You may encounter a situation where you can upload files to the remote system, but not download them to your PC. Or download may work, but uploading fails. There is a set of configuration changes that will fix this problem in most cases.

For systems running TinyTERM 3.3 for Windows, or any version of TERM on any operating system, write a script that includes three lines:

SET ESC8BIT ON
SET COMPRESS OFF
PROTOCOL NONE

Save that script as “onewayft.cmd”, then run it when you start TERM by adding it to the command line:

term onewayft.cmd

Add any other command-line arguments as needed. If you are transferring files between two versions of TERM, create and use the script on both systems.

For TinyTERM 4.x for Windows, the settings are in the file transfer properties. To access them, go to the Edit menu and select File Transfer Properties. On the resulting dialog, clear the check box marked Use automatic data compression.

Next, click the Setup button in the upper right. In the resulting File Transfer Protocol Setup dialog, check the Use 7bit transfer over 7bit connection (esc8bit) box. Click OK twice, then save the session.

This will take care of the problem in most cases. Once in a while, you may need to add this command to the TERM script:

SET ESCCTL ON

In TinyTERM 4, go to the File Transfer Protocol Setup dialog and check the Escape Control Characters option to accomplish the same thing.

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