DEVICE: Parallel Port Device [17150]

This article applies to:

E-Prime 3.0
E-Prime 2.0

This item was introduced in E-Prime 2.0 (2.0.10.173).

Detail
This feature allows for the creation of a parallel port device that can be added to an experiment from the "Add Devices" dialog. This eliminates the need for script for configuring and initializing parallel port communications. The ParallelPort device is recommended over using the Port device because of its flexibility and ability to use LPT numbers instead of a base address. In addition, the ParallelPort device can be used to send digital triggers via Task Events.

The device appears in the "Add Devices" dialog:

This is the Edit dialog that allows the user to set properties on the ParallelPort device:

For a detailed look at how to use the ParallelPort device, please refer to DEVICE: How To: Parallel Port Communication [25286].