Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AS-411P ATEN Technology
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AS/2 AUTO SWITCH AS-411 P / AS-81 1P / AS-41 1 S / AS-81 1S User’s Manual 0 Copyright 1990 ATENB International CO., LTD. Manual part NO. PAPE-0092-200.
NOTICE This manual is written for the Auto Switch products of AS-41 1 P/41 1 S and AS-81 1P/811S. Most of the operations of these models are the some, and differences will be specified. The last character ‘P’ and ‘S’ of each model’s string means the parallel interface and the serial interface respectively.
TABLE OF CONTENTS FUNCTION OVERVIEW l-l Introduction .................................................................................... 1 l-2 Function Specifications ................................................................ 4 1-3 Product Limitation .
AS/2 Auto Switch FUNCTION OVERVIEW 1 FUNCTION OVERVIEW l-1 INTRODUCTION The AS/2 is a high performance and low cost printer sharing device which operates in either auto switching mode or manual switching mode. The AS/2 allows up to four or eight source devices to share one common destination devices.
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FUNCTION OVERVIEW AS/2 Auto Switch 1-2 FUNCTION SPECIFICATIONS PARALLEL MODEL FUNCTIONS I AS-41 1 P I AS-81 1 P Power Supply / DC 9V, 100mA* / DC 9V, 100mA .
AS/2 Auto Switch FUNCTION OVERVIEW SERIAL MODEL FUNCTIONS AS-41 1 S AS-81 1 s Power Supply AC 9V, 300mA (spare) Cable Length 15M CONNECTOR INPUT (Female) 4 RS-232C (DCE) 8 RS-232C (DCE) (DB-25) OUTPUT.
FUNCTION OVERVIEW AS/2 Auto Switch 1-3 PRODUCT LIMITATION AS/2 is a well designed quality product. Its maximum performance and limitation is described as follows. ‘Hardware’ Handshaking, Xon-Xofl l AS/2's Manual Switching Mode is shaking Modes.
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AS/2 Auto Switch INSTALLATION 2-3 AS Buffer Card Installation AS buffer card has 64K, 256K o r 1M bytes of memory and is used to expand the buffer memory of AS-4 1 1 P and AS-8 1 1 P auto switches. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Unscrew the 4 screws on both sides of the case.
INSTALLATION AS/2 Auto Switch Fig 2-3-2 The AS-81 1 P’s Buffer Card Installation 14 User’s Manual.
AS/2 Auto Switch POWER ON PROCEDURE 3 POWER ON PROCEDURE 3-1 1) POWER ON PROCEDURE To reset the AS-81 1 P and AS-41 1 P (w/ buffer card), turn off/on power switch. AS-41 1 P (w/o buffer card) can be reset by recycling printer power while it is hooked to a printer.
POWER ON PROCEDURE AS/2 Auto Switch 3 ) When the ‘READY’ LED turns off, it indicates Connectors are not properly connected, Printer(or output device) is not switched on, Printer is not in ON-LINE status, or, Printer is out of paper. If buffer card installed for output ‘READY’ LED reflects buffer readiness.
APPENDIX A TROUBLE SHOOTING PROBLEM SOLUTIONS LED fails to light up Check if power is turned ON or not Failure of data 1. Check if the Connector of each cable is well transmission plugged or not. 2. Check if PC is turned ON or not. 3. Check if PRINTER is turned ON or not.
APPENDIX B CENTRONICS INTERFACE TIMING CHART Centronics Interface Timing Chart I DATA , I I I I 1 - ACK () -_____-___---______________ (min) 18 User’s Manual.
APPENDIX C PREVENTING RADIO&TV INTERFERENCE Warning this equipment generates, uses and radiates radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause interference to radio and television reception.
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