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1000 Park Drive     •     Lawrence, PA 15055-1018      •     724-746-5500     •     Fax 724-746-0746

© Copyright 1998.  Black Box Corporation.  All rights reserved.

Summary of Contents for PI035A

Page 1: ...1000 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 724 746 5500 Fax 724 746 0746 Copyright 1998 Black Box Corporation All rights reserved...

Page 2: ...chnical support and fax orders 24 hours a day 7 days a week Phone orders 24 hours 7 A M Monday to midnight Friday Saturday 8 to 4 Eastern Mail order Black Box Corporation 1000 Park Drive Lawrence PA 1...

Page 3: ...d to take whatever measures may be necessary to correct the interference Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to oper...

Page 4: ...tion 2 3 0 Installation 3 3 1 What You ll Need 3 3 2 Installation Procedures 8 4 0 Operation 13 5 0 Troubleshooting 14 5 1 Common Concerns 14 5 2 Calling Us 19 5 3 Shipping and Packaging 19 Appendix C...

Page 5: ...able Conversion Direction Serial to parallel or parallel to serial user selectable Memory 128K RAM User Controls 3 External 1 Reset pushbutton 1 DTE DCE slide switch 1 8 position DIP switch for baud r...

Page 6: ...g an external recessed pushbutton you can reset the Converter if anything goes wrong The S P Converter s parallel port has a DB25 female connector Its serial port has an RJ 45 female connector so from...

Page 7: ...to a PC s parallel port should be fully pinned straight through DB25 male to DB25 male extension cable up to 20 feet 6 1 m long that does not have Pin 1 tied to the shield Our product code for this ca...

Page 8: ...SERIAL PARALLEL CONVERTER 128K Pinning DB25 to RJ 45 2 5 3 6 5 6 8 3 7 4 9 8 20 7 For more detail see the Appendix Figure 3 1 DB25 Male and Female Adapters and Required Pinning FA080 R2 Male FA081 R2...

Page 9: ...r serial to parallel conversion To connect RJ 45 UTP to an IBM PC XT type computer s serial port use an RJ 45 female to DB25 female adapter pinned as in Figure 3 1 Our product code for this adapter is...

Page 10: ...PORT SIGNAL DIRECTION AT Up To 20 Ft EYN600 Up To 50 Ft EYN730MS MM SERIAL PARALLEL CONVERTER 128K PI035A POWER SUPPLY PS035A PARALLEL PRINTER RJ 45 TO DB9 FEMALE ADAPTER FA082 FROM SERIAL PORT SIGNAL...

Page 11: ...t came with your units Otherwise you ll need one serial cable If the Converters are from 6 feet 1 8 m to 50 feet 15 2 m apart cable running between them should be RJ 45 male to RJ 45 male unshielded t...

Page 12: ...Converter or those listed in Section 3 2 2 if you re using a pair of Converters as parallel distance extenders 3 2 1 SINGLE CONVERTER PROCEDURES 1 First locate your S P Converter within 20 feet 6 1 m...

Page 13: ...up Set position 6 to ON for the self test mode Set position 8 to OFF if the conversion direction is serial to parallel or set it to ON if the direction is parallel to serial 5 Test your setup Make sur...

Page 14: ...ON OFF ON 1200 OFF ON ON 600 ON ON ON Data Bits Parity 8 no parity OFF OFF or ON OFF 7 odd parity OFF ON 7 even parity ON ON Self Test Normal Operation OFF Self Test ON Flow Control Hardware OFF X ON...

Page 15: ...rallel ouput cable from the output side Converter to the parallel printer or whatever device is receiving 5 Now you re ready to set the switches on your S P Converters 128K First set their external DT...

Page 16: ...switches and verification of a proper cable link with its output port After this point the unit performs a continuous barber pole test which you can watch as it scrolls on your output device s printo...

Page 17: ...p and working properly few adjustments should be necessary Every so often especially 1 at system boot time if your system is powered down frequently or 2 any time your system performance seems to dete...

Page 18: ...er supply that supplies the same voltage and has a compatible type of output plug try replacing the original 4 If the problem still isn t solved call us 5 1 2 THE CONVERTER S POWER LED LIGHTS UP BUT A...

Page 19: ...OK 8 If the problem isn t solved a cable or an adapter may be pinned incorrectly Any parallel cable connecting the parallel ports of your Converter and a PC RS 232 extension cable as well as any UTP...

Page 20: ...highly application specific For example the polarity option on HP LaserJet printers is often set incorrectly You might want to consult the manuals of the devices and software involved in the problem a...

Page 21: ...device its software and the input cable as you search for the cause of the problem If the data is not transmitted properly you can concentrate on the cable and any adapters between the Converters Tur...

Page 22: ...llel ports you are using is broken One of the attached devices or its software may be hitting a fault a bug in its programming when it tries to communicate A software package or a driver on one device...

Page 23: ...ding the nature and duration of the problem when the problem occurs the components involved in the problem any particular application that when used appears to create the problem or make it worse 5 3...

Page 24: ...ter and any of these adapters This pinout is not affected by whether the Converter is set for serial to parallel or parallel to serial operation Pin Numbers Signal Function Direction Converter set as...

Page 25: ...verter 7 Data Bit 6 From Converter To Converter 8 Data Bit 7 From Converter To Converter 9 Data Bit 8 From Converter To Converter 10 Acknowledge To Converter From Converter 11 Busy To Converter From C...

Page 26: ...NOTES...

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