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- > Can anybody give me any info on how to read signals from pins on say
- > COM2: or from LPT1: or even from The joystick port? I think it has
- > been done with the PORT command or something, but what are the values
- > to use to read them with? Thanks.
-
- You can read in signals from different pins on LPT ports with the PORT
- command ( =OUT/IN command in assembler). Just determine the base adress of
- the LPT port using
- }
-
- LPTadress := MemW[$40 : 6 + LPTNr * 2];
-
- {
- where LPTNr is the number of the LPT port from 1 to 3.
-
- Should return 03BCh, 0378h or 0278h.
- That has to be done once at the beginning of the program.
- Now you can start to read/write values on this port.
- The LPT port has:
-
- - 8 data outputs (pin 2 to 9), which can be written using
- }
-
- Port[LPTAdress] := B;
-
- {
- where B is a byte consisting of the 8 bits. Voltage will be 5V for 1, and 0V
- for 0. (but not very high power available (TTL/CMOS)
-
- - 4 handshake outs which can be written by
- }
-
- Port[LPTAdress + 2] := B;
-
- {
- where B is a byte with the lowest 4 bits set to the values of the pins and
- the higher 4 bits always set to zero.
-
- PIN 1: Strobe --> bit 0
- PIN 14: AutoFD --> bit 1
- PIN 16: Init --> bit 2
- PIN 17: SelIN --> bit 3
-
- Attention! bit 2/pin 16 is 0V when set to zero, all others
- are INVERTED! (0 --> 5V and vice versa)
-
- - 5 handshake inputs which can be read by
- }
-
- B := Port[LPTAdress + 1];
-
- {
- After the command, B contains the signals that are connected to the
- input pins of the LPT port:
- Bit 0-2: no function
- Bit 3 --> PIN 15/Error
- Bit 4 --> PIN 13/Select
- Bit 5 --> PIN 12/PaperEmpty
- Bit 6 --> PIN 10/Acknowledge
- Bit 7 --> PIN 11/Busy ===> Attention! This input is INVERSE!
-
- For information: The pins 18 to 25 are Signal Ground pins.
- To use the inputs, connect TTL level 0V for 0, and 5V for 1 to them.
- (Or just use a resistor 10kOhm against +5V (take it from the keyboard
- connector or so, don't know what pin that is :-( and a switch against GND:
- then you can read in the status of the swith: CLOSED: 0, OPEN: 1...)
- }