On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 09:12:33AM -0800, David Nicholas Kayal wrote:
> I'm looking for a 5 volt signal.
>
> I have wires plugged into pins 2 and 25 of the parallel port.
>
> I have written a small program:
>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <dev/ppbus/ppi.h>
> #include <dev/ppbus/ppbconf.h>
>
> int main()
> {
> int fd;
> while(1)
> {
> ioctl(fd, PPISDATA, 255);
> }
> }
PPISDATA actually takes an int* argument. (The man page may be a tad
confusing here.)
Try
int main() {
int fd;
int d = 255;
fd = open( "/dev/ppi0", O_RDWR );
ioctl( fd, PPISDATA, &d );
return 0;
}
The port should hold the last value you send to it, there's no need
to continually refresh it.
--Joe
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