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- Help for Xmodem-1K
-
- This is a small variation of Xmodem that sends blocks that are 1
- Kilobyte (1024 bytes) in size. This protocol is still mistakenly
- called 'Ymodem' by many programs, but people are gradually moving
- over to the proper name.
-
- When the receiving computer is satisfied that a block has arrived
- intact, it signals so and waits for the next block. Error checking is
- a checksum or a more sophisticated Cyclic Redundancy Check. Telix
- supports both and will automatically use the right one. During a
- download, Telix will attempt to use the CRC, but will switch to
- checksum if it seems the host does not support CRC. The Xmodem
- protocol also needs a setup of no parity, 8 data bits, and 1 stop
- bit. If your communications parameters are different from these when
- you start an Xmodem transfer, Telix will switch to the required setup
- for the transfer, and back to the original setup after it is
- finished.
-
- Xmodem-1K is much faster than Xmodem, but because of the need to wait
- for acknowledgement after each block, Xmodem is capable of
- approximately 90-95% of the maximum theoretical transfer rate.
-