Worth Data P11/12 user manual Jumper Settings, Appendix C

Appendix C

Jumper Settings

Your WDP Reader is shipped with its jumpers set to match the configuration (scanner type, interface method, etc.) you ordered. Why might you need/want to check or change jumper settings?

If you change your scanner type, or install a second scanning device, you may

•need to change some jumper settings.

•If you're going to install the WDP Reader in Bus Interface mode, you may need to change the Interrupt Number and Port Address jumpers.

If your WDP Reader or scanner doesn't power up correctly, you should make

•sure the WDP has the correct jumper settings for your configuration.

Open the WDP Reader's case using the instructions in Appendix A.

Interrupt Number jumper JP4, the Interrupt Number jumper:

The WDP Reader in Bus Interface mode can use any one of interrupts 2 though 6. The default is interrupt 3. Go through the list below to determine which interrupts are not already in use in your system, and choose one of those. If all interrupts are already in use, you'll either have to free one up (by disabling COM2 or LPT2 on your computer, for example) or use the WDP Reader in wedge mode rather than bus mode.

If your system has any real-time clocks, network boards, bus mice, tape controllers or other add-on devices installed, they may be using some of these interrupts. If you have any of these in your system, compare their switch settings to your manuals to see what interrupts they're using.

Interrupt 2: Don't use this interrupt if you have an AT, 386 or 486 system, an EGA, or an IBM network adapter.

Interrupt 3: This interrupt is usually used by COM2, the second serial port. If you don't have a COM2, or an internal modem or other device set to COM2, you should be able to use it.

Interrupt 4: This interrupt is usually used by COM1, the first serial port. If you don't have a COM1, or an internal modem or other device set to COM1, you should be able to use it.

Interrupt 5: This interrupt is used by the hard disk on a PC or XT system, and LPT2, the second parallel port, on an AT system. You can use it if you have a floppy-only PC or XT system, or an AT system with only one parallel port.

Interrupt 6: This interrupt is used by the floppy diskette drive controller.

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