I want to use my HalloRotor parallel-port rotor interface with a new PC that doesn't have a parallel port. Has anybody had success using a parallel-to-USB converter with a parallel port rotor interface?
In the past I used a parallel-to-USB converter and Windows device manager decided that it was a "USB printer", not LPT2. Is there a model of parallel-to-USB converter that Windows recognizes as a LPTx ?
Wayne Estes W9AE Oakland, Oregon, USA, CN83ik
Wayne,
I have had good luck adding a parallel port for use with FODTrack, but I used a PCI card, not a USB adapter.
73, Joe kk0sd
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Wayne Estes Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 5:27 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Tracking with parallel to USB converter
I want to use my HalloRotor parallel-port rotor interface with a new PC that doesn't have a parallel port. Has anybody had success using a parallel-to-USB converter with a parallel port rotor interface?
In the past I used a parallel-to-USB converter and Windows device manager decided that it was a "USB printer", not LPT2. Is there a model of parallel-to-USB converter that Windows recognizes as a LPTx ?
Wayne Estes W9AE Oakland, Oregon, USA, CN83ik
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