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# 11. Link port

The link port can be set-up with the Link options item:

## 11.1 Direct File loading

When cable is set to null, TiEmu uses its direct file loading/saving capability. That is to say, you can 'send' a file from disk to TiEmu and vice-versa (Send file to TiEmu item of popup menu).
The port and calc settings are not used.
The timeout value can be increased/decreased to adjust timeout of direct file loading.
The direct file loading allows you to load files or FLASH applications. For FLASH OS, you are encouraged to use the ROM version dialog box instead.

## 11.2 Virtual cables

Note : at the time being, ticables2 virtual link capability can not be used with ticables1 library unless you are running ticables1 v3.9.7 mini.
There are 2 virtual cables: VTi & TiEmu.
To connect VTI and TiEmu :
- run VTI; next, run TiEmu
- choose the VTi cable, port #2
- open the VTI menu, go to Enable Cable Link and be sure that Virtual Link is checked.
To connect TiLP1 and TiEmu2 :
- run TiEmu; next, run TiLP
- choose the TiEmu cable, port #1 in TiEmu
- choose the TiEmu cable, port #2 in TiLP
To connect TiEmu and TiEmu :
- run 2 instances of TiEmu
- choose the TiEmu cable on both, port #1 and port #2 respectively.

## 11.3 Real cables

At the time being, there are 3 link cables useable with TiEmu: GrayLink, BlackLink and ParallelLink. SilverLink is supported but not useable yet.
A cable is plugged into a port. There are 3/4 ports depending on the cable type:

| BlackLink or GrayLink | ParallelLink
| Windows | Linux | Windows | Linux
port #1 | COM1 | /dev/ttyS0 | LPT1 | /dev/tipar0
port #2 | COM2 | /dev/ttyS1 | LPT2 | /dev/tipar1
port #3 | COM3 | /dev/ttyS2 | LPT3 | /dev/tipar2
port #4 | COM4 | /dev/ttyS3 | N/A | N/A

Note: If you want to use the parallel cable under Linux as a regular (non-root) user, you must have the tipar kernel module (as module or built-in) present on your system. Likewise, the BlackLink cable requires the tiser module (or root privileges).