Kantronics KPC–3 Plus User Manual
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39The software (terminal program) requirements are also the same as that used for atelephone modem.Installing the RS232 CableOnce you have purchased or made your serial communication cable, connect it asfollows:Step 1. Make sure that power to both your computer and your KPC-3 Plus is turnedOFF.Step 2. Plug the male DSUB-25 connector end of the serial cable into the ―Computer‖port of the KPC-3 Plus.Step 3. Plug the female DSUB-9 or DSUB-25 connector end of the serial cable into aserial port of your computer.Caution: Be sure you do not connect to a parallel port instead of a serial port: theKPC-3 Plus communicates serially, so it cannot communicate through a parallel port.Computer‘s parallel ports (i.e., printer, or LPT port) usually have female DSUB-25connectors. Do not connect the KPC-3 Plus to a female DSUB-25 connector on thecomputer unless you are sure it is a serial (COM) port not a parallel (LPT) port.Step 1. Check the connectors at each end of the cable, and secure the connectorsusing the mounting screws,Step 2. Turn ON the power to your computer, in preparation for installingcommunication software in the computer, but leave the KPC-3 Plus powerOFF.Caution: for users of a 25-pin serial modem cable: As originally shipped, the KPC-3Plus does not connect a power source to its serial port, but an advanced user canchange jumpers so that it does. If your KPC-3 Plus has been altered to apply 12 V dc topin 13 of the computer (serial) port, this can DAMAGE your computer if pin 13 is wired.To check to see if your KPC-3 Plus has been changed in this way, see the section onjumpers in this manual. Note that the factory default setting of the jumper does notconnect pin 13.This concludes the physical installation of the serial cable needed for your KPC-3 Plusand your computer to communicate with each other.To verify that your serial cable is correctly wired and connected, you need to installcommunication software in the computer and then use that software to establishcommunication with the KPC-3 Plus.Configure Your KPC-3 PlusAfter connecting your KPC-3 Plus and your computer with an RS232 serial modemcable, you are ready to: |
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