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 standard >library (the one under my pillow) has that feature. In addition, I've heard >that with newer versions of windows don't let you communicate with the port >directly, instead requiring interfacing with some driver? > >I came across this: >http://pyserial.sourceforge.net/pyparallel.html >but it seems to only be used for direct access (would it work with XP?), and >hasn't been updated for a couple of years. In addition, it requires something >called "Java Communications" (JavaComm) extension for Java/Jython, doesn't >provide a link to it, and when I google it - google returns the page I came >from! > >To add to the confusion, I hope I can provide a py2exe executable of my script >instead of forcing a complete installation. > > >--------------= Posted using GrabIt =---------------- >------= Binary Usenet downloading made easy =--------- >-= Get GrabIt for free from http://www.shemes.com/ =- > > > Here's teh link to jaavx.comm - http://java.sun.com/products/javacomm/index.jsp.
The interface stuff, hmm I'm not quite sure what you are on about you access ports through the win32 API which is the 'driver' - you could probably bypass this and start playing around with assembly code but there's no point!! Cheers, Neil -- Neil Benn Senior Automation Engineer Cenix BioScience BioInnovations Zentrum Tatzberg 47 D-01307 Dresden Germany Tel : +49 (0)351 4173 154 e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cenix Website : http://www.cenix-bioscience.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
