
THE 9850 AND ITS UTILITIES LUMAT’2000/2003
Copyright Anthony Harradine 2000-2003 Page 2 of 13
CAPTURING A SCREEN SHOT FROM THE
CFX-9850GB PLUS
To capture a screen dump you will need:
• a calculator (9850 GB PLUS in this case)
• an FA-123 cable that comes with the FA-123 kit.
• a computer (MAC or IBM compatible) with the FA-123 software installed. To
install the software, follow the instructions that come with it. It is available free
from the net. Simply double clicking on the installer (Setup.exe) and following
the instructions will see you successful.
A note for users with USB (only) equipped machines.
The appropriate cable for data transfer uses a standard serial (called a COM port on an
IBM compatible machine). Users with only USB equipped machines require a USB to
serial adaptor.
Tired and proven adaptors available in Australia are:
• New Motion mini-iDoc
http://www.newmotiontech.com/new/products/mac/miniidock.htm , this is the
only adaptor that has been proven to function faultlessly. This is available at
good MacIntosh resellers. Do not buy any other kind of adapter - see below.
• Dolphin USB 1.1 to Serial Adaptor for a Windows compatible machine (USB
9013) http://www.dolphinfast.com/products/9103. This is available at Dick
Smith stores. Do not buy any other kind of adapter - see below.
Please note that Belkin and Keyspan adapters have been tested and found not to work
for this application.
To capture a screen shot do the following:
Connecting the calculator to the computer
Connect the calculator to the computer. If you have a IBM-Compatible, put the 9 pin
D type plug into a COM port on the back of the computer. If you have a Mac, use the
9 pin D type to serial port connector that comes with the FA-123 kit and plug it into
the serial (or printer port) on the MAC. Plug the other end of the cable (the ear-phone
type jack) into the port on the bottom of the calculator.
Setting up the calculator
From the calculator MAIN MENU choose LINK (D). This takes you to the
communication mode. From here you need to ensure that the Image Set is set to
something rather than Off. I have it set on Monochrome. (You can’t get a screen
shot of it set to Off).
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