Hitachi SA200 manual Connecting Optional Peripheral Devices, Laptop Port Overview, Serial Port

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4 Connecting and Installing Optional Devices

Connecting Optional Peripheral Devices

This section describes how to connect optional peripheral devices to your laptop. This section also provides you with an overview of your laptop’s ports.

Laptop Port Overview

The following sections provide you with information about your laptop’s serial and parallel ports.

Serial Port

For serial communications the SA200 has an RS-232 compatible serial port. You can connect serial devices such as a mouse, a serial printer, a plotter, a modem, or a graphics tablet to the serial port.

The serial port is located at the rear of your laptop. To access this port, you need to open the panel door. Refer to Figure 3 on page 7.

Your SA200’s serial port uses a DB-9 type connector. Many serial devices are equipped with a DB-25 type connector. To plug a DB- 25 connector into your laptop’s DB-9 connector, you will need a serial 25-to-9 adapter.

Parallel Port

You can connect a parallel output device such as a printer or the floppy disk drive when used externally to the parallel port. The parallel port is located at the rear of your laptop. Refer to Figure 3 on page 7.

The SA200 supports three parallel port operation modes:

•Standard

•Bi-directional

•ECP (Extended)

In Standard mode, the parallel port allows data output only.

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