From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 14 19:49:31 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8941B16A4D1 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:49:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from soralx@cydem.org) Received: from cydem.org (S0106000103ce4c9c.vc.shawcable.net [24.87.27.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C8E743C9E for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:47:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from soralx@cydem.org) Received: from freen0de (unknown [192.168.0.251]) by cydem.org (Postfix/FreeBSD) with ESMTP id ADE6790A9F; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:49:10 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:49:06 -0800 From: To: Message-ID: <20061214114906.03ab3f6c@freen0de> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.5.2 (GTK+ 2.10.6; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: mrcomputerwiz@hotmail.com Subject: Re: Capturing Parallel Port Data X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:49:31 -0000 > 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`? > suggested pinout for a parallel crossover calbe to accomplish this > task with ppi? Is the crossover cable even required? as I understand it, either the 8 parallel lines can be driven on both sides to send data both ways, or the 5 control inputs (paper out, ACK, busy, etc) are used to receive data, or both. > -J. Hunt [SorAlx] ridin' VN1500-B2