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Connecting a non-printer device

(e.g. external drive or parallel scanner)

to the SP-PCI's parallel port

In Windows 95/98/ME (not Windows 2000/XP) some parallel port
devices require parallel ports that use standard (legacy) ISA LPT
addresses (0278h or 0378h). Because the SP-PCI card is a fully compliant
PCI device, its default address (Input/Output Range) is beyond the
standard range of ISA I/O addresses. In order to connect such a
peripheral to the SP-PCI card, the I/O address range of the card must
therefore be changed manually. This section describes how this is done.

1. Open Control Panel|System|Device Manager and find the SP BIDIR

Parallel-PCI listing under Ports. Click Properties, and proceed to the
Resources tab. The following screen will appear (Note: the
Input/Output Range and Interrupt of your particular configuration
may differ from the one below).

Summary of Contents for SP-PCI

Page 1: ...Lava SP PCI Installation Manual Rev B00 LAVA COMPUTERS SP PCI P N MOKO L82 0 MADE IN CANADA PN MOKO S 1 MADE IN JAPAN 0255351 ...

Page 2: ...nsert the SP PCI card into it Ensure that the card is well seated 3 Screw the metal bracket of the SP PCI card to your PC s casing and replace the machine s cover 4 Turn the PC on 5 When Windows starts it will find an SP PCI Controller and will ask you for a driver for this device When prompted insert the installation diskette into your floppy drive After copying the necessary files from the diske...

Page 3: ...lease note that the SP PCI will appear in Device Manager under two separate entries The serial port will appear both under the Multifunction Adapters tree and under the Ports tree while the Parallel port will appear under Ports only see example below Please use the appropriate listings if you wish to customize any of the SP PCI card s settings Please note that changes to default settings may be re...

Page 4: ...ss Input Output Range is beyond the standard range of ISA I O addresses In order to connect such a peripheral to the SP PCI card the I O address range of the card must therefore be changed manually This section describes how this is done 1 Open Control Panel System Device Manager and find the SP BIDIR Parallel PCI listing under Ports Click Properties and proceed to the Resources tab The following ...

Page 5: ...th addresses being used by other devices already in your PC If no conflicts are found restart Windows 0338 033F 2 Remove the check mark from the Use Automatic Settings box Note In some cases Windows will give an error message to the effect that Windows cannot modify this resource at this point If you are unable to access the settings for changing system resources reboot the system in Safe Mode to ...

Page 6: ...stallation Diskette Such a reassignment may be necessary because some communications applications programs do not recognize port designations beyond Com 4 The Com Port Redirect utility will allow you to change the Com numbering of your ports To install the Port Redirect Utility on your hard drive insert the Installation Diskette into your floppy drive click Start Run and type A Utils Redirect Setu...

Page 7: ...ctions for Linux installation are available at www lavalink com B Because the SP PCI card uses PCI not ISA I O address ranges it will never be seen by your BIOS at boot up as a standard port even if the address has been changed in Windows using the above procedure This is normal and does not indicate a fault in your SP PCI card C The parallel port of the SP PCI card will not work at address 0278h ...

Page 8: ...et www lavalink com This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Lava Computer MFG Inc 908 Niagara Falls Blvd 629 North Tonawanda NY 14120 2060 ...

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