User manual BELKIN F1U125-1

[. . . ] Package Contents F1U125 or F1U126 F2A047-06 P P72009 · Bitronics Auto Switch, 1-2 or 2-1 Or 1-4 or 4-1. · 1 x IEEE 1284 compliant cable · User manual · Registration card 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. [. . . ] If both devices are printers, then this must be done for both printers. Right-click on the printer installed on the Bitronics switch, and click on PROPERTIES: 10 13. 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. 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". Click OK in the Spool Settings window, and OK again in the main properties window. 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. 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. Example: Sharing One Printer and a Zip drive (or any other mass storage 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. The image below shows the 13 Zip drive is connected to Port A, and that the device type is MASS STORAGE DEVICE. 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. 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. [. . . ] · 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. [. . . ]