IBM notebooks are unique (I love mine - a 600E) in that there is both CMOS
setup, and a software setup for the hardware. You may need to use both.
You can find some info here:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-4YQJQJ
There also is a utility called PS2.EXE that directly manipulates the ports
which you may need to use.
You can find more about it here:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndo
cid=MIGR-4E7QAK
If you don't have it, you can download it here:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-4ZFPEG
This is the command list for the PS2.EXE command line utility:
C:\THINKPAD>PS2 ? PARallel
Command Syntax:
PS2 PARallel Enable|Disable ADDress 1|2|3 MOde Uni|Bi|EPP|ECP DMA 0|1|3
Description : Use this parameter to set up the parallel port.
As for 'ADDress',
1:LPT1(3BCh,IRQ7)
2:LPT2(378h,IRQ7)
3:LPT3(278h,IRQ5)
As for 'MOde',
Uni :Uni-directional
Bi :Bi-directional
EPP :Enhanced Parallel Port
ECP :Extended Capabilities Port
Current State : Enable
When 'Enable' is selected,following parameter will be effective:
ADDress : 1
MOde : Bi
DMA : Disable
I had to do this over dial-up from Antigua just before a CQWW contest to get
two IBM notebooks working so I vividly remember this.
I am not certain that this will solve your problem with the T42, but IBM
lists that model as supported by this utility.
73,
Bob W5OV
(ex N5NJ)
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Tavan [mailto:tavan@tibco.com]
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 10:53 PM
To: WriteLog Reflector
Subject: [WriteLog] More userport vs. XP problems
Is anyone out there using an IBM T42 with Win XP Pro and Writelog? On mine,
WL Setup | Ports grays out all the buttons corresponding to LPT ports. The
result is no rig selection signal via the parallel port, a necessity for
SO2R operation. I tried using userport which had worked fine on a T20 with
Win 2K Pro but it appears to do nothing on this system. The LPT1 addresses
in writelog.ini and Device Manager agree. DM lists only one address range
for LPT1 and no DMA while at least one XP user has showed me a DM report of
two address ranges and a DMA 3 indication for LPT1. I can't make my DM say
that. I've read all the threads I can find and I see that some people are
using userport with XP but none that 'fess up to this particular computer.
I'm suspicious of alleged "self-repair" daemons that may be running courtesy
of IBM or perhaps in XP but I don't know how to find them. Anyone
knowledgeable, please advise. I'm dead in the water until I figure out a way
to convince WL to use my LPT port or else find another way to get a rig
select signal into my DX Doubler.
/Rick N6XI
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