3.5 CONNECTORS
3.5.1 EXTERNAL CONNECTORS
3.5.1.1 Parallel Port Connector (J3)
The parallel port can also operate as an external floppy disk port. The two modes can be switched in the BIOS
setup (please refer to the appropriate PIP BIOS User Manual).
Parallel Port Mode
Pin Assignment
Pin
Signal
Description
1
STROBE
Strobe
2
DATA0
Data bit 0
3
DATA1
Data bit 1
4
DATA2
Data bit 2
5
DATA3
Data bit 3
6
DATA4
Data bit 4
7
DATA5
Data bit 5
8
DATA6
Data bit 6
9
DATA7
Data bit 7
10
ACK
Acknowledge
11
BUSY
Busy
12
PE
Paper empty
13
SELIN
Select in
14
AUTOFD
Autofeed
15
ERROR
Error
16
/INIT
Initialize
17
/SEL
Select
18
GND
Ground
19
GND
Ground
20
GND
Ground
21
GND
Ground
22
GND
Ground
23
GND
Ground
24
GND
Ground
25
GND
Ground
Floppy Disk Mode
1
DS0
Drive Select 0
2
IDX
Index
3
TR00
Track 0
4
WP
Write Protected
5
RDATA
Read Data
6
DSKCHG
Disk Change
7
MID0
Media ID 0
8
MTR0
Motor On 0
9
MID1
Media ID 1
10
DS1
Drive Select 1
11
MTR1
Motor On 1
12
WDATA
Write Data
13
WGATE
Write Gate
14
DRVDEN0
Drive Density 0
15
HDSEL
Head Select
16
DIR
Direction
17
STEP
Step
18
GND
Ground
19
GND
Ground
20
GND
Ground
21
GND
Ground
22
GND
Ground
23
GND
Ground
24
GND
Ground
25
+5 V / GND
+5 V or Ground
(External Floppy Power Pin)
Figure 17:
Parallel Port Connector (DSUB 25 Female)
(Compona, 329 156-6)
2012 by MPL AG
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MEH-10126-201 Rev. F
High-Tech • Made in Switzerland
PIP19 / PIP20 / PIP22 / PIP23
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