Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 13:53:16 -0800 From: Joe Bo <ibjoe@home.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Robert Norgard <rnorgard@gci.net> Subject: Re: Parallel Port Control Message-ID: <2.2.32.19991227215316.009ba9bc@netmail.home.com>
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I'm interested in this too! I posted a while back if anyone knew about how to do any kind of I/O using FreeBSD and either the parallel port or an I/O card.. no response... Hopefully someone can share something about this?? Joe Bo >Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 17:41:10 -0800 >To: freeBSDquestions >From: Joe Bo <ibjoe@home.com> >Subject: real world monitoring via the parallel port > >Hi, > >I want to use my FreeBSD machine (v3.2) to monitor some external >TTL level / contact closures. I was thinking of using the parallel >port or maybe a dedicated IO board. I'd like to log activity and >automatically send email on certain conditions. I've searched the >Ports and couldn't find anything to do this. Does anyone have any >information or ideas about how this could be done? >Any input is much appreciated. >Thanks, > >Joe Bo > At 11:32 AM 12/27/99 -0900, Bob Norgard wrote: >Would anyone have suggestions on where to find information on >taking control of the parallel port to manipulate the i/o >lines directly? I need to control some external hardware in >real time. The i/o lines would need to be strobed about 1500 >times/sec. Any problem with this rate? > >Any suggestions? > >Thanks, > >-- Bob Norgard >Anchorage, AK > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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