Rodrigo Plug it into your computer and use either "terminal" which came with Windows 3.1 or "hyperterminal" which came with Windows 95/98 etc If you are using win95 or higher but have an old 3.1 transfer "terminal" over to the newer computer. It's much easier to use. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rodrigo Real" To: Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 2:15 PM Subject: [EE]: Simulating a printer > Hi, > > I have a laboratory equipment that performs some chemical data > analysis and emits a printed report. The printer port is the only > output interface to the world. > > The problem is that I would like to capture the data with a computer. > I tried, ingenuously, to make a polling software to read the data, of > course it failed loosing some characters. Even though I have taken > care of the handshaking, I guess the problem is with the STROBE short > duration. > > I have searched the Internet for a simple solution, but I still did > not found, everybody that had the same problem solved in some other > way. > > I have found LPTCAP > (http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/kheidens/lptcap/lptcap.htm), which > seems to do the job, but I would like to know your opinion about what > would be the best choice. > > I think that maybe the simplest thing to do is to convert the parallel > signal to serial, and read it nicely through the serial port. But I don't > know exactly how can I convert the parallel signal sent to a printer > to a serial one. > > Any comments should help, > Thanks, > Rodrigo > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads