Re: Parallel port programming on windows XP / 2000

2005-08-20 Thread ex
Thank you... I finally got around to installing a proper newsreader, so that not every single one of my posts is a new thread. I know what I did wrong now. First, the line in the requirements about Java Communications (JavaComm) extension for Java/Jython seriously threw me off. Second, I

Re: Parallel port programming on windows XP / 2000

2005-08-13 Thread Novice Experl
I'm still stuck... my script is finished and works just fine on win98 using pyparallel, but I still haven't seen any sample code to do access the port in XP / 2000. If I don't make progress soon, I'll need to find a solution in another language, which I don't really want to do.

Re: Parallel port programming on windows XP / 2000

2005-08-13 Thread pdalet
I have written a python script with pyparallel pyDS1267 (W2K, pyparallel 0.1, giveio_setup.exe, pythoncard), with no problems on this OS. I have not tested with pyparallel 0.2 pyDS1267, pyUltraISR http://sourceforge.net/projects/gpib82357a/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] lyp champollion av pezet 46100

Parallel port programming on windows XP/2000?

2005-08-03 Thread Novice Experl
I'd like to write a simple application that interfaces with the parallel port, and changes the data on it according to keyboard input. I hope I can get it to run under windows xp and / or windows 2000. How can I do this? What do I need to know? It doesn't look like the standard library (the

Re: Parallel port programming on windows XP/2000?

2005-08-03 Thread jkn
Novice Experl wrote: I'd like to write a simple application that interfaces with the parallel port, and changes the data on it according to keyboard input. I hope I can get it to run under windows xp and / or windows 2000. How can I do this? What do I need to know? It doesn't look like the

Re: Parallel port programming on windows XP/2000?

2005-08-03 Thread Neil Benn
Novice Experl wrote: I'd like to write a simple application that interfaces with the parallel port, and changes the data on it according to keyboard input. I hope I can get it to run under windows xp and / or windows 2000. How can I do this? What do I need to know? It doesn't look like the

Re: Parallel port programming on windows XP/2000?

2005-08-03 Thread Benji York
Novice Experl wrote: I'd like to write a simple application that interfaces with the parallel port Use pyParallel. You don't have to worry about the Java stuff unless you're using Jython. Just follow the instructions on the page (download, unarchive, python setup.py install). After that you

Re: Parallel port programming on windows XP/2000?

2005-08-03 Thread c d saunter
Novice Experl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: : I'd like to write a simple application that interfaces with the parallel port, and changes the data on it according to keyboard input. I hope I can get it to run under windows xp and / or windows 2000. : How can I do this? What do I need to know? It

Re: Parallel port programming on windows XP/2000?

2005-08-03 Thread c d saunter
Forgot to say - under OS' derived from Windows NT (i.e. NT 3.5, NT4, 2K, XP and future) it is not possible to directly access the parallel port, this has to be done by a kernel driver, hence the need to install something like DLPortIO, which parly exists in the kernel to access the hardware,