[oopic] Re: parallel to serial port

--- In oopic@yahoogroups.com, "naimead" <naimead@...> wrote:
>
> First I used a valid oopic parallel programming cable to the PC
> printer port, LPTx, and connect to the the 5-pin PRG header on the
> oopic board, and use the OOPic IDE parallel-programming mode.(the
> cable could be identified by oopic's compiler)
>
> But the thing is that when I want to print to my computer's screen
I
> had to use objects such as oSerial which they demand a serial
> connection between my PC and OOPic.
>
> Then I used a modem cable to connect my programming cable to the PC
> COM port but the other side of the cable still goes to 5-pin PRG
since
> oopic original does not have a DB09 connector on OOPIC!
>

No, you cannot do this. The 5-pin PRG connector goes to the eeprom
pins of the oopic [pins 6+7].

To do serial comms, and use the oSerial objects, you need a MAX232
level shifter connected to the UART pins on the oopic [pins 25+26].

> Is there any way to print the results I want on my comp's screen
using
> parallel_programming_mode?
>
> naimead
>

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