Parker Hannifin PA Series manual Keyboard and Mouse, Connecting to a Serial Printer

Chapter 3: Starting Your PowerStation PowerStation Connectors

Keyboard and Mouse

The PA PowerStation’s CPU board includes a keyboard port that accepts any IBM AT-compatible keyboard, including 84-key standard keyboards and 101-key enhanced keyboards.

Connecting a PS/2 Mouse on 5”, 6”, 8”, and 10” Units

If you prefer to use a mouse instead of the touchscreen, Parker recommends that you only use a Microsoft PS/2-style mouse, specifically an 802.3 Microsoft-compatible mouse.

Parker has found that some Microsoft-compatible PS/2 mice do not work correctly with the PA PowerStation. In addition, connecting any mouse directly to the keyboard port will cause the mouse to malfunction.

Connecting a USB Mouse on 15” Units

If you prefer to use a mouse instead of the touchscreen, the 15” unit supports any USB style mouse.

Serial and PS/2 mice are not supported on 15” units.

Connecting to a Serial Printer

When connecting a serial printer to the PA PowerStation, you will need to prepare the serial port for the printer. First you will need to adjust the mode settings to the settings on the printer. See To Adjust the Mode Settings below.

If you plan to print to a serial port that was configured for downloading, you will need to reconfigure the serial port. See To Print to a Port Configured for Downloading on page 3-11.

To Adjust the Mode Settings

To connect a serial printer to the PA PowerStation, you must change the mode settings for one of the serial ports to match those of your printer. The easiest way to change these settings is to use MODE.COM. MODE.COM can modify the following options:

•baud: 110, 150, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600

•parity: N - none, O - odd, E - even

•databits: either 7 or 8

•stopbits: either 1 or 2

Parker includes MODE.COM on the PA PowerStation’s Compact Flash card and the ROM-DOS installation CD shipped with your PowerStation.

Figure 3-8illustrates the appropriate settings for the PA PowerStation COM Port and the Serial Printer Connector with hardware handshaking and without hardware handshaking.

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