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Before you install the Belkin Bitronics software, you must first make sure that each
device works properly on its own with each computer.
1. Check your BIOS and make sure that the printer port on your computers is set to
ECP mode.
Note: Please consult your computers manufacture's manual, tech support, or
website for information on how to set your printer port to ECP mode.
2. Log in as Administrator
3. Verify that the software and driver's for each device that will be shared is
installed properly on all computers.
4. Download the NT/2k/Xp Bitronics Switch software from Belkin's download page
on the website.
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- Page 1 Windows NT/2k/XP Before you install the Belkin Bitronics software, you must first make sure that each device works properly on its own with each computer. 1. Check your BIOS and make sure that the printer port on your computers is set to ECP mode.
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Page 2: User Manual
BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO CONNECT DEVICES, THE BITRONICS SWITCH, OR INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE. IMPROPER SETTINGS OR CONFIGURATIONS CAN CAUSE DATA CORRUPTION When connected online you can click on any Belkin logo like this one to be connected directly to Belkin’s internet information site. -
Page 3: Package Contents
BIOS or CMOS setup. Instructions on how to do this differ from one computer to the next. Please consult your computer manufacturer’s manual, tech support, or website for information on how to do this. Please do not call Belkin Tech Support on this because each computer’s BIOS setup routine is different. -
Page 4: Hardware Setup
IV. Hardware setup One Computer to Share Between Two Parallel Devices: Your Computer Click here for information about this cable Then type Cable model number: F3D111 F2A047 Click here for information about this cable Then type Cable model number: F2A046... - Page 5 Two Computers Sharing One Click here for information about this cable Then type Cable model number: F2A046 Parallal Device: Click here for information about these cables Then type Cable model number: F2A047 F3D111...
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Page 6: Software Installation
Please take note of the dip switch settings on the bottom of the autoswitch. F1U125 Dip Switch 1 ON (up) 1 to 2 OFF (down) 2 to 1 VI. Software Installation 1.a. Download the file BITRONICS.exe from Belkin’s download page on the web site. Click on in order to download this file. Details... - Page 7 1.b. You can either download it onto your hard drive( usually C:\). 1.c. Or download it onto a blank floppy disk( usually A:\ ). Put the disk into your floppy drive. Click on START, then RUN. Enter A:\BITRONIX.exe, substitute C: for A: if it is on your hard drive, then click OK You will see the following window.
- Page 8 quickly and smoothly. Click NEXT. Select the model of Bitronics Switch you have, which is the F1U125 or F1U126. Click NEXT 6. Select destination folder. The default folder is recommended. Click NEXT.
- Page 9 7. Select Program Folder. The default is the recommended. Click NEXT. 8. When done installing, the program will ask you to restart your computer. You must restart in order to activate the software properly. Click FINISH.
- Page 10 9. Once your computer has rebooted, the Bitronics icon will appear in your system tray. Double-click on the icon to open up the setup program: 11. Click on SETTINGS. Here, we have to tell the software what devices are connect to which port:...
- Page 11 12. If one or both of the devices being shared is a printer, you must follow the procedure below to reconfigure the port connected to the printer. If both devices are printers, then this must be done for both printers. 12.a.
- Page 12 13. Click on the DETAILS tab. In the pull-down menu “Print to the following port:”, select the correct port this printer is connected to on the Bitronics switch: LPx1 – PA (auto switch) ! Select this if the printer is connected to Port A of the Bitronics switch LPx1 –...
- Page 13 14. Click on SPOOL SETTINGS and click on “Start printing after last page is spooled”. 15. If NOT grayed out, click on “Disable bi-directional support for this printer”. Otherwise, ignore. 16. Click OK in the Spool Settings window, and OK again in the main properties window. VII.
- Page 14 Then if you wish to print to the second printer, let’s say a LaserJet for example, all you have to do is select that particular printer in the PRINT dialog box. Click OK, and the print job is automatically sent to the LaserJet printer on Port A of the Bitronics switch. Example: Sharing One Printer and a Zip drive (or any other mass storage When dealing with a mass storage device (devices that add a drive letter to your system like “E:”) such as a Zip drive, the Bitronics Software in the system tray must be configured so that the...
- Page 15 Zip drive is connected to Port A, and that the device type is MASS STORAGE DEVICE. Type anything you want in Display Name. Click OK when done. 2. Click on the port that has the mass storage device connected. In this case, it is a Zip drive on Port A.
- Page 16 Removing and Adding the Bitronics Switch Icon from the System Tray To remove the icon, simply right click on it, and answer YES to the prompt. To reload the icon back into the system tray, click on START, PROGRAMS, BELKIN BITRONICS SWITCH, “AutoSwitch-Multi PCs”...
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Page 17: Ce Declaration Of Conformity
Just remember that your Bitronics switch setup mimics the file transfer cable requirement. DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY WITH FCC RULES FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC We, Belkin Components, of 501 West Walnut Street, Compton CA 90220, declare under our sole responsibility that the product: F1U125/126-KIT... - Page 18 Belkin Components warrants this product against defects in materials and workmanship for its lifetime. If a defect is discovered, Belkin will, at its option, repair or replace the product at no charge provided it is returned during the warranty period, with transportation charges prepaid, to the authorized Belkin dealer from whom you purchased the product.
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