User manual FREECOM CABLE II PARALLEL

[. . . ] www. freecom. com CABLE II Parallel Rev. 112 FREECOM Cable II Parallel GB PARALLEL PORT Cable II Parallel (printer port) Cable II Change Adapter 2 Table of Contents USERS MANUAL GB GENERAL INFORMATION: Hardware requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page Software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page Precautionary measures and operating instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] The installation updates your startup files and saves the original versions under the names CONFIG. FC and AUTOEXEC. FC. After the startup files have been modified, the installation is complete. You can now exit the installation program. In order for the changes to take effect, you must restart your computer. Note: Don't forget to remove the FREECOM installation disk/CD before restarting the your computer. (For advanced features see section 3. 2 "First Aid. . . " of this manual). The FREECOM installation is now complete. After restarting your computer, additional boot messages are displayed which are generated by the device drivers for the device you have just installed. The device driver for the device is placed in the CONFIG. SYS file which creates a message that can vary (example): PW-CD: PW-CD: PW-CD: PW-CD: PW-CD: Freecom CD-ROM Device Driver Rev. K-936DOS Copyright (C) Freecom Technologies 1995-1998 Mode is E0 at port address 378h Drive: Toshiba CD-ROM XM-6202B 1110 CD-ROM drive installation successfully completed GB 2 Note: If a different driver message is displayed, this does not necessarily indicate that an error has occurred. Please refer to the chapter 3 "Trouble Shooting" only if the text contains the word "ERROR" or "WARNING". 9 FREECOM Cable II Parallel GB 3 CHAPTER 3: Reference section 3. 1 Advanced settings in the FREECOM configuration under Windows 95/98, Windows ME and Windows NT 4. 0 "FREECOM Configuration" will automatically configure the FREECOM drive to your PC. When installing the device for the first time, the setup program automatically detects the type of parallel port in your PC and configures the optimum data transfer mode for the parallel port. Normally, this is the optimum setting which eliminates the need for making this setting manually. In the event that you wish to have a different setting, you can call up the "FREECOM Configuration" as follows: Click the Windows "Start" button and then click "Program", "FREECOM Cable II Parallel". Double-click the icon "FREECOM Configuration". You will see that the settings for the parallel port transfer mode as well as the parallel port address are set to "automatic". The values detected by the configuration program are shown in the first three lines of the upper section. Status messages: 'Driver' 'Drive' 'Connection' Device driver version Drive designation Connection information (parallel port mode, EPP write mode"(R/W)", port address and possibly interrupt) or possibly errors. To set the parallel port mode or address manually, simply click the desired settings. Status lines Settings 10 Advanced settings in the FREECOM configuration Automatic detection Automatically detects the transfer mode. unidirectional (also: SPP) standard parallel port mode, the more reliable but slower transfer mode works in most cases. bidirectional For bidirectional mode (also SPP) Standard EPP For computers with EPP (EPP = Enhanced Parallel Port). Fast EPP For computers with a fast EPP mode. Choosing non-standard modes (for computers with special parallel ports) - Computers with National Semiconductor (NS) parallel port - other computers with EPP Switching off EPP detection When booting the computer, the EPP search routine is disabled. [. . . ] The changes you have made will not take effect until you restart your computer. First Aid under DOS, Windows 3. x If you cannot access the FREECOM drive after having booted your PC, or if error messages were displayed or if your computer freezes while it is loading the FREECOM driver (after you have successfully installed the driver software), turn it off and then please check the following: Have you inserted a formatted disk?Does the driver load successfully at a different port address?Is software installed which reroutes the parallel port or manipulates it in another way (for example, INTERLNK. EXE)?Remove the driver and then restart your computer. [. . . ]