TROY Group 100S manual Parallel Port Hardware Setup

Section 1 Installing the Hardware

Installation Requirements

Parallel Port

Hardware

Setup

A Windows Operating System CD

An additional Ethernet (category 5) network cable

A Web browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape (to use the WebXAdmin utility)

NOTE: If you are not sure that you have the required components, please ask your system administrator for assistance, or call TROY Technical Support at (800) 332-6427. Customers outside the U.S., call (949) 250-3280, Extension 200.

1.Before attempting to install the TROY PocketPro 100S print server, make sure you have installed your printer or plotter as described in the documentation for the device.

2.Plug the TROY PocketPro 100S print server directly into the parallel port (36-pin female connector) on your printer. No additional data cable is required.

NOTE: In the event that the print server cannot be connected directly to the printer's Centronics port, a 36-to-36- pin Centronics (male-to-female) cable can be ordered from TROY (p/n CABLE-CEN2). For printers that use the miniature Centronics IEEE 1284C connector, TROY offers the CABLE C/B adapter cable.

3.Plug the PocketPro power supply adapter into a 120-volt AC receptacle.

4.Plug the PocketPro power supply cable into the PocketPro 100S print server.

5.Switch your printer power ON.

PocketPro 100S Administrator’s Guide -- Document #40165-110 Rev. A 1-3