B&B Electronics ICE-104P - Manual

Document No. ICE104P1498 – pg. 1/2
B&B Electronics -- April 1998
Connect Up To Four Printers To One Parallel Port
Model ICE-104P
Introduction
Eliminate the need for extra LPT ports. The ICE-104P is a four-port, code-activated switch for
the parallel port. The supplied software allows you to switch from Port A to Port D, or broadcast to
two or all four connected printers. The unit is self-powered from each of the connected ports. For
applications where power cannot be derived from the ports, a 9 VDC power supply is available. Ports
can be selected using hot keys with a TSR, from the command line, or from a Windows program.
There is also a manual switch for port selection. The ICE-104P has 5 female DB-25 connectors, and
LEDs showing which ports are selected. Dimensions: 4.75"W x 4.0"D x 1.75"H.
System Requirements
q IBM PC/XT/AT/PS-2 or 100% compatible.
q MS-DOS version 3.3 or above.
q At least 64K bytes of memory.
q At least one Parallel Port (Printer Port).
q One 5.25" floppy drive.
Installation
If you have a hard disk, you can copy all the programs to a directory for later use by the following process:
1. Place the System disk in you floppy A:.
2. At the "A:>" DOS prompt type "INSTALL C:" or "INSTALL D:" depending on which driver you want to install.
The INSTALL Batch file will copy all the necessary files to your hard disk and place them in directory <ICEWARE>. Under
<ICEWARE> directory, there are two subdirectories <ICP12> and <ICP14>. <ICP12> contains the programs for 1 to 2 parallel
switch and <ICP14> for 1 to 4.
How To Use ICP12.EXE & ICP14.EXE
a. ICP12.EXE Command Line Options
Usage: ICP12 [option1] | [option2]
Option1: Function
/1 Select LPT1
/2 Select LPT2
/3 Select LPT3
/4 Select LPT4
/A Switch output to Port A
/B Switch output to Port B
/C Switch to broadcast mode
Option2:
/R Install ICP12.EXE and keep it resident in memory
/U Remove ICP12.EXE and release memory