APPENDIX A: Pinouts

A.2.3 THE PARALLEL PRINTER CONNECTORS

 

On Local Module

 

 

On Remote Module

 

1

(DB25 male)

13

13

(DB25 female)

1

14

 

25

25

 

14

 

Pin

Signal

Direction

 

 

1

\STROBE

To printer

 

 

2

DATA1

To printer

 

 

3

DATA2

To printer

 

 

4

DATA3

To printer

 

 

5

DATA4

To printer

 

 

6

DATA5

To printer

 

 

7

DATA6

To printer

 

 

8

DATA7

To printer

 

 

9

DATA8

To printer

 

 

10

\ACK

To computer

 

 

11

BUSY

To computer

 

 

12

PE

To computer

 

 

13

Local Module: (+5V pull-up resistor);

 

 

 

Remote Module: (No connection)

 

 

14

(+5V pull-up resistor)

 

 

 

15

Local Module: (+5V pull-up resistor);

 

 

 

Remote Module: (No connection)

 

 

16

INIT

To printer

 

 

17

(No connection)

 

 

 

 

18-25

GND

N/A

 

 

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Black Box ACS235A, ACS236A manual Pin Signal Direction

ACS236A, ACS235A specifications

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