You might want to try the XP forum at www.annoyances.org. Lot of good people there and a good search engine.
I assume you tried all of the configurations that are available through the port properties tab in Device Manager. 73, Pete N4ZR At 08:03 AM 12/16/2004, Tony Lord wrote: >Larry, > >I've been trying to sort this one out for ages, cannot find a solution >(other than to use an old comp running W95), if you get a solution, please >let me know!! > >I have tried here in this reflector to get an answer, but to no avail. As >you say XP tries to help but for ham applications/hardware, it isn't any >help at all. > >For the record I am trying to connect ARSWIN and antanna controller to two >parallel ports. With NO success, only LPT1 works. > >No help to you I know, but maybe someone will find a solution?? > >73's and good luck Tony G8DQZ > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Behalf Of Larry Gauthier (K8UT) >Sent: 16 December 2004 12:26 >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Dx4win] Multiple parallel ports with DX4WIN and WindowsXP > >I have three auxilliary devices (TopTen Devices antenna switch, ARSWin >antenna rotor control, WaveNode remote wattmeter) that connect to my >computer via a parallel port. Two of them (TopTen and ARSWin) are controlled > >via settings in DX4WIN. > >The computer is a recent model Dell running Windows XP sp2. Unfortunately, >DX4WIN ( or the control software that came with these 3 devices ) only >functions when the controlled device is connected to LPT1 - the built-in >motherboard LPT in the Dell. So -- ALL three devices/software work when I >define them as being on LPT1; but NONE of them work when configured for >either LPT ports #2 or #3. > >I have purchased two PCI parallel port cards - the Byte Runner (dual serial, > >single parallel) and the NetMOS single parallel. I have spent countless >hours trying to get these additional parallel ports to resemble "legacy" >parallel ports, with selectable memory addresses. Unfortunately, Windows XP >wants to "help" by intervening with its virtual port addressing... which is >what seems to be defeating the software in DX4WIN, ARSWin and WaveNode. My >diagnosis is that although the Windows Device Manager reports that these >extra ports are on LPT2 or LPT3, they are not at the expected direct memory >addresses that the vendors' software expects. > >If anyone has successfully installed multiple parallel cards under Windows >XP, and managed to get DX4WIN (or other software) to connect to those ports, > >I would love to hear from you. > >-larry >K8UT > >_______________________________________________ >Dx4win mailing list >[email protected] >http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > > >_______________________________________________ >Dx4win mailing list >[email protected] >http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
