Miscellaneous

How to connect a parrallel ported Pico device into my computer


We have had to stop manufacturing our own brand USB to parallel converter because an essential integrated circuit is no longer available. No other USB to parallel adapter from another manufacturer will work with our devices. So far, we have only been able to get our parallel products working using plug-in PCI or PCI-Express cards in desktop PCs and Cardbus or Expresscard adapters in laptops.
You will need to use Windows XP or later & you should be using the latest version of PicoScope5/PicoLog, available here on our website:-
http://www.picotech.com/software.html

Please be aware that NONE of our parallel port devices will work under a 64 bit operating system under any circumstances (XP, Vista or Win 7).

Examples below from one manufacturer we have tested.

For desktops with PCI card slots:-
http://www.delock.com/produkte/gruppen/IO+Karten/Delock_PCI_Card_1_x_Parallel_89015.html

For desktops with PCI Express card slots:-
http://www.delock.com/produkte/gruppen/pci-express/Delock_PCI_Express_1_x_Parallel_89219.html

For laptops with an Express card slot:-
http://www.delock.com/produkte/gruppen/Express-Card/Delock_Express_Card_to_1x_parallel_66220.html
 
For laptops with a PCMCIA card slot:-
http://www.delock.com/produkte/gruppen/PCMCIA/Delock_PCMCIA-Adapter_CardBus_to_1x_parallel_61612.html

One customer succesfully used the StarTech the EC1PECPS , however we have not tested this ourselves.

http://www.startech.com/item/EC1PECPS-1-Port-PCI-Express-Base-Parallel-ExpressCard.aspx

Article: KB-243
15 Aug 2011

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