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"Mr CW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: Thank you for the pointers. It sounds like reading data back from the
: parallel port is not a common thing to do, although I thought parallel port
: projects might have done this. Then I realized that most PIC pr
On Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 11:12:44AM +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
> On Saturday 16 December 2006 10:24, Mr CW wrote:
> > Thank you for the pointers. It sounds like reading data back from the
> > parallel port is not a common thing to do, although I thought parallel port
> > projects might have done
On Saturday 16 December 2006 10:24, Mr CW wrote:
> Thank you for the pointers. It sounds like reading data back from the
> parallel port is not a common thing to do, although I thought parallel port
> projects might have done this. Then I realized that most PIC programmers,
> parallel port displa
> No, I didn't try that but I certainly will now. I wasn't sure you
> could just cat the port and read the data back. I will let you know
> how this works.
Well, you should certainly try it, but don't count on it: Daniel says
that lpt returns only printer status (BTW, this means full 5 bits,
ri
Thank you for the pointers. It sounds like reading data back from the
parallel port is not a common thing to do, although I thought parallel port
projects might have done this. Then I realized that most PIC programmers,
parallel port displays, etc. usually only receive data, not send it back t
On Friday 15 December 2006 05:32, Mr CW wrote:
> Now, my real question is: how do I read data from the parallel port on the
> FreeBSD computer that is coming from the tester which is trying to 'print'
> to the FBSD computer's parallel port? Is there a suggested pinout for a
> parallel crossover c
> Now, my real question is: how do I read data from the parallel port
> on the FreeBSD computer that is coming from the tester which is
> trying to 'print' to the FBSD computer's parallel port? Is there a
did you try to set LPT0 mode to bi-directional in the BIOS, and then
`cat /dev/lpt0`?
> s
Hi Guys,
I have been reading the ppi man page and have searched Google but have not
found an answer to my problem: I work at a business which uses cable
testers that output plain text to a dot matrix printer (any old DMP will
work). (Cirris cable testers) The paper trail is getting huge so
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