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Only one cable?
03-13-2014, 12:48 AM
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Only one cable?
Hi,
I receive my HP Prime today.. In the box, I only have one cable (Prime to computer) but no cable for Prime to Prime. Is it normal?
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03-13-2014, 01:39 AM
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RE: Only one cable?
That is normal, the manual suggests there is a Prime to Prime cable but that is incorrect. There should have been a paper insert indicating that this was mis-communicated via the manual.

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03-13-2014, 01:41 AM
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Thank you Han.
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03-14-2014, 07:07 PM
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RE: Only one cable?
Hi,

There is this intereting thread about communication between Primes. As stated there, that may not work in future firmware releases.

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03-17-2014, 03:49 AM (This post was last modified: 03-17-2014 03:50 AM by Michael de Estrada.)
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(03-14-2014 07:07 PM)Miguel Toro Wrote:  There is this interesting thread about communication between Primes. As stated there, that may not work in future firmware releases.

Bummer ! I bought one two months ago thinking I could use it if I got a second Prime. The cable was only $1.99, but shipping was $9.49, so total cost was $11.48. So, just another addition to my expensive collection of useless cables.
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03-17-2014, 02:00 PM
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(03-17-2014 03:49 AM)Michael de Estrada Wrote:  
(03-14-2014 07:07 PM)Miguel Toro Wrote:  There is this interesting thread about communication between Primes. As stated there, that may not work in future firmware releases.

Bummer ! I bought one two months ago thinking I could use it if I got a second Prime. The cable was only $1.99, but shipping was $9.49, so total cost was $11.48. So, just another addition to my expensive collection of useless cables.

Hi Michael,

Does that mean that communicating between two Primes does not actually work? What was your experience?

Thanks,

Miguel
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03-17-2014, 02:23 PM
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RE: Only one cable?
(03-17-2014 02:00 PM)Miguel Toro Wrote:  
(03-17-2014 03:49 AM)Michael de Estrada Wrote:  Bummer ! I bought one two months ago thinking I could use it if I got a second Prime. The cable was only $1.99, but shipping was $9.49, so total cost was $11.48. So, just another addition to my expensive collection of useless cables.

Hi Michael,

Does that mean that communicating between two Primes does not actually work? What was your experience?

Thanks,

Miguel

I don't know, since I only own one Prime at the present time, but I would assume it would work with the current firmware, since it does work with the Emulator. I was just responding to the other posts that suggest that future versions of the firmware might remove this capability.
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03-17-2014, 02:51 PM (This post was last modified: 03-17-2014 02:51 PM by toml_12953.)
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(03-17-2014 03:49 AM)Michael de Estrada Wrote:  Bummer ! I bought one two months ago thinking I could use it if I got a second Prime. The cable was only $1.99, but shipping was $9.49, so total cost was $11.48. So, just another addition to my expensive collection of useless cables.

It's not a useless cable, for now. I connect two Primes all the time with a cable I bought and communication works just fine. With all the bugs to be fixed, I don't think HP will spend time removing the calc-to-calc communication unless they need the ROM space to add a fix or feature.

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03-18-2014, 02:48 PM
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RE: Only one cable?
There was a hard copy addendum in the box to ignore any references to Prime to Prime communications.
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