[Dx4win] Multiple parallel ports with DX4WIN and WindowsXP

[Pete Smith]

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: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>On Behalf Of Larry Gauthier (K8UT)
>Sent: 16 December 2004 12:26
>To: dx4win at mailman.qth.net
>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
>
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