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Pin No Assignment Pin No Assignment
1 Strobe 14 AutoFd
2 Data 1 (least significant bit) 15 Fault
3 Data 2 16 Init
4 Data 3 17 SelectIn
5 Data 4 18 Signal Ground
6 Data 5 19 Signal Ground
7 Data 6 20 Signal Ground
8 Data 7 21 Signal Ground
9 Data 8 (most significant bit) 22 Signal Ground
10 Ack 23 Signal Ground
11 Busy 24 Signal Ground
12 Error 25 Signal Ground
13 Select

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Register LPT1 LPT2
Data Register (base address + 0) 0x378 0x278
Status Register (base address + 1) 0x379 0x279
Control Register (base address + 2) 0x37A 0x27A


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Public Declare Function Inp Lib "inpout32.dll" Alias "Inp32" (ByVal PortAddress As
Integer) As Integer

Public Declare Sub Out Lib "inpout32.dll" Alias "Out32" (ByVal PortAddress As
Integer, ByVal Value As Integer)

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Dim Value, PortAddress As Integer
PortAddress = "&H378"
Value = 255
Out PortAddress, Value

e:.

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Out &H378, 255
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Out &H378, 128

Out &H378, 64

Out &H378, 32

Out &H378,

Out &H378,

Out &H378,

Out &H378,

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e3 e:. or or Switch or Click rc3u Status Port oer: o.. r.Ouu. o o,eecu
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code orr ..u r_ :,r..
If portval = 120 Then
Add Pattern here
End If

If portval = value1 Then
Add Pattern here
End If

If portval = value2 Then
Add Pattern here
End If
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e.: value1, value2 e_e u rO. o,u eu or or oOe O.Ou O_ Status Port
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s. Parallel Port ..ue. Stepper Motor orr r.. rc.
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r e3 o e:. ccO.r ere rc .u . u .. Stepper motor orr r ..u .r r . e:.
c:u rO. o,u o.r.ce. ccO.r ere r_ :,r.. e.: L1, L2, L3 :. L4 .. u Stepper
motor oer: .c 4 rO. o,u. Q1, Q2, Q3 e: Q4 D313 e:. D400 O,u O.ueeOc e3.
R 1,2,3,4 e:. 1KOms cuec.. ..u r_ :,r.. e,c.. 12V c.< e3.

u e.: input ! e:. c_eO_u c:u e_eO ey. e,c.e.u Motor or oO.. c
:,ec. :,r..

Out &H378, 8
Out &H378, 4
Out &H378, 2
Out &H378, 1
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u .,u.O :,r Ou o,u.


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e3 e:. oc Visual C++ 6 ..u rc. . e3 e:. c:u c .Oc ou ..u. rcuu.
. Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Open rcuu.
z. Win32 Dynamic Link Library Project orr _-. .uu. e3 e:. c:u r .. c_ eO_
e... .uu.
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:u cce. reOu e_eO _,e-u window oer: A simple DLL project e_e eu. c.
Finish button or Click rcuu.
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err r. :,r.. o.u MyPortDLL.cpp File or Open rcuu. o: DllMain u3u
Function orr o,u.
u c:u rO. o,u Function er MyPortDLL.cpp File oer: _.uu.
__declspec(dllexport) void _stdcall writeDataPort( int pvalue)
{
_outp(0x378, pvalue);
}

__declspec(dllexport) int _stdcall readDataPort(void )
{
int portvalue=0;
portvalue = _inp(0x378);

return portvalue;
}

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e.: __declspec, dllexport e: _stdcall .u eOu rO. o,u eu keywords
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o.. _.u _,e. oee. _inp(0x378).. u 0x378 Address oer: o,u o..
r .Ou _,e. e3 o.r.c.O .-O .u. orr o.. _ .O e:. r..O oO.. Functions
ere rc .u :,r..
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e_e _.uu.
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rcuu.
File New File (MyPortDLL.def)

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LIBRARY MYPORTDLL
EXPORTS
writeDataPort @ 1
readDataPort @ 2
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2. http://www.epanorama.net/circuits/parallel_output.html
3. http://www.embeddedtronics.com/public/Electronics/minidaq/userport/UserPort.zip
4. http://www.dscs.sjp.ac.lk/download/ele/index.php