Using protocol 7

You can communicate directly with your device on a link that uses protocol seven. This protocol is not linked directly to the file formats used on storage or main memories, on the contrary to the CAS protocols.

This interface hides you some of the horrors the protocol uses, such as the escaping method, but you know… it can’t hide ‘em all.

Packet representation

Everything starts with the packet representation:

type casio_seven_packet_t

A protocol seven packet, as an abstract object.

That packet can have several types:

type casio_seven_type_t

A protocol seven packet type, as an enumeration with the following values:

casio_seven_type_cmd

Ask something to the passive device, and initialize a packet flow relative to the issued command.

casio_seven_type_data

Send data as a flow.

casio_seven_type_swp

Swap roles between the active and passive device (but the device which becomes active has a very specific role defined by the previously issued command and its packet flow).

casio_seven_type_chk

Check if there’s an interlocutor, and initiate the connection by the way (as the passive device is not supposed to answer to any command until it has received a check packet and responded to it).

casio_seven_type_ack

Acknowledge, i.e. say “I have received and understood your message” and, in case of a command, “I am willing to do what you’re ordering me to”.

casio_seven_type_ohp

Send a screen capture while in screenstreaming. The name “ohp” comes from the original representation of such a mode, as the “overhead projector” mode.

casio_seven_type_nak

Acknowledge negatively, i.e. say “I have received but not understood your message” or, in case of a command, “I am not willing to do what you’re ordering me to”. Such a packet usually says a little bit more about what the error is about.

casio_seven_type_end

Terminate the communication from the active side, to which, before it is terminated, the passive side must acknowledge.

There are several check types:

type casio_seven_chk_t

The check packet subtype represents the context in which the check packet is sent:

casio_seven_chk_ini

The check is the initial check to see if there is a device right at the beginning of the communication.

casio_seven_chk_wait

The check is a timeout check, to see if the device is still there and processing the command or if it has been disconnected. This was made for serial lines where you could not see if there was still a device on the other end or not, whether on USB you can (but this type of check packets still exists on it).

There also are several error types:

type casio_seven_err_t

The error packet subtypes represents the errors.

casio_seven_err_default

The default error type (probably unused?).

casio_seven_err_resend

There was a checksum or timeout error, this packet is used for asking a packet resend. Please don’t use this packet directly, and let the library manage this for you.

casio_seven_err_overwrite

The server wants a confirmation, either an ACK packet of type casio_seven_ack_ow or an error packet of type casio_seven_error_dont_overwrite.

casio_seven_err_dont_overwrite

When the passive device sends casio_seven_err_overwrite, you can choose to say no by sending an error packet of this type.

casio_seven_err_other

This error type is the generic error type that can mean many things: invalid or unsupported command, invalid argument, etc.

casio_seven_err_fullmem

When you try to create a file and the calculator hasn’t got enough memory left, it sends this error and immediately terminates the connection (without the terminate packet).

There also are several acknowledge types:

type casio_seven_ack_t

The acknowledge type can be used in various contexts:

casio_seven_ack_normal

The normal acknowledge kind, accepts the command and report a successful execution or respond to check, data, terminate or role swap packets.

casio_seven_ack_ow

When the passive device has responded to a command with casio_seven_err_overwrite, the active device sends the passive device an acknowledge packet with such a subtype to confirm the overwrite.

casio_seven_ack_ext

Respond to a discovery command with device information.

casio_seven_ack_term

Used to acknowledge a terminate packet.

There also are several terminate types:

type casio_seven_term_t

The terminate type is the reason why the connection was terminated:

casio_seven_term_default

Normal termination.

casio_seven_term_user

The user has terminated the connection (by pressing AC on the calculator, usually).

casio_seven_term_timeouts

Terminated due to timeouts or checksums.

casio_seven_term_overwrite

In response to ow_terminate.