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Article #12447Re: Detecting LPT port address
From: Moshe Shahar
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 11:58
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 11:58
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"Vladimir Afanasyev" <avv@systema.kiev.ua> wrote: > >Hi Moshe, > >"Moshe Shahar" <msachar@tiogatech.com> wrote: >> >>Hi, >> >>I need to write through the LPT port. >>I found dll (inpout32) that enables to r\w port address of the OS. >> >>My questions are : >>Can I detect the availables LPTs at runtime ? >>And if so, how can I get the port address of it, at runtime, too ? >>Can I config the LPT baud rate of the LPT ? > >You can know the port address - download from codecentral: >Hardware configuration in Windows >http://codecentral.borland.com/codecentral/ccweb.exe/listing?id=20338 > >For working with LPT read articles: >I/O Ports Uncensored - 1 - Controlling LEDs (Light Emiting >Diodes) with Parallel Port. By Levent S. >http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/csppleds.asp > >I/O Ports Uncensored Part 2 - Controlling LCDs >(Liquid Crystal Displays) and VFDs (Vacuum Fluorescent >Displays) with Parallel Port. By Levent S. >http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/cspplcds.asp > >Vladimir. Thanks, Vladimir. More questions : Do the LPT work in rates like COM ? How can I know that the LPT port in not used by other app ? And more thanks for any help, Moshe.
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