StarTech.com PCI1P_LP User manual

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PCI1P_LP
PCI1PECP
PCI2PECP
PCI Parallel Card

FCC Compliance Statement
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device,
pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can
radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions,
may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful
interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment
o and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the
following measures:
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit dierent from that to which the receiver is
connected.
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
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Table of Contents
Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................1
Before You Begin..............................................................................................................................................1
System Requirements ............................................................................................................................1
Contents.........................................................................................................................................................1
Installation............................................................................................................................................................2
Installing the Card.....................................................................................................................................2
Installing the Drivers ...............................................................................................................................2
DOS and Linux Conguration...........................................................................................................4
Verifying Your Installation (Windows) ..........................................................................................4
Troubleshooting...............................................................................................................................................4
Specications.....................................................................................................................................................7
Technical Support...........................................................................................................................................8
Warranty Information....................................................................................................................................8

Instruction Manual 1
Introduction
Thank you for purchasing a StarTech.com parallel PCI card. Now you can add one or two parallel
port(s) to your computer that oer easy Plug and Play setup and performance that is several
times faster than many built-in ports. Perfect for printers, scanners, multi-function peripherals
and other demanding parallel devices, it is the perfect way to support existing hardware on new
computers or expand the versatility of an existing computer.
Features
• Fully complies with the IEEE-1284 standard and supports BPP, SPP, EPP, and ECP data transfer
modes
• Fast data transfer rates often outperform built-in parallel ports
• Complies with Plug and Play standards
• Backed by StarTech.com’s lifetime warranty
Before You Begin
To ensure a quick and easy card installation, please read through this section carefully before
attempting to install the card.
WARNING! PCI cards, like all computer equipment, can be severely damaged by static electricity.
Be sure that you are properly grounded before opening your computer case or touching your PCI
card. StarTech.com recommends that you wear an anti-static strap when installing any computer
component. If an anti-static strap is unavailable, discharge yourself of any static electricity build-
up by touching a large grounded metal surface (such as the computer case) for several seconds.
Also be careful to handle the PCI card by its edges and not the gold connectors.
System Requirements
• A computer with an available PCI slot (the PCI1P_LP requires a low-prole PCI slot)
• Minimum Operating System Requirements: DOS, Windows 95/ 98/ ME/ XP(32/64bit
Vista(32/64bit)/ 7(32/64bit), and Linux
Contents
This package should contain:
• 1 x PCI parallel card
• 1 x Installation CD
• 1 x Instruction Manual

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Installation
This section will guide you through the installation of your PCI card and the related software.
Please read through the instructions carefully and complete each step in the order listed.
Installing the Card
1. Make sure that your system is unplugged and you are grounded.
2. Remove the cover of your system (see your computer's user manual for details, if necessary)
and gently turn your computer onto its side.
3. Locate an empty PCI slot (usually white in color) and remove the metal plate that covers the
rear bracket. You may need a Phillips screwdriver to perform this step.
Retain the screw! You will need it to secure the card later.
PCI Slots
4. Gently insert the card into the empty slot, making sure it is rmly seated.
5. Secure the card in place using the screw you removed in Step 3.
6. If you are using the PCI2PECP, connect the ribbon cable with the second parallel port to the
card with the red stripe facing Pin 1 as indicated on the connector. Remove the metal
plate from an available PCI slot bracket. Secure the port in the empty bracket using the
screw you removed.
7. Put the computer case back on.
Installing the Drivers
If you lose your driver disk, these drivers are available as a free download from our website. Visit
www.startech.com and click on the Downloads link for more information.

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Windows 95/98/98SE/ME
1. Windows should automatically detect the new hardware. At the Add New Hardware Wizard
window, click Next.
2. Select Search for the best driver for your devices (Recommended) and click Next.
3. Insert the installation CD into your computer’s CD-ROM or other optical drive and check the
Specify a location option.
4. In the space provided, enter x:\io\pci io\win9x (where “x:” is the letter of your CDROM drive-
-noting the space between “pci” and “io”--and win9x is your OS version: one of win95,
win98, winME) and click Next.
5. The Wizard will copy the needed les. Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the
installation. If prompted, restart the computer to begin using your devices.
Windows NT 4.0
1. Insert the installation CD into your computer’s CD-ROM or other optical drive and double-
click My Computer.
2. Double click the WinNT folder. Double-click the WinNT_Par.exe le and follow the on-screen
prompts.
Windows 2000/XP/2003
1. Windows will automatically detect the new hardware and start the Add New Hardware
Wizard. Click Next.
2. Insert the installation CD that came with the card into your computer’s CD-ROM or other
compatible optical drive. Choose Install the software automatically. Click Next.
3. You may receive a warning that the driver is not digitally signed. Choose Continue Anyway
when prompted to complete the installation.
4. When Windows is done copying les, you will see a message above the System Tray (next to
the clock) stating that the card is installed and ready to use. You may now begin using
your devices.
Windows Vista/7
1. When the Found New Hardware window appears on the screen, click on the “Locate and
install drivers software (recommended)”option. If prompted to search online, select the
“Don’t search online” option.
2. When prompted to insert the disc, insert the Driver CD that came with the card, into your
CD/DVD drive and Windows will automatically proceed to search the CD.
3. If a Windows Security dialog window appears, click the“Install this driver software anyway”
option to proceed.
4. Once the driver is installed, click the Close button.

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DOS and Linux Conguration
For conguration details for DOS please refer to the documents in the DOS folder on the
installation CD. For Linux conguration information, please refer to the“Troubleshooting”section
of this manual on the next page.
Verifying Your Installation (Windows)
Windows 95/98/98SE/ME
1. Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel.
2. Double click System.
3. Click the Hardware tab.
4. If the card and related components do not appear with a red x or yellow exclamation point
(!) next to them, Windows has not detected a problem with the installation and the card
should function normally.
Windows 2000/XP/2003
1. Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel.
2. Double click System.
3. Click the Hardware tab and choose Device Manager.
4. If the card and related components do not appear with a red x or yellow exclamation point
(!) next to them, Windows has not detected a problem with the installation and the card
should function normally.
Troubleshooting
Q: Do these cards work with point-of-sale (POS) systems, manufacturing equipment, software
unlock keys, and other specialized applications?
A: The answer depends on whether the devices you need to use are designed to work with
specic system resources. Because StarTech.com PCI parallel cards are designed to work with
the Plug and Play standard, the computer allocates the resources needed to use the card in
cooperation with the operating system (OS). Some software applications and devices can only
access a parallel port using older reserved, pre-dened resources (for example, LPT1 at memory
address 378 and an IRQ setting of 7). Consult your documentation to see if the software and/or
hardware you are using has this requirement. If so, you will not be able to use a PCI parallel card.
Instead, you can use an ISA-based card like StarTech.com’s ISA1P that can be hard-congured to
use a specic setting. Check the documentation for your computer or motherboard to see if you
have the necessary ISA slot(s) for this solution.
For specic legacy products requiring address re-mapping, StarTech.com also oers the PCI1PM,
remappable parallel card which may suit your needs if this card does not function properly.

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Q: I need to add several parallel ports to my computer, but I am having problems when I have
more than three parallel ports installed in my computer. Why?
A: While Windows will support more than three parallel ports (up to nine in total), LPT4 through
LPT9 must be congured by editing critical system les, a task that should be undertaken by
experienced users only. Microsoft oers support on how to make those modications.
Q: I have installed the card, it is assigned a LPT port number and appears without any warnings
in Device Manager, but it does not appear as an option when I attempt to install or re-congure
a printer to the port. How can I correct this?
A: You can manually install the port(s) so they are available to printers, using the following
instructions:
1. On the opening screen of the Add Printer Wizard, click Next.
2. Choose Local Printer and uncheck Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer.
Click Next.
3. Choose Create a new port and select Local Port from the Type: drop-down list. Click Next.
4. A dialog box will appear that prompts you to enter a name for the new port. Type LPTx in
the box (where “x” is the number assigned in Device Manager to the port you are adding,
without a colon). Click OK.
5. Continue the rest of the printer installation process, following the on-screen prompts.
Q: I have installed the card, and a NetMos Parallel Port appears in Device Manager, but does not
have an LPT port number assigned. How can I correct this?
A: Right click the NetMos Parallel Port entry in Device Manager and choose Uninstall from the
menu. Power o the computer and re-install the card in a dierent PCI slot according to the
instructions in the manual.

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Q: How do I install this card in Linux?
A: Once you have physically installed the card in the computer, follow the following steps to
activate the port(s) in the operating system:
1. List the resources assigned to the PCI card by typing this command:
more /proc/pci
The response will include something similar to the following, however, yours will be
dierent:
Bus 0, Device 11, function 0:
Serial controller : Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev 01).
Vendor id=9710, Device id=9715
Medium devsel. Fast back-to-back capable. IRQ 11
I/O at 0xc000 [0xc001] printer port 1
I/O at 0xc400 [0xc401] ECP/EPP cong registers 1
I/O at 0xc800 [0xc801] printer port 2
I/O at 0xd000 [0xd001] ECP/EPP cong registers 2
I/O at 0xd400 [0xd401] not used
I/O at 0xd800 [0xd801] not used
2. Unload the paraport_pc.o module by typing in this command:
rmmod paraport_pc.o
3. Reload the parport_pc.o module to include the new parallel port. The followingexample
assumes the resources discovered in step 1 and a built-in motherboard parallel port with a
memory address of 378 and an IRQ setting of 7.
insmod parport_pc.o io=0x378,0xc000,0xc800 irq=7,11,none
The rst port assigned will be /dev/lp0, the second will be /dev/lp1, etc. In this case, the built-in
parallel port will be assigned /dev/lp0, and the port on the PCI parallel card will be
/dev/lp1 (and /dev/lp2 if you are using a two port model).
Q: I am having trouble printing using a port on the PCI parallel card, but the card and printer
seem to be installed correctly. How can I x this problem?
A: Some older printers may have drivers that may have diculty working with virtual ports,
since they do not use specic hardware resources. To test whether this is the case, you can try
installing a newer printer on the problem port. If it prints correctly, then it is likely a software
problem: download the most current drivers from the Web site of the printer manufacturer
to see if that corrects the issue. If not, move the printer to a built-in printer port permanently
and use a newer printer with the port(s) on the PCI card. If that is not possible, you can use an
ISA-based card like StarTech.com’s ISA1P that can be hard-congured to use a specic setting.
Check the documentation for your computer or motherboard to see if you have the necessary
ISA slot(s) for this solution.
Q: Is the PCI parallel card Mac compatible?
A: No. It is designed to be used with Intel and compatible-based computers only.

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Specications
Interface
Standard PCI 5v
Full prole card (all except PCI1P_LP)
PCI1P_LP: Low-prole form factor
Maximum Data Transfer Speed 1.5 Mbits/sec.
Number/Type of Ports 1 x 25-pin female parallel (all except PCI2ECP)
PCI2ECP: 2 x 25-pin female parallel
Standards Supported IEEE-1284 (BPP, SPP, PS2, EPP, ECP modes)
Chipset NetMOS Nm9805CV
Regulatory and Other
Certications FCC Class B, CE, UL
OS Supported DOS, Windows 95/ 98/ ME/ XP(32/64bit)/
Vista(32/64bit)/ 7(32/64bit), and Linux