# PC Terminal Settings

These are the relevant PC terminal settings used to download files from an IBM-PC to the EyeBot. You may use Windows Terminal Emulator, DOS Kermit, or Hyperterm on Windows95, among others.

### Windows Terminal

- Terminal Preferences/Terminal Modes/Local Echo = off
- Settings/Communications/Baud Rate = 57600 (Max)
- Settings/Communications/Data Bits = 8
- Settings/Communications/Parity = None
- Settings/Communications/Stop Bits = 1
  - WITH RTS/CTS FLOW CONTROL on EYEBOT (Download Progress Report):
    - Settings/Communications/Flow Control = Hardware
    - Settings/Text Transfers/Flow Control = Line at a Time
    - Settings/Text Transfers/Delay Between Lines = 0/10 Sec

  - WITH NO FLOW CONTROL on EYEBOT (Download faster, No Progress Report):
    - Settings/Communications/Flow Control = None
    - Settings/Text Transfers/Flow Control = Standard Flow Control

  ### DOS Kermit

  In the DOS Kermit program, you may make a customized initialization file, called MSCUSTOM.INI in the same directory as MSKERMIT.INI. The following parameters are needed:
- set port 1 (Use COM1)
- set speed 57600 (Transmission speed)
- set parity none (No Parity)
- set terminal display 8 (Terminal byte size for 8-bit chars)
- set local off (No echo to PC screen (faster))
- set printer nul (Use if no printer on PC)
  - WITH RTS/CTS FLOW CONTROL on EYEBOT (Download Progress Report):
    - set flow RTS/CTS (Hardware flow control)
    - set transmit prompt \0 (Do not wait between transmitted lines)

  - WITH NO FLOW CONTROL on EYEBOT (faster):
    - set flow none (No flow control)