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Xmodem Tab of the Transfer Settings Dialog Box

How do I get to this dialog box?

  1. Open a VT terminal session.

  2. Open the Transfer Settings dialog box.

    The steps depend on your user interface mode.

    User interface mode Steps
    Ribbon With a session open, on the Session ribbon, from the Transfer group, click the Transfer launcher:
    InfoConnect Browser With a session open, on the InfoConnect menu, choose Tools and then File Transfer. In the Transfer dialog box, click the Settings button.
    TouchUX With a session open, tap the Wrench icon and then under Tools, select File Transfer. In the Transfer dialog box, click the Settings button.
    Classic MDI With a session open, from the Setup menu, select File Transfer.

The options are:
Transfer type When you perform a file transfer, it defaults to the transfer type you select from this list.
ASCII applies the items under Translation options for ASCII transfers (set from the Translation tab) to be applied to the file contents, as well as any character set translation that you have opted to perform.
Binary transfers the file contents unchanged.
Auto-Detect has InfoConnect select the transfer type for you.
Character set translation (ASCII) When you perform an ASCII transfer with this option selected, InfoConnect translates characters based on the settings from the Translation tab of the Transfer Settings dialog box and the Emulation tab of the Terminal Setup dialog box.
Extensions There are two variables to be aware of with Xmodem: The error checking (1-byte checksum or 2-byte CRC) and the packet size (128 or 1024 bytes, not including overhead).
With the default Extensions option selected, InfoConnect automatically switches between Xmodem-CRC and Xmodem-1K on receives to match what the other system is sending.

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