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Black Box IC126C Manual

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MARCH 2003
IC126C
High-Speed Parallel PCI
PC Plus Adapter
CUSTOMER SUPPORT INFORMATION
Order toll-free in the U.S.: Call 877-877-BBOX (outside U.S. call 724-746-5500)
FREE technical support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: Call 724-746-5500 or fax 724-746-0746
Mailing address: Black Box Corporation, 1000 Park Drive, Lawrence, PA 15055-1018
Web site: www.blackbox.com • E-mail: info@blackbox.com

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  • Page 1 Order toll-free in the U.S.: Call 877-877-BBOX (outside U.S. call 724-746-5500) FREE technical support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: Call 724-746-5500 or fax 724-746-0746 Mailing address: Black Box Corporation, 1000 Park Drive, Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 Web site: www.blackbox.com • E-mail: info@blackbox.com...
  • Page 2 FCC/IC RFI STATEMENTS FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AND CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENTS Class B Digital Device. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B computing device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
  • Page 3 HIGH-SPEED PARALLEL PCI PC PLUS ADAPTER NORMAS OFICIALES MEXICANAS (NOM) ELECTRICAL SAFETY STATEMENT INSTRUCCIONES DE SEGURIDAD 1. Todas las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser leídas antes de que el aparato eléctrico sea operado. 2. Las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser guardadas para referencia futura.
  • Page 4 NOM STATEMENT 10. El equipo eléctrico deber ser situado fuera del alcance de fuentes de calor como radiadores, registros de calor, estufas u otros aparatos (incluyendo amplificadores) que producen calor. 11. El aparato eléctrico deberá ser connectado a una fuente de poder sólo del tipo descrito en el instructivo de operación, o como se indique en el aparato.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    4.2 Windows NT ............14 Reconfiguration for Use with Non-Printer Devices (Windows 95/98/Me only)..... 16 Optimization for Use with Iomega Zip Drives ..20 Troubleshooting ............22 7.1 Common Difficulties ........22 7.2 Calling Black Box ..........23 7.3 Shipping and Packaging ........24...

  • Page 6: Specifications

    CHAPTER 1: Specifications 1. Specifications System Hardware Required — IBM PC compatible computer with at least one available PCI slot Operating System Required — DOS, Microsoft Windows 3.x, Windows NT, Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, or XP NOTE For instructions for using DOS and Windows 3.x, refer to the installation diskette.
  • Page 7 HIGH-SPEED PARALLEL PCI PC PLUS ADAPTER IEEE-1284 EPP (Enhanced Parallel Interface — Port) Up to 7.2 Mbps (~900 Kcps) Data Rate — Clock Skew — ±2 ns Maximum Distance — 20 ft. (6.1 m) from Adapter to device User Controls — Software drivers (included) (1) DB25 female Connector —...
  • Page 8 CHAPTER 1: Specifications Humidity Tolerance — Up to 90% noncondensing at standard temperature and pressure Size — Three-quarter-card; Height (at tallest points): Seated (not including goldfingers or bracket): 2.6" (6.6 cm); Unseated (including goldfingers but not bracket): 2.9" (7.4 cm); Total (including bracket): 4.7"...

  • Page 9: Introduction

    HIGH-SPEED PARALLEL PCI PC PLUS ADAPTER 2. Introduction Thank you for purchasing a High-Speed Parallel PCI PC Plus Adapter. We hope you find that it adds speed and power to your parallel data communication. Here are some of the useful features of the Adapter: •...
  • Page 10 • Lifetime warranty. If the Adapter ever goes bad due to a defect or a spontaneous component failure, we’ll fix or replace it. Call Black Box Technical Support for more details. The remaining chapters of this manual describe how to install, configure, operate, and troubleshoot the Adapter.

  • Page 11: Hardware Installation

    HIGH-SPEED PARALLEL PCI PC PLUS ADAPTER 3. Hardware Installation Take these steps to install a High-Speed Parallel PCI PC Plus Adapter in your computer: 1. Making sure that your PC is turned OFF and unplugged, open its cover. (If you are unsure how to do this, consult the PC’s manual.) 2.
  • Page 12 CHAPTER 3: Hardware Installation 3. Screw the metal backplane of the Adapter to your PC’s housing and replace the machine's cover. 4. Run a parallel cable from the Adapter’s DB25 female parallel port to your printer or other parallel device. Now install the Adapter’s driver software;...

  • Page 13: Software Installation

    HIGH-SPEED PARALLEL PCI PC PLUS ADAPTER 4. Software Installation 4.1 Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP Take these steps to install the driver for the High-Speed Parallel PCI PC Plus Adapter if your computer is running Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, or XP: 1.
  • Page 14 CHAPTER 4: Software Installation you’ve connected the Adapter to a printer—the Adapter’s factory-default settings should work— but you probably will have to customize the Adapter if you’ve connected it to a non-printer peripheral; see the next chapter.) Figure 4-1. How the Adapter might appear in the Ports list.

  • Page 15: Windows Nt

    HIGH-SPEED PARALLEL PCI PC PLUS ADAPTER Your High-Speed Parallel PCI PC Plus Adapter should now be ready for continuous operation. 4.2 Windows NT 4.0 Follow these steps: 1. Shut down the system and place the High-Speed Parallel PCI Plus Adapter in a free (unused) PCI slot, as described in Chapter 3.
  • Page 16 CHAPTER 4: Software Installation Resources tab, then click the Devices button. Double-click Parport. This will list the parallel port address assignment. You can also verify the successful installation of the Adapter here. 5. Reboot Windows NT 4.0. CAUTION The following devices are NOT compatible with Windows NT 4.0: IOMega ZIP drive SyQuest SPARQ...

  • Page 17: Reconfiguration For Use With Non-Printer Devices (Windows 95/98/Me Only)

    HIGH-SPEED PARALLEL PCI PC PLUS ADAPTER 5. Reconfiguration for Use with Non-Printer Devices (Windows 95/98/Me only) If you’ve run cable from the High-Speed Parallel PCI PC Plus Adapter to a non-printer device such as an external drive or parallel scanner, you might need to reconfigure the Adapter, because some parallel devices require parallel ports that use the standard (legacy) ISA LPT addresses 0278 to 027F hex or 0378 to 037F hex.
  • Page 18 CHAPTER 5: Reconfiguration for Use with Non-Printer Devices Request might differ from those shown.) Figure 5-1. How the Adapter’s Resources-list entry might appear. 2. Click on the “Use Automatic Settings” box to turn it OFF (to make the check mark disappear). 3.
  • Page 19 HIGH-SPEED PARALLEL PCI PC PLUS ADAPTER Figure 5-2. Editing the Adapter’s I/O-address range. 4. Use the up/down arrows to scroll to one of the two ISA-standard parallel I/O-address settings— “0278-027F” or “0378-037F”—or type one of these address ranges in manually. 5.
  • Page 20 CHAPTER 5: Reconfiguration for Use with Non-Printer Devices 6. Make sure that choosing the new address hasn’t created any conflicts with any other parallel ports or other devices in your system. (Conflicts will be indicated by yellow balloons with exclamation points that appear in the “Device”...

  • Page 21: Optimization For Use With Iomega Zip Drives

    HIGH-SPEED PARALLEL PCI PC PLUS ADAPTER 6. Optimization for Use with Iomega Zip Drives If you’ve run cable from the High-Speed Parallel PCI PC Plus Adapter to an Iomega Zip removable-storage drive, you’ll need to do a few more things to make sure the Adapter works well with the drive.
  • Page 22 CHAPTER 6: Optimization for Use with Iomega Zip Drives Figure 6-1. Editing the Zip drive’s command-line switches. The Parallel Port Accelerator utility should have inserted a text string into the area shown on this screen. The first part of this string will read: /mode: bdir Change this string to read: /mode:epp...

  • Page 23: Troubleshooting

    HIGH-SPEED PARALLEL PCI PC PLUS ADAPTER 7. Troubleshooting 7.1 Common Difficulties If you are having a problem installing or configuring the High-Speed Parallel PCI PC Plus Adapter, keep these things in mind: • Because the Adapter uses PCI rather than ISA I/O address ranges, it will never be seen by your BIOS at boot-up as a standard parallel port occupying 0278 hex or 0378 hex, even if you’ve selected one...

  • Page 24: Calling Black Box

    If your High-Speed Parallel PCI PC Plus Adapter seems to be malfunctioning, do not attempt to alter or repair it. It has no user-serviceable components. Call Black Box Technical Support at 724-746-5500; the problem might be solvable over the phone.

  • Page 25: Shipping And Packaging

    • If you are returning the Adapter, include everything you received with the it. If you are returning the Adapter or shipping it for repair, contact Black Box to get a Return Authorization (RA) number before you ship.
  • Page 26 TRADEMARKS USED IN THIS MANUAL TRADEMARKS USED IN THIS MANUAL Iomega is a registered trademark, and Zip is a trademark, of Iomega Corporation. Windows is either a registered trademark or a trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
  • Page 27 Version 02.03F © Copyright 2003. Black Box Corporation. All rights reserved. 1000 Park Drive • Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 • 724-746-5500 • Fax 724-746-0746...

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