LS-ALPHA? Key assignments only
work when you've done that. Do you have other assignments that DO work?

If that's the trouble, may I suggest you make or add to your STARTUP
program, /<< -62 SF />>, which will turn on the user keyboard whenever
your calculator is reset. (If you don't already have a variable called
STARTUP in your home directory, you just STO that program (with whatever
additional stuff you like) to 'STARTUP'.)


--
Dave Boyd
Your culture need not exist.

Hi Dave,

> Out of curiosity, what character encoding are you using
> in your mail program? You may want to use UTF-8
> for wider compatibility.

I’m using UTF-8 within the Yahoo! browser interface, but apparently it
doesn’t handle UTF-8 messages properly.

> > When I tried the example KeyMan assignment
> > for the UTOOL command shown in UTool.txt,
> >
> > « 1547. MENU » « UTOOL » IfL A?D
> >
> > followed by
> >
> > ↱ [hold] UNITS
> >
> > the assignment didn’t seem to have any effect
> > on the calculator.
>
> Since I use all of those libraries,
> I tried that assignment, and it worked fine.
>
> I hesitate to ask this, but did you remember
> to set the User Keyboard (flag -62 set),
> by pressing LS-ALPHA LS-ALPHA? Key assignments
> only work when you've done that.

Please don’t hesitate to ask! I hadn’t set the -62 flag, because none
of those libraries’ documentation noted that setting flag -62 was a
requirement. (I haven’t finished reading the User’s Guide yet, so I
guess that I’m still crawling up the learning curve with knowing when
certain flags need to be set or cleared.)

> If that's the trouble, may I suggest you make
> or add to your STARTUP program, « -62 SF »,
> which will turn on the user keyboard whenever
> your calculator is reset.

That’s an excellent suggestion, and I’ve added it to my STARTUP program.

Once -62 was set, the key assignment worked; but when UTOOL tried to
run, it came back with an “Insufficient Memory” error. I thought that
that might be a side effect of the 2.10-7 ROM, so I installed the 2.09
ROM with its Equation Library and Periodic Table, reïnstalled my
STARTUP program and the three libraries, and retried the assignment;
but the same error occurred.

After some experimentation, I found that once I had created a 'units'
variable, UTOOL would execute. I must admit that I was surprised about
the insufficient memory error, since I haven’t filled up much memory yet.

Thanks for your wisdom!

Chris.