Re: Uploading custom code lists to Nikon DTM-520/522

Just a quick follow-up:

The exact error that I get is this:

!UPLOAD ERROR
Check your data
Line 22

The problem is not in line 22, as I've changed many things around, and
tested with a code list of simple codes less than 5 characters in
length, and the problem still happens.  As I noted below, the line
number changes depending on the communication settings that I use.

Chris

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Bunker) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> My firm owns two Nikon totalstations - a DTM-520 and a DTM-522.  We
> would like to use a custom code list in each one.  I've created a
> sample code list, and have tried uploading it to the DTM-520, but each
> time I upload it, I receive an error (which I did not write down, and
> do not have handy, sorry - I'll try to get it tomorrow).
> 
> The error seems to indicate a problem with my code list on a certain
> line.  However, no matter what I do, this error persists.  I finally
> stopped adjusting my code list, and started playing around with the
> communication settings, and with each change to the comms settings,
> the upload stops with the same error, but at different lines in the
> code list, which indicates to me that the problem is with the comm
> settings, not the code list itself.
> 
> The 520 uploads and downloads coordinate points without a hitch at
> various speeds, and has done so for a couple of years now for us, so I
> know that the cable and comm settings are correct.  I'm trying to use
> Win98se and Hyperterminal to send the code list (using the Send Text
> File) option up to the 520.  Does anyone know of some "magic" settings
> that will make this work, or should I be trying some communication
> program other than Hyperterminal?
> 
> The Nikon manual is very sparse, and nobody at Nikon has seen fit to
> reply to my email to them regarding this matter, so I'm open to any
> suggestions.  I used to be a computer consultant in Toronto for 11
> years before turning to surveying, so I'm very familiar with trying to
> resolve problems like this, but I just haven't had any luck so far. 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks
> Chris Bunker