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P73045

F1U128-KIT

Bitronics DualBus

Switch Kit

User M anual

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Страница 1: ...P73045 F1U128 KIT Bitronics DualBus Switch Kit User M anual ...

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Страница 3: ...nd NT File transfer feature between two PCs compatible with Windows Direct Cable Connection LapLink and DOS Interlink Includes two 6 ft 1 8m IEEE 1284 compliant cables to connect the computers Includes power adapter Adjustable timeout Package Contents Bitronics DualBus Switch 4 2 F1U128 Power Adapter 9VDC 600mA F1D065 PWR US 2 x IEEE 1284 compliant cables F2A047 06 User manual P73045 Registration ...

Страница 4: ...put Current 600mA Max Power Consumption 5 4W Max Heat Dissipation 0 31 BTU min Dimensions Width 7 0 17 8cm Height 3 75 9 5cm Depth 1 25 3 2cm Weight 7 1 oz 202 g Storage Temperature 10ºC to 50ºC 14ºF to 122ºF Operating Temperature 0ºC to 40ºC 32ºF to 104ºF Humidity 0 to 95 Non condensing Technical Specifications ...

Страница 5: ...hen connecting to scanners mass storage devices and for large print jobs Product Detail Device activity LEDs Connector to Device A Connector to Device B Connector to PC2 PC activity LEDs Recommended Printer button Computer button DC power jack side Connector to PC3 ON DIP 1 2 3 4 ON is UP SW4 is not used SW2 ON ON 5 seconds ON OFF 10 seconds OFF ON 20 seconds OFF OFF 40 seconds SW3 TimeOut Connect...

Страница 6: ...UTER button until the LED on 2 is lit up Then press the PRINTER button until LED B is lit up To use File Transfer mode press the PRINTER button until the LED on the computer port turns green When the LED turns green the port is ready for file transfer mode For file transfer mode to be successful for both PCs both computer ports must be set to file transfer mode which is evident when the LEDs next ...

Страница 7: ...s 95 98 and NT Page 8 NOTE When installing software on any operating system the software must be installed on all the computers connected to the Bitronics switch so that each machine can control the switch properly Choose your operating system ...

Страница 8: ...d P27236 in your floppy drive In the Program Manager click on File then click Run In the space type in a setup exe Follow the installation instruction prompts After the setup program is done simply double click on the correct icon to run the port selection program ...

Страница 9: ...switch will turn green This LED represents the computer you are on now and is set for file transfer mode The LED of the corresponding computer port on the Bitronics switch will turn green This LED represents the computer you are on now is set for file transfer mode Note that PC1 can only file transfer to PC2 and PC3 can only file transfer to PC4 When both sets of PC LEDs on the Bitronics switch ar...

Страница 10: ...er s manual or their tech support for information on how to do this properly Usually you will see a message that reads PRESS DEL TO ENTER SETUP or PRESS F2 TO ENTER SETUP When in the setup program there may be a selection for Integrated Peripherals or Peripheral Setup Then look for Parallel Port Type or LPT port type Change that setting to say ECP or ECP EPP Save your settings then exit When Windo...

Страница 11: ...Take note of which port each device is connected to Connect the power adapter to the power jack on the side of the switch and plug it into an outlet The example shown has a Zip Drive connected to Port A and an InkJet printer on Port B of the switch Windows 95 98 and NT continued Device A connected to Port A These two cables are included Device B connected to Port B ...

Страница 12: ...ers 4 1 Insert the disk into your floppy drive Click on Start then click Run Enter a BITRONIX exe then click OK 4 2 Y ou will see the following window Click Setup 4 3 Close all other running applications so that the software installation can proceed quickly and smoothly Click Next Windows 95 98 and NT continued ...

Страница 13: ...11 4 4 Select the model of the Bitronics Switch you have which is the F1U127 F1U128 Click Next 4 5 Select Destination Folder The default folder is recommended Click Next Windows 95 98 and NT continued ...

Страница 14: ...itronics Switch is the recommended Click Next 4 7 When done installing the program will ask you to restart your computer Y ou must restart in order to activate the software properly Click Finish Don t forget to remove the disk from your floppy drive before restarting your computer ...

Страница 15: ...ppear in your system tray This is how you can easily control and configure the Bitronics Switch 6 Double click on the icon to open up the setup program Select the correct LPT port the Bitronics switch is connected to If you only have ONE parallel port usually that is the case leave this in LPT1 ...

Страница 16: ...age Device setting If you are using a printer use the printer driver used for that particular printer on that port of the Bitronics switch If it does not show up in this menu that means the printer drivers have not been installed In that case reinstall the printer drivers and repeat this step after rebooting your computer If you have more than one printer installed make sure that the correct drive...

Страница 17: ... Epson printer installed so we chose that driver in the Device Type for Port B Click OK when finished Display Name is a free text field Y ou can enter any description here for the attached devices For instance Port A has the Zip Drive connected and Port B has the InkJet connected Y ou can rename these fields to say My Zip Drive and Color Printer 2 ...

Страница 18: ...low the procedure below to reconfigure the port connected to the printer If both devices are printers then this must be done for both printers If neither device is a printer then you can skip this step 8 1 Click on Start select Settings and double click on Printers 8 2 Right click on the printer installed on the Bitronics switch and click on Properties ...

Страница 19: ...utoswitch Select this if the printer is connected to Port A of the Bitronics switch LPx1 PB autoswitch Select this if the printer is connected to Port B of the Bitronics switch In the image above the printer is connected to Port B of the Bitronics switch Therefore LPx1 PB autoswitch is selected When finished click OK 8 4 Click on Spool Settings and click on Start printing after last page is spoole...

Страница 20: ...ers Shared Between Two Computers The Bitronics Software automatically handles printing chores by directing your print jobs to the correct port on the Bitronics switch based on the settings you set in the Printer Properties and the Settings in step 7 previously When you print something in any Windows application like MS Word or Excel you simply select the printer you wish to print to and the Bitron...

Страница 21: ... send the print job to In the example below the Epson Printer is connected to Port B as described in the Where line When printing the Bitronics software tells the Bitronics switch to switch to Port B first then allows the print job to go through the switch out to Port B and to the Epson printer Then if you wish to print to the second printer let s say a LaserJet for example all you have to do is s...

Страница 22: ...SETTINGS MUST BE CORRECT otherwise you may print garbage out of the wrong printer Below the user has chosen the LaserJet printer Here this printer is connected to Port A of the AutoSwitch When the print job is sent the Bitronics software tells the Bitronics switch to switch to Port A then lets the print job go through to the LaserJet ...

Страница 23: ...defaulted to the Port attached to the Zip Drive It is necessary for the switch to always remain connected to the Zip Drive so that any time you access that drive you will always be connected and not receive error messages 1 Make sure that the port that connects to the Zip drive is set to Mass Storage Device in Settings See Step 7 above for more info The image below shows the Zip drive is connected...

Страница 24: ...ow as you had entered it Click OK Now the Bitronics switch will always keep your computer connected to the Zip Drive That way anytime you access it you will not get any strange errors Then when you print to the Ink Jet Printer on Port B as shown above the Bitronics switch will switch to Port B temporarily to send the print job then switch back to Port A to keep communication with the Zip Drive ...

Страница 25: ...s or mass storage devices with a printer When dealing with other parallel port devices they are set as Scanners in the Settings step 7 above Examples of these are scanners parallel port cameras and tape drives When you need access to this device simply single click on the Bitronics system tray icon and select the device you wish to use A check mark will appear showing which device is connected For...

Страница 26: ... To reload the icon back into the system tray click on Start select Programs select Belkin Bitronics Switch and select AutoSwitch Multi PCs ADVANCED USER TIP If you are using devices with pass through ports like Zip Drives and Scanners you can connect a printer to the pass through port and use the other device port on the Bitronics switch to connect to another device Just be sure that the printer ...

Страница 27: ...also perform the same operation When both sets of PC LEDs on the Bitronics switch are green then the computers are ready for file transfer At this point the cables and the Bitronics switch act as if it were a file transfer cable Y ou can now run programs such as Windows Direct Cable Connection or LapLink Please refer to their user manuals or websites for information on how to configure their softw...

Страница 28: ...the processing of requests from NT based machines The Printer properties in Windows NT is slightly different After installing the software and restarting the computer go to the printer properties and select the Ports tab To find the correct ports to be used with the Bitronics switch you must scroll down the list until the LPx1 PA autoswitch comes up Put a checkmark on the port that connects to the...

Страница 29: ...ows 95 98 and NT continued 27 To set the spool settings correctly click on the SCHEDULING tab Make sure Start printing after last page is spooled is selected Also set Priority to highest Click OK when done ...

Страница 30: ...mpt Then click on START PROGRAMS BELKIN BITRONICS SWITCH then UNINSTALLSHIELD After restarting your computer you can install the older NT version of the software located in the second disk part P72736 During the installation it will ask you the model number Please select Auto Switch 2 2 4 2 This version of the software is not fully automatic in printer selection It requires the user to select port...

Страница 31: ...Port Mode option choose the mode with the highest performance e g ECP 4 Follow the legend directions to save the setting and exit Generic clone computer 1 Restart the computer and press F1 during the startup 2 Use an arrow key to select the Advance menu item 3 Use an arrow key to select the parallel port setting and the mode field 4 Press ENTER to get the mode list 5 Select the mode with the highe...

Страница 32: ... Hewlett Packard System Hardware Test screen 2 Use the arrow keys to highlight Parallel Port Mode 3 Follow the legend directions on how to change the options 4 Set the port mode with the highest performance e g ECP 5 Follow the legend directions to save the setting and exit Setup Steps for HP OmniBook 5000 and 5500 PCs 1 While the computer is booting follow the directions on the screen Press F2 to...

Страница 33: ...s for this computer are not included in the document received in the box 1 While the computer is booting follow the directions on the screen Press F2 to enter Setup 2 Go to Connectivity 3 Change Port from AT to ECP 4 Select PS 2 Packard Bell General Steps 1 While the computer is booting follow the directions on the screen Press F2 to Enter Setup It might be F1 on some models 2 Select Advanced from...

Страница 34: ...lect ECP Press ENTER 8 Scroll to Parallel Port and press ENTER 9 Select Enabled and press ENTER 10 Press ESC twice to get to the Exit screen 11 Press ENTER twice to Exit Saving Changes The system will restart into Windows Models PCV 200 210 220 230 240 1 Restart your computer 2 During the first black and white Sony screen press F3 to enter the boot screen 3 Press F1 to enter the BIOS Setup 4 Use r...

Страница 35: ...open the Start Menu 2 Select Tool Center 3 Select Sony Notebook Setup 4 Select the Printer FDD tab 5 Make sure Use as printer connector is selected and choose the desired port mode required by the printer There are three options available on this screen 1 Normal Output only 2 Bi directional default 3 ECP requires IEEE 1284 printer parallel cable 6 Select ECP and click OK to save results and close ...

Страница 36: ...ission of Belkin or if any Belkin serial number has been removed or defaced THE WARRANTYAND REMEDIES SET FORTH ABOVE ARE EXCLUSIVE IN LIEU OF ALLOTHERS WHETHER ORALOR WRITTEN EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED BELKIN SPECIFICALL YDISCLAIMS ANYAND ALLIMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITYAND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE No Belkin dealer agent or employee is authorized t...

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