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Belkin BITRONICS P72655 manual

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  • Page 1

    Bitronics Switch Kit User Manual P72655 READ THIS MANUAL IN ITS ENTIRETY BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO CONNECT DEVICES, THE BITRONICS SWITCH , OR INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE. IMPR OPER SETTINGS OR CONFIGURATIONS CAN CA USE DATA CORRUPTION.[...]

  • Page 2

    Page 2 I. Introd uctio n Thank y ou for pu rc hasing t he Bel kin Comp onents Bit ronics D ualBus Switch Ki t! Now, y ou and y our colle ague ca n share a nd sele ct between t wo differ ent par allel devices f rom yo ur deskto p. Plus, if you ar e using Window s 95 or 98 , you will take advan tage of Vi rtual Port So ftwa re, which all o ws you to [...]

  • Page 3

    Page 3 Printer B utton Compute r Butto n IV. Choose your Oper ating Sy stem • Windows  3.x " C onti nue b e low: • Windows  95/98 and N T " Conti nue to next pa ge. • MS-DO S " Continue below: V. Manual Mode In manual mode , you can sel ect po rt manuall y thro ugh the b uttons o n the Bit ronics s w i tch. • Press c om[...]

  • Page 4

    Page 4 VII. MS-DOS In MS -DOS, ther e re two f iles wh ich can be us ed, and bot h are in the first disk (part# P72735) in the DOS su bdirecto ry. These files are: • DOSSWT CH.c om • F1U125. com DOSSWTC H.com is a dir ectly execut able progr am. You must follo w the syn tax in order to invoke t he switch to change port s. For example, en terin [...]

  • Page 5

    Page 5 VIII. Wind ows     95 / 98 and NT BEFORE YOU INST ALL THE BELKIN BITRONICS SOFTWARE, YOU MUST FIRST MAKE SU RE THAT EACH DEVICE WORKS PROP ERLY ON ITS OW N WITH EA CH COMP UTER 1. Make sure th at the printer port on yo ur computer is set to ECP mo de. To do th is, you mus t go into you r computer’s BIOS or CMOS se tup . Instr u[...]

  • Page 6

    Page 6 4.3. Close all oth er running applicat ions so that th e software ins tallation can proceed qu ickly and s mooth ly. Click NEXT. 4.4. Se l ect the m od el of Bit ronics Swi tch yo u have, which is the F1U127 / F1 U1 28. Cli ck NEXT .[...]

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    Page 7 4.5. Select destin ation folder . The defau lt fo lder is r ecommended. C lick NEXT. 4.6. Select Program Folder. Th e default is the r ecommended. C lick NEXT.[...]

  • Page 8

    Page 8 4.7. When done inst alling, th e program w ill ask you to rest art your co mputer. You must res tart in or der to act ivate th e softw are proper ly. Click FINIS H. 5. Once your computer has reboot ed, the Bitron ics icon will appear in your sys tem tray. 6. Double-click on t he icon to open u p the setu p progr am: Select the correc t LPT p[...]

  • Page 9

    Page 9 7. Click on SETT ING S. Here, we have to te ll the soft ware wha t d evice s are conne ct to whi ch po rt: Click OK w hen don e. 8. If one or both of the de vices b eing sha re d is a p rinter, y ou must f ollow t he proce dure be l ow to rec onfigure the p ort conne cted to the prin ter. If bot h devices ar e print ers, then th is must be d[...]

  • Page 10

    Page 10 8.3. Click on the DETA ILS tab. In the pu ll-dow n menu “Prin t to th e followin g port:”, s elect th e corr ect por t this pr inter is connecte d to on the Bitro nics switc h: • LPx1 – PA (auto switch ) " Select this if the print er is conn ected to Port A of the Bit ronics swit ch • LPx1 – PB (auto switch ) " Select [...]

  • Page 11

    Page 11 Using the Bitronics Softwar e Example: Two Pr inters Shared Bet ween Two Comp uters The Bitro nics Sof tware au tomatica lly ha nd les pri nti ng ch ores by d i recting y our pri nt jobs to the cor rect port o n the swi tch bas ed on the setting s you se t in the Pri nter Pr opertie s and the Setting s in step 7 p reviousl y. When y ou prin[...]

  • Page 12

    Page 12 When dealin g with a m ass stor age device (devic es th at add a drive l etter t o your system like “E :”) suc h as a Zip  drive, t he Bitr onics Softwa re in the sy stem tray must be co nfig ure d so tha t t he Bitr onics s witch is d efaulte d to the P ort attac hed to the Zi p  drive. It is necessary for the switch t o alway s [...]

  • Page 13

    Page 13 Visual Feedback – How do I know wh at port I am on ? When the Bi t ronics switch i s in its n ormal sca nning m ode, the LEDs a re flipp ing ba ck and fort h across the compu ter po rts. To see the software in acti on, simp ly hit the COMPUT ER butto n so you ca n see a compute r p ort’s co nnect i on. Pres s the COMPU TER port un til t[...]

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    Page 14 In Win dows  NT, y ou ca n perfor m the same ins tallation as in the Windo ws  95 /98 proce dure ab ove. Ma ke sure the power supply is connecte d to the Bi troni cs switc h, otherw ise, ther e may be a sign ifican t delay in the pr ocess ing of reques ts from NT-based machine s. The Prin ter proper ties in Windows  NT is slightly [...]

  • Page 15

    Page 15 If you are still h aving pro blems us ing the BITRONIX. exe soft ware s etup above, fir st U NINSTALL th e Bitronic s software. Yo u can do th is by right -clicking o n the tas kbar icon an d answerin g YES to th e prompt. Then , click on START, PROGRA MS, BELKIN BITRO NI CS SWITCH, then UN INSTAL LSHIELD . After resta rting y our comp uter[...]

  • Page 16

    Page 16  1999 Belki n Compone nts® Comp one nts Corporate H eadquart ers 501 West Waln ut Street Compto n, CA 9022 0 310-898-110 0 voice Tech Supp ort x 22 63 310-898-111 1 fax Belkin Components L imited Li fetime Warrant y Belkin Components warrants this product against defects in mater ials and workmanship for its lifetime. If a defect is dis[...]