Advantech PCA-6186 User Manual

You can attach up to two floppy disk drives to the PCA-6186's onboard 
controller. You can use 3.5" (720 KB, 1.44 MB) drives. 
The card comes with a 34-pin daisy-chain drive connector cable. On one 
end of the cable is a 34-pin flat-cable connector. On the other end are two 
sets of 34-pin flat-cable connector (usually used for 3.5" drives). The set 
on the end (after the twist in the cable) connects to the A: floppy drive. 
The set in the middle connects to the B: floppy drive.

The parallel port is normally used to connect the CPU card to a printer. 
The PCA-6186 includes an onboard parallel port, accessed through a 26-
pin flat-cable connector, CN4. The card comes with an adapter cable 
which lets you use a traditional DB-25 connector. The cable has a 26-pin 
connector on one end and a DB-25 connector on the other, mounted on a 
retaining bracket. The bracket installs at the end of an empty slot in your 
chassis, giving you access to the connector.
To install the bracket, find an empty slot in your chassis. Unscrew the 
plate that covers the end of the slot. Screw in the bracket in place of the 
plate. Next, attach the flat-cable connector to CN4 on the CPU card. Wire 
1 of the cable is red or blue, and the other wires are gray. Make sure that 
wire 1 corresponds to pin 1 of CN4. Pin 1 is on the upper right side of 
CN4.

CN3

 

CN4