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<b>TI-89 Link Protocol Guide</b> - Getting OS &amp; BIOS version
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<hr align="center">OS &amp; BIOS version</h2>
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<p><br>
With the introduction of the Ti-Connect software, Texas Instruments
have incorporated a new command which returns some version
informations. </p>
<p> </p>
<h4> </h4>
<p> </p>
<h4> <a name="rts"></a>Getting OS &amp; BIOS version</h4>
Indeed, the request is like sending a TI84+ FLASH.
<p>The protocol for silently receiving the clock is shown below:
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      <th bgcolor="#008800" width="7%"><font color="#ffffff">Step</font></th>
      <th colspan="3" bgcolor="#008800"><font color="#ffffff">Direction</font></th>
      <th bgcolor="#008800" width="80%"><font color="#ffffff">Packet</font></th>
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      <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="7%">
      <center>1&nbsp;</center>
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      <td rowspan="6" nosave="">
      <center><img src="graphics/comp.gif" alt="Computer" align="bottom"
 border="0" height="33" width="30"> </center>
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      <td bgcolor="#ffffff">
      <center><img src="graphics/right.gif" alt="===&gt;" align="bottom"
 border="0" height="13" width="22"> </center>
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      <td rowspan="6" nosave="">
      <center><img src="graphics/calc.gif" alt="Calculator"
 align="bottom" border="0" height="35" width="60"> </center>
      </td>
      <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="80%">VER<br>
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      <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="7%">
      <center>2&nbsp;</center>
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      <td bgcolor="#ffffff">
      <center><img src="graphics/left.gif" alt="&lt;===" align="bottom"
 border="0" height="13" width="22"> </center>
      </td>
      <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="80%">ACK</td>
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      <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="7%">
      <center>3&nbsp;</center>
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      <td bgcolor="#ffffff">
      <center>
      <center><img src="graphics/right.gif" alt="===&gt;" align="bottom"
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      <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="80%">CTS</td>
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      <center>4&nbsp;</center>
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      <center><img src="graphics/left.gif" alt="&lt;===" align="bottom"
 border="0" height="13" width="22"> </center>
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      </td>
      <td bgcolor="#ffffff" width="80%">ACK</td>
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      <center>5&nbsp;</center>
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      <center><img src="graphics/left.gif" alt="&lt;===" align="bottom"
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      <td width="80%">DATA<br>
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      <center>6&nbsp;</center>
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      <center>
      <center><img src="graphics/right.gif" alt="===&gt;" align="bottom"
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      <td width="80%">ACK</td>
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<p></p>
<p><u>Example (PC requesting version):</u>
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      <td bgcolor="#ccffcc">PC:</td>
      <td bgcolor="#ccffcc" width="50%"><tt><b>08 2D 00 00</b></tt></td>
      <td bgcolor="#ccffcc" width="50%"><i>Request informations</i></td>
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    <tr bgcolor="#ffcccc">
      <td bgcolor="#ffcccc">TI:</td>
      <td bgcolor="#ffcccc" width="50%"><b><tt>98 56 00 00</tt></b></td>
      <td bgcolor="#ffcccc" width="50%"><i>Acknowledgement of REQ</i></td>
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    <tr bgcolor="#ffcccc">
      <td bgcolor="#ccffcc">PC:</td>
      <td bgcolor="#ccffcc" width="50%"><b><tt>08 09 00 00</tt></b></td>
      <td bgcolor="#ccffcc" width="50%"><i>Clear to send variable</i></td>
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    <tr bgcolor="#ffcccc">
      <td bgcolor="#ffcccc">TI:</td>
      <td bgcolor="#ffcccc" width="50%"><b><tt>98 56 00 00</tt></b></td>
      <td bgcolor="#ffcccc" width="50%"><i>Acknowledgement of CTS</i></td>
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      <td bgcolor="#ffcccc" height="44">&nbsp;</td>
      <td bgcolor="#ffcccc" height="44" width="50%"><tt><b>88 15 0E 00 </b>02
09 01 07 00 01 09 01 00 00 00 00 00 03 <b>21 00</b></tt></td>
      <td bgcolor="#ffcccc" height="44" width="50%"><i>Variable data:
14 bytes
(OS: 2.09, BIOS: 1.07)</i></td>
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    <tr bgcolor="#ffcccc">
      <td bgcolor="#ccffcc">PC:</td>
      <td bgcolor="#ccffcc" width="50%"><b><tt>08 56 00 00</tt></b></td>
      <td bgcolor="#ccffcc" width="50%"><i>Acknowledgement of variable
data</i></td>
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<h4> </h4>
<p>The variable data has the following format (pure binary and/or BCD):
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      <th bgcolor="#dddddd" width="7%">Offset</th>
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      <th bgcolor="#dddddd" width="85%">Description</th>
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      <td width="7%">0</td>
      <td width="8%">2 bytes</td>
      <td width="85%">OS version like 02 09 for 2.09</td>
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      <td width="7%">4</td>
      <td width="8%">2&nbsp;bytes</td>
      <td width="85%">BIOS version like 01 07 for 1.07</td>
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      <td width="7%">6<br>
      </td>
      <td width="8%">1 byte</td>
      <td width="85%">Battery level: 00 = good, 01 = low<br>
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      <td style="vertical-align: top;">7<br>
      </td>
      <td style="vertical-align: top;">1 byte<br>
      </td>
      <td style="vertical-align: top;">Hardware Revision ? (0 = HW1, 1
=
HW2, 2 = HW3)<br>
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      <td valign="top">8<br>
      </td>
      <td valign="top">2 bytes<br>
      </td>
      <td valign="top">Language ID ( 0x0901 for English)<br>
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      <td valign="top">10<br>
      </td>
      <td valign="top">2 bytes<br>
      </td>
      <td valign="top">Always 00 00 </td>
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      <td valign="top">12<br>
      </td>
      <td valign="top">2 bytes<br>
      </td>
      <td valign="top">Always 00 00 </td>
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      <td style="vertical-align: top;">14<br>
      </td>
      <td style="vertical-align: top;">2 bytes<br>
      </td>
      <td style="vertical-align: top;">Hardware ID (1 = 92+, 3 = 89, 8
= V200, 9 = Titanium); see TIGCC doc.<br>
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<p></p>
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Examples :<br>
<small><span style="font-family: courier;">TI89 HW1&nbsp; : 02 09 01 00
00 00 09 01 00 00 00 00 00 03</span><br style="font-family: courier;">
</small><span style="font-family: courier;"><small>TI89 HW2&nbsp; : 02
09 01 00 00 01 09 01 00 00 00 00 00 03<br>
TI92+ HW1 : 02 09 01 00 00 00 09 01 00 00 00 00 00 01<br>
TI92+ HW2 : 02 09 01 01 00 01 09 01 00 00 00 00 00 01<br>
V200&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; : 02 09 01 02 00 02 09 01 00 00 00
00 00 08<br>
89T&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; : 03 01 01 03 00 02 09 01 00 00
00 00 00 09<br>
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