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Title: It`s possible to use a USB-Centronic cable with the Parallel port I/O device?
Post by: andresgr on August 05, 2014, 05:42:47 AM

I have a USB(male)-Centronic printer(male) cable and i want to simulate the LPT port using the USB port of mi laptop for the purpose of using the parallel I/O device of the EasyPLC editor and get 8 digital outputs.
Can it be done?
Or USB to Serial maybe, simulating COM ports and using the Serial I/O device?
Please help

Title: Re: It`s possible to use a USB-Centronic cable with the Parallel port I/O device?
Post by: EasyPLC_Master on August 05, 2014, 11:20:13 AM

For printer cable I never tested, but should work fine.
For serial cable not problem, I have tested several times with diverse USB to serial adapters and ever work perfectly.

Title: Re: It`s possible to use a USB-Centronic cable with the Parallel port I/O device?
Post by: andresgr on August 05, 2014, 06:27:45 PM

After searching the web and forums: these USB-Parallel adapters only work with parallel input printers because the driver recognizes this printers as USB, the adapter does not emulate the LPT port, thus the EasyPLC parallel I/O driver does not recognize any LPT port :(
the only way to do this in a new PC without a phsysical parallalel port is using a card that creates a new, phsysical parallel port like the PCI and Express cards.

Instead will use the usb-serial adapter ;D thank you EasyPLC_Master

Title: Re: It`s possible to use a USB-Centronic cable with the Parallel port I/O device?
Post by: EasyPLC_Master on August 10, 2014, 04:28:27 PM

Thanks for the info!

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