PEAK-System Technik PCAN-DONGLE IPEH-002015 User Manual

PCAN-Dongle (ISO) – User Manual 

 

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  Hardware Installation 

2.1

Connecting to the PC 

1.  Make sure that the PC is turned off. 

2.  Connect the PCAN-Dongle with the wider port (25 pins) to 

the free parallel port at the PC. 

3.  Pull the keyboard connector from the corresponding port at 

the PC. 

4.  Connect the T-piece at the cable of the PCAN-Dongle to the 

keyboard port. 

5.  Now reconnect the keyboard to the free end of the T-piece. 

 
A configuration of the hardware is not needed. However, you 
should check the settings for the parallel interface in the PC's BIOS 
setup. 

 

If the PC has a parallel interface with EPP as well as ECP properties, 
the corresponding setting in the BIOS set-up should be "ECP" (not 

"EPP" and not "EPP+ECP"). Although the extended properties of the 
PCAN-Dongle usually will work with the last-mentioned setting 

some systems may have problems with it. Therefore the setting for 
the "pure" ECP mode should be preferred. 

 
Further information about the different operating modes of the 

PCAN-Dongle can be found in chapter 4 

Use

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