B&B Electronics ICE-104P How To Use
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
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IBM PC/XT/AT/PS-2 or 100% compatible.
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MS-DOS version 3.3 or above.
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At least 64K bytes of memory.
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At least one Parallel Port (Printer Port).
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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
switch and
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