Hallo, I bought recently a notebook with only usb, firewire, ethernet and 1 pcmcia connectors. I use Parallel Cable IV. I have bought a ps/2 to usb and a parallel to usb cables. But parallel to usb seems to function only with parallel printers. Do you know a all-in-one port replicator with usb, serial and ps/2 connectors that works with Parallel Cable IV? Many Thanks Marco
Parallel Cable IV does not work with parallel to usb cable
Started by ●February 1, 2006
Reply by ●February 1, 20062006-02-01
"Marco T." <marc@blabla.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:drpt4t$igp$1@nnrp.ngi.it...> Hallo, > I bought recently a notebook with only usb, firewire, ethernet and 1 > pcmcia connectors. > > I use Parallel Cable IV. I have bought a ps/2 to usb and a parallel to usb > cables. > > But parallel to usb seems to function only with parallel printers. > > Do you know a all-in-one port replicator with usb, serial and ps/2 > connectors that works with Parallel Cable IV? > > Many Thanks > Marco >there is no such cable and can not be, you are out of luck Antti
Reply by ●February 1, 20062006-02-01
Marco T. wrote on 01.02.2006 09:56:> Do you know a all-in-one port replicator with usb, serial and ps/2 > connectors that works with Parallel Cable IV?Haven't been able to find one of those either... The problem seems to be that iMPACT/Chipscope don't recognize the "virtual" LPT-ports those port replicators usually provide... There are parallel-port-controllers for Cardbus/PCMCIA you can plug in to get a "real" parallel port on your laptop, but I haven't tried any of those, so I can't comment on how good they are. The problem is the chipset: to get decent programming speeds, the parallel port should support 2MHz or 5MHz operation. All PCI-plugin-cards I've seen in stores lately use the same cheap controller-chip that doesn't support operation above 1MHz, so the cable will work in compatibility mode and drop down to 200kHz. Instead, I suggest buying a Platform USB cable. Gives you much less trouble in the long run, and works well on every modern machine. ... if you can afford it, that is. I think it's $150, so about double what the parallel cable costs. Plus, I'm not sure if it works under Linux, but there have been discussions about that here lately. cu, Sean
Reply by ●February 1, 20062006-02-01
Marco T. wrote:> Hallo, > I bought recently a notebook with only usb, firewire, ethernet and 1 pcmcia > connectors. > > I use Parallel Cable IV. I have bought a ps/2 to usb and a parallel to usb > cables. > > But parallel to usb seems to function only with parallel printers. > > Do you know a all-in-one port replicator with usb, serial and ps/2 > connectors that works with Parallel Cable IV? > > Many Thanks > Marco > >Users of Amontec Chameleon POD ( generic JTAG interface dongle ) buy Quatech SPP-100 PCMCIA for resolving this. You may remap any parallel port address to the SPP-100. Work just nice ! Let me know if you do not find Quatech reseller. We have a large stock of SPP-100! ( Or buy a new Xilinx USB cables! ) Best regards, Laurent www.amontec.com ___________________________ Unlocking the power of JTAG
Reply by ●February 1, 20062006-02-01
Sean Durkin wrote:> Marco T. wrote on 01.02.2006 09:56: > >>Do you know a all-in-one port replicator with usb, serial and ps/2 >>connectors that works with Parallel Cable IV? > > Haven't been able to find one of those either... The problem seems to be > that iMPACT/Chipscope don't recognize the "virtual" LPT-ports those port > replicators usually provide... > There are parallel-port-controllers for Cardbus/PCMCIA you can plug in > to get a "real" parallel port on your laptop, but I haven't tried any of > those, so I can't comment on how good they are. > The problem is the chipset: to get decent programming speeds, the > parallel port should support 2MHz or 5MHz operation. All > PCI-plugin-cards I've seen in stores lately use the same cheap > controller-chip that doesn't support operation above 1MHz, so the cable > will work in compatibility mode and drop down to 200kHz. > > Instead, I suggest buying a Platform USB cable. Gives you much less > trouble in the long run, and works well on every modern machine. > ... if you can afford it, that is. I think it's $150, so about double > what the parallel cable costs. Plus, I'm not sure if it works under > Linux, but there have been discussions about that here lately. > > cu, > SeanIf you are programming through the JTAG interface, you could try the Diligent USB-JTAG cable, which is under $40.
Reply by ●February 1, 20062006-02-01
Hi Marco I had the same problem. I bought one of these http://tinyurl.com/86sc5 Then had to set XIL_IMPACT_ENV_LPT_BASE_ADDRESS=xxx Typically, "xxx" is "378," Use the Windows Device Manager to confirm the base address assigned to LPT1. Impact & chipscope both worked ok after that. Quark
Reply by ●February 1, 20062006-02-01
"quark01" <quark01@gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:1138814640.304450.181220@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...> Hi Marco > I had the same problem. I bought one of these http://tinyurl.com/86sc5 > Then had to > > set XIL_IMPACT_ENV_LPT_BASE_ADDRESS=xxx > > Typically, "xxx" is "378," Use the Windows Device Manager to confirm > the base address assigned to LPT1. > > Impact & chipscope both worked ok after that. > > Quark >weird I am using PCI LPT ports with base addess typically set to 0xD800 and both impact and chipscope recognize it properly as LPT1 without any need to specify it manually Antti
Reply by ●February 2, 20062006-02-02
Ray Andraka ha scritto:> Sean Durkin wrote: > >> Marco T. wrote on 01.02.2006 09:56: >> >>> Do you know a all-in-one port replicator with usb, serial and ps/2 >>> connectors that works with Parallel Cable IV? >> >> >> Haven't been able to find one of those either... The problem seems to be >> that iMPACT/Chipscope don't recognize the "virtual" LPT-ports those port >> replicators usually provide... >> There are parallel-port-controllers for Cardbus/PCMCIA you can plug in >> to get a "real" parallel port on your laptop, but I haven't tried any of >> those, so I can't comment on how good they are. >> The problem is the chipset: to get decent programming speeds, the >> parallel port should support 2MHz or 5MHz operation. All >> PCI-plugin-cards I've seen in stores lately use the same cheap >> controller-chip that doesn't support operation above 1MHz, so the cable >> will work in compatibility mode and drop down to 200kHz. >> >> Instead, I suggest buying a Platform USB cable. Gives you much less >> trouble in the long run, and works well on every modern machine. >> ... if you can afford it, that is. I think it's $150, so about double >> what the parallel cable costs. Plus, I'm not sure if it works under >> Linux, but there have been discussions about that here lately. >> >> cu, >> Sean > > > If you are programming through the JTAG interface, you could try the > Diligent USB-JTAG cable which is under $40.is Diligent USB-JTAG cable compatible with Impact? or it is necessary to use another software?
Reply by ●February 4, 20062006-02-04
"antonio bergnoli" <bergnoli@pd.infn.it> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:43e2789f$2_3@x-privat.org...> Ray Andraka ha scritto: >> Sean Durkin wrote: >> >>> Marco T. wrote on 01.02.2006 09:56: >>> >>>> Do you know a all-in-one port replicator with usb, serial and ps/2 >>>> connectors that works with Parallel Cable IV? >>> >>> >>> Haven't been able to find one of those either... The problem seems to be >>> that iMPACT/Chipscope don't recognize the "virtual" LPT-ports those port >>> replicators usually provide... >>> There are parallel-port-controllers for Cardbus/PCMCIA you can plug in >>> to get a "real" parallel port on your laptop, but I haven't tried any of >>> those, so I can't comment on how good they are. >>> The problem is the chipset: to get decent programming speeds, the >>> parallel port should support 2MHz or 5MHz operation. All >>> PCI-plugin-cards I've seen in stores lately use the same cheap >>> controller-chip that doesn't support operation above 1MHz, so the cable >>> will work in compatibility mode and drop down to 200kHz. >>> >>> Instead, I suggest buying a Platform USB cable. Gives you much less >>> trouble in the long run, and works well on every modern machine. >>> ... if you can afford it, that is. I think it's $150, so about double >>> what the parallel cable costs. Plus, I'm not sure if it works under >>> Linux, but there have been discussions about that here lately. >>> >>> cu, >>> Sean >> >> >> If you are programming through the JTAG interface, you could try the >> Diligent USB-JTAG cable which is under $40. > > is Diligent USB-JTAG cable compatible with Impact? or it is necessary to > use another software?not compatible Antti
Reply by ●March 22, 20062006-03-22
On 2006-02-01, Sean Durkin <smd@despammed.com> wrote:> Instead, I suggest buying a Platform USB cable. Gives you much less > trouble in the long run, and works well on every modern machine. > ... if you can afford it, that is. I think it's $150, so about double > what the parallel cable costs. Plus, I'm not sure if it works under > Linux, but there have been discussions about that here lately.My latest experience is that it works in Linux, but only if you start impact in Windows first to initialize the firmware in the programming cable. If I don't boot Windows first, impact in Linux wants to upgrade the CPLD configuration which according to other posts on this newsgroup will break the programming cable. To be honest, at this point I prefer to use XC3SProg http://www.rogerstech.force9.co.uk/xc3sprog/index.html in Linux. Sure, it is rather slow since it uses the parallel cable IV in cable III mode, but it feels much more stable in Linux than impact does. /Andreas
