[UK-CONTEST] USB to parallel port converter?

[STEPHEN LAWRENCE]

Clive.

Take a look at G4ZPL website he produces lots of differnet interface bits 
and peices. www.g4zlp.co.uk

73

Steve G4EOF
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clive Whelan" <clive.whelan at btinternet.com>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 7:28 PM
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] USB to parallel port converter?


> Hi list
>
> Does anyone know of a viable usb to parallel port converter? The best I 
> can
> find is a USB to centronics cable for connecting old printers to USB 
> ports,
> and they seem to work, so presumably could be rewired, but.....
>
> There are plenty of usb to serial converters of course. Why would I need
> such a thing? Well my logger outputs band data, radio 1 on LPT1 and radio 
> 2
> on LPT2. The DXdoubler hijacks LPT1 but kindly offers a feed though on its
> back panel. My computer only has one LPT port, and it would be nice to 
> avoid
> fitting an extra PCI parallel port card internally to get LPT2.
> Unfortunately the good folk at Kenwood didn't see fit to provide band data
> on their radios :-((
>
> I'd like to auto switch my ICE filters, and already have a pair of W9XT
> decoder boards for that purpose, just need band data. I've lost count of 
> how
> many times that I have forgotten to switch the ICE filter, and thought 
> that
> the antenna had fallen down!
>
> Thinks, I have a couple of spare COM ports. I don't suppose it's possible 
> to
> pretend that one of these is a parallel port by changing the address in 
> the
> software is it? After all I only need pins 2,7,8&9 of a DB25 connector.
>
> tia
>
>
> 73
>
>
> Clive
> GW3NJW
>
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