Workaround for LPT use in Win XP/2000
LU5EEE has reported a possible
solution to the problem of not being able to use the LPT (printer) port
for PTT control in AGWPE on Windows XP/2000 systems. His message was
posted on the SV2AGW list and referred to Packet Engine Pro not AGWPE,
but perhaps this work-around will work for AGWPE, too. If you try it,
please e-mail me, NM5RM with
your results,
positive or negative.
The work-around involves the installation of a
program called Port Talk
http://www.beyondlogic.org/porttalk/porttalk.htm
which can be downloaded at
www.beyondlogic.org/porttalk/porttalk22.zip
I suggest you read the Port Talk web site and all
documents in the .zip file for information about using Port Talk.
Basic advice from LU5EEE was to :
1. Unzip the PortTalk zip file into your AGWPE
folder
2. Create
a Windows shortcut that follows this example:
"C:\Program Files\AGWSoft\AGWPE\AllowIo.exe" AGW Packet Engine.exe /a
In the shortcut, you would of course substitute
your actual path to the AGWPE folder and the allowio.exe file. Be
sure to use parenthesis (" ")
around the path/file name for allowio.exe. Do not put them around the
two parameters,
AGW
Packet Engine.exe
and
/a
This shortcut will run the
AllowIO.exe
program that installs the Port
Talk drivers. AGW Packet Engine.exe is the
program we want to give port access permissions; and
/a is a switch
that means permit access to all serial and parallel ports (you can
also specify specific ports by using the ports' hex addresses, e.g.
instead of using the /a switch, you
could substitute 0x378, for example; read
the Port Talk readme.txt file for more info).
3. Run this
shortcut before starting AGWPE.
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