PPP problem - can't select correct port address

[mscrace1981]

Hi,

I've installed a PCMCIA parallel port card for my laptop as I only have a parallel port on the dock and want to use my programmer remote from the dock. The problem is I can;t select the correct IO address in Flowcode/PPP. The address of my new port is FFD8. In PPP I can only choose from 378, 278 and 3BC addresses. Is there anything I can do to resolve this issue?

Thanks

[Benj]

Hello

You should be able to make your new parrallel port emulate the base address 378 etc. You can do this by right clicking my computer, selecting properties, clicking the hardware tab and then selecting device manager. Once you have the device manager running scroll down to the ports section and open up the properties for your device. There should then be a tab called emulation or something similar. Setting this up to emulate one of the base addresses should allow your LPT port to be detected correctly. You will have to check that the LPT port is capable of outputting 12V signals or your port will be unable to program the PICmicro devices.

[mscrace1981]

Hi Benj,

Thanks for your reply. Unfortuantely, the emulation tab only allows the selection of LPT1, LTP2 and LTP3 and not addresses. When I change to one of these, the IO Address in the resources tab remains at FFD8. This would be ok if PPP used a similar parallel port selection method ie LTPx but it seems to be fixed to 378 etc. Is there anything else I can try?

[Benj]

Hello

Any chance you can manually change the FFD8 IO address to use 0378 by typing the new value in.

[mscrace1981]

Sadly not, it's stuck on 'automatic' settings that cannot be alter.

[Steve]

You should be able to type an address into the LPT address drop-down box in PPP.

[mscrace1981]

LOL That works! I never thought to type anything into the drop down list. I feel slightly stupid now. haha

Just by typing in 0x77D8 resolved the issue.

Many thanks guys and keep up the great work with the Flowcode products,

Matt