Problems; Installing 2Nd Parallel And Serial Ports - Brainboxes CC-468 Hardware Manual

Brainboxes cc-468 pci cards: hardware guide
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PCI Dual LPT & RS232
STEP 6: Now replace the system units cover by carefully sliding
it down and back over the system unit. Replace the cover
mounting screws.
STEP 7: After attaching all the monitor and keyboard cables,
power up the PC. Do not forget the mains power cable!
The PC should power on in the normal way.

Problems!

If the system fails to power up normally check the following.:
i.) Ensure that the PC Serial card is installed correctly.
ii.) Ensure that other cards in the PC have not been upset.
iii.) Ensure that the power is connected and the PC is switched
ON!
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If all these have been checked and the PC still does not
power up then there is probably a conflict of I/O address between
the PC Serial card and another board in the PC. Ask your dealer to
check this

Installing 2nd parallel and Serial Ports

Supplied with the PCI DUAL LPT & RS232 card is a seperate
bracket containing a 9 pin serial port connector and a 25 pin
parallel port connector. Both connectors have a ribbon cable
attached terminating in an IDC style plug.
Each of these cables have 1 of the wires coloured red. Where this
red wire terminates at the plug there is an inverted triangle, this
denotes PIN1.
The PCI Dual LPT & RS232 card has 2 "headers" on the board
labelled PRINTER2 and SERIAL2 located along the top edge.
Each of these "headers" has a white arrow which points to PIN1.
Chapter 2 Page 12
Software Configuration

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