[WT-support] using LPT1 band data info on a USB to parallel adapter

[Satoshi Nakamura]

There is an option to buy a PIEXX SO2Rxlat USB to LPT Translator.
The PCB can be bought for US$85.00

https://www.piexx.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=12&zenid=snt18385i2jiickt6em13afrl6

73 Saty JE1JKL

On 2018/06/22 13:51, Frank Steinke wrote:
> Hi Bob,
> 
> I’m faced with the same issue since years, but found no solution so far.
> My SO2R setup is as simple as possible. Key device is a CW switch which
> passes the CW signal to radio 1 or 2, based on the radio information on
> LPT pin 14. I have no understanding to buy a MK2R+ SO2R box or something
> similar for almost 1000 € to cover just this single usecase, where the
> LPT interface cable was made in half an hour with a few parts out of the
> tinker box.
> 
> The lack of LPT ports on new computers is a mess.
> 
> 73 Frank DL8WAA
> 
> 
> Am 22.06.2018 um 02:29 schrieb Bob Wilson, N6TV:
>> The short answer is no, though you can use hardware like the microHAM
>> MK2R+ SO2R box to get BCD band data onto a DB25 connector, based on
>> the frequency read from the radio's serial port (with a single USB
>> cable connection from the MK2R+ to your computer), without using the
>> LPT BCD options in Win-Test.
>>
>> But please share, what kind of radio are you using, and what kind of
>> device requires the BCD data?  There are probably many alternative
>> hardware solutions, including adding a LPT card to your PC.
>>
>> Though challenging, it's still possible to buy brand new Windows 10
>> desktop computers with real physical serial ports, or add an LPT
>> card.  But it's almost impossible to do the same with a modern
>> Notebook computer.
>>
>> 73,
>> Bob, N6TV
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 4:58 PM, VE2TZT <ve2tzt at rac.ca
>> <mailto:ve2tzt at rac.ca>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi,
>>
>>     I'd like to know if it is possible to use a USB to parallel cable
>>     (DB25 output) adapter to get the band data info on it.
>>
>>     If yes is the DLPORTFOLIO.DDL  must be used ?
>>
>>     73, Gilles VA2EW
>>
>>
>>
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