I have to (write) output a data "0x01" to a parallel port. I'm using the following code to write to the port but it does not write, the program just runs and nothing happens.
import java.io.*;
import javax.comm.CommPortIdentifier;
import javax.comm.NoSuchPortException;
import javax.comm.ParallelPort;
import javax.comm.PortInUseException;
public class ParallelIO {
private static OutputStream outputStream;
private static InputStream inputStream;
private static ParallelPort parallelPort;
private static CommPortIdentifier port;
static byte dat = 0x02;
public static final String PARALLEL_PORT = "LPT1";
public ParallelIO() {
try {
//detec the port
System.out.println("Port : " + PARALLEL_PORT + " is detected");
// get the parallel port connected to the output
port = CommPortIdentifier.getPortIdentifier(PARALLEL_PORT);
//port identified
System.out.println("Port identified : " + port);
// open the parallel port --
//port(App name, timeout);
parallelPort = (ParallelPort) port.open("0x0378", 50);
//port opened
System.out.println("Port opened : " + parallelPort);
outputStream = parallelPort.getOutputStream();
//get output
System.out.println("Out put taken : " + outputStream);
outputStream.write(dat);
//data written
System.out.println("Data Written : " + dat);
outputStream.flush();
outputStream.close();
} catch (NoSuchPortException nspe) {
System.out.println("\nPrinter Port LPT1 not found : NoSuchPortException.\nException:\n" + nspe + "\n");
} catch (PortInUseException piue) {
System.out.println("\nPrinter Port LPT1 is in use : " + "PortInUseException.\nException:\n" + piue + "\n");
} catch (IOException ioe) {
System.out.println("\nPrinter Port LPT1 failed to write : " + "IOException.\nException:\n" + ioe + "\n");
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("\nFailed to open Printer Port LPT1 with exception : " + e + "\n");
} finally {
if (port != null && port.isCurrentlyOwned()) {
parallelPort.close();
}
System.out.println("Closed all resources.\n");
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
ParallelIO parr = new ParallelIO();
}
}
Do you have comm.jar, win32.dll and javax.comm.properties ?
you must place these file in to this pass