kerm@mcnc.org (Cary E. Burnette) (12/21/89)
Help Wanted: We have recently purchased a 8x4 Matrix Switch from Black Box. We are trying to share 4 devices (Star Dot Matrix Printer, HP thinkjet, HP Laserjet IID, and a HP Plotter). When we connected all of the devices, the matrix switch scrambled all the data going the the Laserjet IID. The other printers worked fine. We are currently using 7 AT&T 6310 PC's which are connected to the switch with 25 pin Male to Male Cables also purchased from Black Box. The printers are connected to the switch by standard Centronics cables that came with the printers. Also the Laserjet works fine when it is directly connected to any of the PC's. Does anyone out there have any suggestions, we have completely dumbfounded all of the tech. support at Black Box? Also we have tried both the Manual and Software controlled switches. Another question: If we can not get this thing to work we will be sending it back. Are there any suggestions for device sharing switches in the $800 range that will fell our needs. Thanks for any information Cary Burnette (kerm@vanity.ncat.edu) North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University Department of Electrical Engineering McNair Hall Greensboro, NC 27411 (919)334-7760