Black Box SW177A manual Quick Start

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COMPACT BIDIRECTIONAL REVERSIBLE AUTOSWITCH

3. Quick Start

This chapter contains four easy steps to set up your Autoswitch.

1.Be sure to turn off the power to your computers and printers.

2.Using an IEEE 1284 straight-through DB25 M/M cable, connect your computers to the Autoswitch.

3.Using an IEEE 1284 parallel cable, connect your printer to the Autoswitch.

4.Turn on the power to your Autoswitch, computers, and printers. If you’re letting two computers share one printer, the computers will print to the printer on a first-come, first-served basis.

Print the README file on the diskette for instructions on setting up the Autoswitch software driver.

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