Parallel Port: Settings PINs on?

Parallel Port: Settings PINs on?

[Nico Schottelius]

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Hello!

Is it possible to select (in userspace) which pins
should be enabled or do I have to write a kernel driver
for that?

I want to switch a light on/off through my parallel port
(attached to a optocoupler, which is attached to an ATX
power supply), so I can control the heat in my
drying chamber for the eggs of my bearded dragon.

Greetings,

Nico

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Re: Parallel Port: Settings PINs on?

[DervishD]

    Hi Nico :)

 * Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel@schottelius.org> dixit:
> Is it possible to select (in userspace) which pins
> should be enabled or do I have to write a kernel driver
> for that?

    Userspace will do. Take a look at programs like 'parapin', 'k74',
'libieee1284', 'libparportled', or similars. Look in FreshMeat. As
far as I know, all them runs in userspace, although you can find some
Linux drivers for performing pin control of parallel port.
 
    Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

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Re: Parallel Port: Settings PINs on?

[Jan-Benedict Glaw]

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On Wed, 2005-06-01 12:01:50 +0200, Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel@schottelius.org> wrote:
> Is it possible to select (in userspace) which pins
> should be enabled or do I have to write a kernel driver
> for that?

There's already a driver available for exactly this purpose: ppdev.

At http://lug-owl.de/~jbglaw/software/steckdose/steckdose.c is a program
I wrote for controlling a shift register (serial in, parallel out) with
relays attached (to switch on/off computers or to reset them). This
should help you for a start. (Basically, open/claim the port and set the
bits of the DATA port via an ioctl())

MfG, JBG

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Re: Parallel Port: Settings PINs on?

[Jan-Benedict Glaw]

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On Wed, 2005-06-01 12:10:22 +0200, DervishD <lkml@dervishd.net> wrote:
>  * Nico Schottelius <nico-kernel@schottelius.org> dixit:
> > Is it possible to select (in userspace) which pins
> > should be enabled or do I have to write a kernel driver
> > for that?
> 
>     Userspace will do. Take a look at programs like 'parapin', 'k74',
> 'libieee1284', 'libparportled', or similars. Look in FreshMeat. As
> far as I know, all them runs in userspace, although you can find some
> Linux drivers for performing pin control of parallel port.

Just for the records: some programs that access the parport use
non-portable inb/outb at PCish I/O addresses to control the parport
line. Though, I haven't checked the programs mentioned above.

MfG, JBG

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