Bitronics Switch Kit User Manual READ THIS MANUAL IN ITS ENTIRETY 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. 1 I. Introduction Thank you for purchasing the Belkin Components Bitronics Auto Switch Kit! Now, you and your colleagues can share between one parallel device from your desktop. Plus, if you are using Windows 95 or 98, you will take advantage of Virtual Port Software, which allows you to print automatically! The Bitronics Auto Switch gives you the ability to auto switch between two printers at any time. Also, it allows you to switch so that you can use either device through the switching software. II. Package Contents • Bitronics Auto Switch, 1-2 or 2-1 Or 1-4 or 4-1. • 1 x IEEE 1284 compliant cable • User manual • Registration card F1U125 or F1U126 F2A047-06 P P72009 III. Windows 95 / 98 BEFORE YOU INSTALL THE BELKIN BITRONICS SOFTWARE, YOU MUST FIRST MAKE SURE THAT EACH DEVICE WORKS PROPERLY ON ITS OWN WITH EACH COMPUTER Make sure that the printer port on your computer is set to ECP mode. To do this, you must go into your computer’s 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. Make sure that the software and drivers for the devices to be shared are properly installed on any Windows® 95 /98 computers. If you are sharing two printers between two computers, make sure that the printer drivers for both printers are installed and working properly on your computer. If you are sharing a Zip drive and a scanner between two computers, make sure that the software and drivers of each device are installed and working properly on both computers. Connect the two computers, and the device to be shared to the Bitronics Switch as shown below. The cables from the computers to the Bitronics switch are included in the package. Take note of which port each device is connected to: 2 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 or F2A047 Click here for information about this cable Then type Cable model number: F2A046 3 Two Computers Sharing One Parallal Device: Click here for information about this cable Then type Cable model number: F2A046 Click here for information about these cables Then type Cable model number: F2A047 or F3D111 4 V. Details Please take note of the dip switch settings on the bottom of the autoswitch. F1U126 Dip Switch 1 ON (down) 1 to 4 mode OFF (up) 4 to 1 mode SW2 ON ON OFF OFF SW3 ON OFF ON OFF Time Out Setting 5 seconds 10 seconds 20 seconds 40 seconds 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. 5 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:\ ). 2. 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 3. You will see the following window. Click SETUP. 4. Close all other running applications so that the software installation can proceed 6 quickly and smoothly. Click NEXT. 5. 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. 7 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. 8 9. Once your computer has rebooted, the Bitronics icon will appear in your system tray. 10. 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: 9 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. Click on START, SETTINGS, PRINTERS. 12.b. Right-click on the printer installed on the Bitronics switch, and click on PROPERTIES: 10 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 – PB (auto switch) ! Select this if the printer is connected to Port B of the Bitronics switch In the image below, the printer is connected to Port B of the Bitronics switch. Therefore, LPx1 – PB (auto switch) is selected. When done, click OK. 11 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. Using the Bitronics Software Example: Two Printers Shared Between One Computer The Bitronics Software automatically handles printing chores by directing your print jobs to the correct port on the switch based on the settings you set in the Printer Properties and the Settings in step 7 previously. When you print something in Windows, you simply select the printer you wish to print to, and the Bitronics software handles the switching duties. ITS FULLY AUTOMATIC! How does it work? The Bitronics software tells the Bitronics switch to switch to the port the selected printer is connected to. In the example below, the Bitronics software tells the Bitronics switch to switch to Port B first, then it allows the print job to go through the switch, out to Port B, and to the Epson printer. 12 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. drive (or any other mass storage Example: Sharing One Printer and a Zip device) 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 Bitronics switch is defaulted to the Port attached to the Zip drive. It is necessary for the switch to always remains connected to the Zip drive so that anytime you access that drive, you will always be connected, and not get error messages: 1. Make sure that the port that connects to the Zip drive is set to MASS STORAGE DEVICE in settings. See Step 7 above for more info. The image below shows the 13 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. As you can see, the Display Name entered above appears below as you had entered it. Click OK. Now what happens is that the Bitronics switch always keeps your computer connected to the Zip drive. That way, anytime you access it, you will not get any strange errors. Then when you print to the Ink Jet Printer on Port B (as shown above), the Bitronics switch will switch to Port B temporarily to send the print job, then switch back to Port A to keep communication with the Zip drive. Visual Feedback – How do I know what port I am on? When the Bitronics switch is in its normal scanning mode, the LEDs are flipping back and forth across the computer ports. To see the software in action, simply hit the COMPUTER button so you can see a computer port’s connection. Press the COMPUTER port until the LEDs around “1” are lit up, and you will see which device port it is currently connected to. If it is in File Transfer mode, the computer port LEDs are green, and neither device port LEDs will be lit. Then, click on the Bitronics software icon in the taskbar and change ports. You will see the LED of the Bitronics switch to the port you chose. Using any other parallel device (not printers or mass storage devices) with a printer When dealing with other parallel port devices, they are set as SCANNERS in the SETTINGS (step 7 above). Examples of these are scanners, parallel port cameras, and tape drives. When you need access to this device, simply single-click on the Bitronics system tray icon, and select the device you wish to use. A check mark will appear showing which 14 device is connected. For example, we have a scanner and a printer on the Bitronics switch: You will be connected to the scanner device indefinitely. But lets say you wish to print to the Ink Jet printer, the software will again automatically switch to the port that has the printer and send the print job. However, the switch will remain connected to the printer - it will not change back to the Scanner, unlike the mass storage device mentioned previously. This means that you have to use this method to switch to the scanner each time you need to use it. If no printers are installed If no printers are installed, the SETTINGS type (see step 7) for each device must be set either for MASS STORAGE DEVICE (if the device adds a drive letter to your system), or SCANNER (for all other types of devices). The Bitronics software may not function properly in some systems if there is no DEFAULT PRINTER set. To do this, add a printer using the Add Printer Wizard (click START, SETTINGS, PRINTERS), and just use the “Generic / Text Only” driver. Remember to use “Local Printer” and “LPT1” when the wizard asks you. This will then be set as your default printer, so that the Bitronics software can work properly. 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” Using the File Transfer Feature The file transfer feature of the Bitronics switch allows both computers to connect as if there was a file transfer cable connected between them. To do this, double-click on the Bitronics switch system tray icon, and click on FILE TRANSFER: A set of PC LEDs on the Bitronics switch will turn green. These LEDs represents the computer you are on now is set for file transfer mode. Next, the second PC must also perform the same operation. When both sets of PC LEDs on the Bitronics switch are green (all four), then the computers are ready for file transfer. At this point, the cables and the Bitronics 15 switch act as if it was a file transfer cable. You can now run programs such as Windows Direct Cable Connection, or Laplink. Please refer to their user manuals or websites for information on how to configure their software. Just remember that your Bitronics switch setup mimics the file transfer cable requirement. 1999 Belkin Components® Components Corporate Headquarters 501 West Walnut Street Compton, CA 90220 310-898-1100 voice Tech Support x 2263 310-898-1111 fax DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY WITH FCC RULES FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY We, Belkin Components, of 501 West Walnut Street, Compton CA 90220, declare under our sole responsibility that the product: F1U125/126-KIT Bitronics Switch Kit to which declaration relates: Complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. CE Declaration of Conformity We, Belkin Components, declare under our sole responsibility that the F1U125/126-KIT Bitronics Switch Kit to which this declaration relates, is in conformity with Generic Emissions Standard EN50081-1 and with Generic Immunity Standard EN50082-1 1992. 16 Belkin Components Limited Lifetime Warranty 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. Proof of purchase may be required. This warranty does not apply if the product has been damaged by accident, abuse, misuse, or misapplication; if the product has been modified without the written permission of Belkin; or if any Belkin serial number has been removed or defaced. 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