LCD display + PCI Parallel Port issues

[Madness360]

Hi, I have been trying to set up an LCD character display through LCDsmartie. I have installed "port95nt" so that the software can have access to the parallel port (or so I believe that is what it does). For some reason I get absolutely nothing on the screen. I think it is because my parallel port is from a PCI card. Is there anyway to sort this?

Also, in LCDsmartie 5.4, when you select "Display Plugin" and choose "HD44780.dll", what should I type for the a2 parameter? I currently have "LPT1[,1,4x20,(a2)]".

Thanks a lot for any help

[AJ256]

One of the params (possibly a2) is the parallel port's address. Your PCI parallel port probably uses a different address than what smartie defaults to, you should check in device manager for the address of you card, then enter it in the correct parameter (You'll have to wait for someone else to reply to confirm which param it is).

[Madness360]

Hi, Thanks for the reply. Where about's would the address be? In resources I get I/O range and memory range.

[AJ256]

Sorry, it's the first numbe of the IO Range that you want. Nominal values are 0378, 0278 & 03BC. It's most likely one of them.

[Madness360]

Mine is B800 :s
I read somewhere that this is because it is a PCI parallel port and not onbaord. I have typed B800 where the a2 addresss should be and still no luck :/

[mattcro]

The address is the first parameter - LPT1 by default. If you need to specify a non-standard address instead, you need to use the hexadecimal address preceded by a $.

Try just $B800 in the parameter box. The other parameters are only needed if you have text corruption problems or an unusual LCD using the KS0073 controller chip or a 1x16 character LCD.

[Madness360]

Thankyouuuuuu sooo much, I had tried B800 and no luck. All it needed was the $ sign.