Problems with Parallel Port on Port Replicator (SONY Vaio))

[Matthias Fuidl]

Hello!
I wrote a VI which works really good on my WIN 2000 Pro and on a notebook (Win 98). Now a friend of mine installed the Program (incl. Runtime engine, etc.) on his SONY Vaio with Port Replicator. Now the VI couldn't access the parallelport. Is this a known problem or something "new". I use AccessHW to write/read Data to/from Parallel Port.

[Jeremy Braden]

The problem is new and it does not surprise me. Accesshw works by reading and writing to memory addresses and there is no telling how it would work with an emulator. . .

Did you forget to install the CVI runtime engine? Also do you get an error code? You might need to add a lot of extra error indicators in the code to see where the error appears.

[Matthias Fuidl]

The problem is solved-there was an EPSON Pronter installed @ LPT1, we changed it to use LPT2 (which is not there). Then it works fine.

Bye, Matthias