Sending over data
Using send and receive
If you want to send over some data from one calculator to another (in one direction) or you haven't called bell_connect, you can use the send and receive routines to transfer bytes, blocks of data or strings. All you have to do is call bell_sendXXX on one calculator and the corresponding bell_recvXXX on the other at approximately the same time (within the timeout delay) and the routines will do the rest. A demonstration of how to send over "Hello world":
Using swap
Swapping data is much easier in situations where both calculators are more or less equal and they need to exchange the same kind of data (a game for example). You just call bell_swapXXX on both calculators at approximately the same time (within the timeout delay) and the routine will swap the data for you. A demonstration of how to use this will be given in the form of a simple game.