Black Box Corporation
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Distances up to
2000 feet (609.6 m).
Selectable BUSY/
ACKNOWLEDGE
control signal
operation.
Adapt to a wide
variety of parallel
printers.
T
he Parallel Line Drivers provide
extended distance communica-
tion between the parallel port of a
PC and parallel printer. Why run
expensive 25- or 36-conductor
cable and face confining distance
limitations? The Parallel Line
Drivers enable you to run up to
2000 feet (609.6 m) over a single
twisted pair!
How do they work? The
Parallel Line Drivers’ high-speed
ACK
BSY
PARALLEL
LINE
DRIVER-T
ACK
BSY
PARALLEL
LINE
DRIVER-R
Now distance is no barrier
to parallel printer
operation—run parallel
up to 2000 feet over a
single twisted-pair cable!
Key Features
PARALLEL LINE DRIVERS
Ordering Information
ITEM
CODE
Parallel Line Driver-Transmitter
DB25 Male
Terminal Block ....................................................ME190A
RJ-11......................................................................ME192A
Parallel Line Driver-Receiver
Centronics Male
Terminal Block ....................................................ME191A
RJ-11 .....................................................................ME193A
Transmitter unit converts the PC’s
parallel output to a proprietary
serial format and transmits in real
time to the high-speed Receiver
unit. The Receiver unit then
converts the signal back to
parallel and passes it to the
parallel printer. Since both the
Transmitter and Receiver units
draw their operating power from
the parallel interfaces, they need
no AC power or batteries.
A convenient BUSY or
ACKNOWLEDGE flow control
enables the Parallel Line Drivers
to work with most parallel printers
and sharing devices.
Line Interface:
RJ-11 or terminal block
Operation:
Point-to-point
Speed (Maximum):
5 kbps parallel
Interface:
Centronics
®
type parallel
or 25-pin male parallel
Connectors:
Parallel port: ME190A,
ME192A: (1) DB25 M;
ME191A, ME193A: (1) 36-pin
Centronics M;
Connectors (continued):
Line side: ME190A–ME191A:
(1) 2-position terminal
block;
ME192A–ME193A: (1) RJ-11
Power:
Interface powered, 3–7 VDC;
ME190A, ME192A: Pins 1, 17, 13,
14, or 16; ME191A, ME193A: Pins
10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 32, 16, or 17
Size:
0.7"H x 2.1"W x 2.7"D
(1.8 x 5.3 x 6.9 cm)
Weight:
0.1 lb. (< 0.1 kg)
Specifications
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