How to connect 6 switches to LPT port and check their states?

[Bizum]

Hi there
Can someone tell me how to connect 6 switches to lpt port(25 pin or centronics 36 pin) to be able to check their states? What adresses i should use(base adress h378). THX for any help.

 

[tjalps]

lpt1 input

Check this out:

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It's quite easy.

Regards!

 

[cheolim]

input lpt

Hello, Bizum

Re. your inquiry, if you need only check port status, it's very simple.
You may do like belows.

#include <dos.h>
#include <bios.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#define LPT2 0x379
#define LPT3 0x37A

void main(void)
{
... decalare your variables here;

tmp_dt = inportb(LPT2);
tmp_dat= (tmp_dt & 0x78) >> 3;
tmp_dt = (tmp_dt ^ 0x80) & 0x80;
tmp_dt >>=3;
tmp_dat= tmp_dat + tmp_dt;
tmp_dt = inportb(LPT3);
tmp_dt = (tmp_dt ^ 0x03) & 0x03;
tmp_dt <<= 5;
tmp_dat= tmp_dat + tmp_dt;
tmp_dt = inportb(LPT3);
tmp_dt = (tmp_dt ^ 0x08) & 0x08;
tmp_dt <<= 4;
tmp_dat= tmp_dat + tmp_dt;

... Now you can check 8-pins status;

... Other your codes here;

}

In this point, you'd better to know, there are some pins are Read only
and some are Write only on parallel port of PC.
For detailed information re. this, I attached scanned book image.
Please refer to that, hope to be a useful.

Good luck.
:roll:

 

[sadat007]

www.hi ndi ppric

check my post EXPERIMENTS WITH PARALLEL PORT
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[Hishamsaleh]

capturing lpt input data

have a look on this:

http://www.aaroncake.net/circuits/interfac.htm

http://control.gsnu.ac.kr/~f007dan/cicuit/page6.htm#PPRIC

 

[yogi]

lpt data output capturing

first connect switches to the data port. Put data port in bidirectional mode(C5=1), then use lpt.exe to see the status of the input pins

bibin john
www.bibinjohn.tk

 

[ashad]

lpt input freebsd

as u know that in the LPT port there are Data, control and status pins ........ the status pins u can use as the input

 

[budhy]

lpt ecp receive data

ashan wrote :

the status pins u can use as the input

The data port also can use as input port!

 

[ashad]

lpt inputs

there are so three different mode of LPT port

in normal mode the Data port can be use as a output port

but in ECP EPP mode we can take input from the data port

i want to say that if u are using any mode then status pins always can be use as a Input

 

[budhy]

set lpt spp mode

in normal mode the Data port can be use as a output port

in Normal SPP mode, the Data port can be use as a input port !

 

[ashad]

lpt input pins

basically with changing in any Bios i tried to get in the SPP mode to take input from the data port by using C language inport function but i could not get the data but from the status pin i got the correct data ..... i tried it practically then write........

but may be i was making some mistake ........ kindly send me the C code for reference