B&B Electronics ICE-104P dimensions Introduction, System Requirements, Installation

Document No. ICE104P1498 – pg. 1/2

Connect Up To Four Printers To One Parallel Port

Model ICE-104P

Introduction

Eliminate the need for extra LPT ports. The ICE-104Pis a four-port, code-activated switch for the parallel port. The supplied software allows you to switch from Port A to Port D, or broadcast to two or all four connected printers. The unit is self-powered from each of the connected ports. For applications where power cannot be derived from the ports, a 9 VDC power supply is available. Ports can be selected using hot keys with a TSR, from the command line, or from a Windows program. There is also a manual switch for port selection. The ICE-104P has 5 female DB-25 connectors, and LEDs showing which ports are selected. Dimensions: 4.75"W x 4.0"D x 1.75"H.

System Requirements

qIBM PC/XT/AT/PS-2 or 100% compatible.

qMS-DOS version 3.3 or above.

qAt least 64K bytes of memory.

qAt least one Parallel Port (Printer Port).

qOne 5.25" floppy drive.

Installation

If you have a hard disk, you can copy all the programs to a directory for later use by the following process:

1.Place the System disk in you floppy A:.

2.At the "A:>" DOS prompt type "INSTALL C:" or "INSTALL D:" depending on which driver you want to install.

The INSTALL Batch file will copy all the necessary files to your hard disk and place them in directory <ICEWARE>. Under <ICEWARE> directory, there are two subdirectories <ICP12> and <ICP14>. <ICP12> contains the programs for 1 to 2 parallel switch and <ICP14> for 1 to 4.

How To Use ICP12.EXE & ICP14.EXE

a. ICP12.EXE Command Line Options

Usage: ICP12 [option1] [option2]

Option1:	Function
/1	Select LPT1
/2	Select LPT2
/3	Select LPT3
/4	Select LPT4
/A	Switch output to Port A
/B	Switch output to Port B
/C	Switch to broadcast mode
Option2:
/R	Install ICP12.EXE and keep it resident in memory
/U	Remove ICP12.EXE and release memory

B&B Electronics -- April 1998