Re: parallel port

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Trend" <fredit@c...> wrote:

> I think i fubared by parallel port with my* new electronic wiring.
>
> I get 5v (actually 4.97)out of pins 2-9 (that is all I have tested)

by

> default. I am suppose to get ~0v out of it by default, right?
> (By default I mean, after my computer boots into windows), I am

testing this

> by hooking up a voltage meter to pin 2 through 9 and one of the

ground

> points.
>
> I am using XP.

Have you tried hooking a printer up and see if it works?

The reset state of your LPT port may vary by dirver. I don't now
this to be a fact, but it is worth considering. If a known good
printer works, with the proper drivers installed, your port is OK.

Don