Mel, Thanks for the suggestion. I downloaded and installed USERPORT.SYS - didn't work. I suspect this problem has something to do with the way DX4WIN addresses the parallel port and the way the XP "protects" it.
If anyone is running XP and talking to LPT2 from DX4WIN, I'd like to hear from you. Thanks in advance, -larry K8UT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mel Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Larry Gauthier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <dx4win@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 4:43 PM Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Using 2 LPT ports on Windows XP > I fond that my Lava LPT2 did not work under XP. In my case, I only needed > one port, so I used LPT1 and moved my printer to LPT2... this won't work for > you. > > Did you try using "userport.sys" ... here's one location for it > http://www.invtech.com.au/html/downloads.html > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Larry Gauthier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <dx4win@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 15:00 > Subject: [Dx4win] Using 2 LPT ports on Windows XP > > > > I am using DX4WIN 6.02 on Windows XP, and am having trouble getting the > parallel port drivers to work against any LPT port other than LPT1 (the port > built into my Dell computer). I have a TopTenDevices antenna selector, and > an ARS rotor control card - both of which use an LPT port for communication > to DX4WIN. When I configure either of them to use LPT1, they work properly; > when I configure either of them to use LPT3, DX4WIN reports a comm error > trying to access the port. > > > > My second LPT port, defined as LPT3 on a ByteRunner card, seems to install > and configure properly under XP, but DX4WIN cannot "find" it. Is anyone else > using a dual-LPT port configuration on XP? Is it working properly for you? > Do I have to do anything weird to get this working? > > > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > > > -larry > > K8UT > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > > multipart/alternative > > text/plain (text body -- kept) > > text/html > > The reason this message is shown is because the post was in HTML > > or had an attachment. Attachments are not allowed. To learn how > > to post in Plain-Text go to: http://www.expita.com/nomime.html --- > > _______________________________________________ > > Dx4win mailing list > > Dx4win@mailman.qth.net > > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > > >
