Parallel Port Black Box Tester Author: Tom Corson JavaSoft Black Box is a Java(TM) application for monitoring and testing parallel ports. It's usage is: Usage: java -native ParallelBlackBox [-h] | [-f] [-l] [-n] [-d receive_delay] [-p ports] Where: -h this usage message -f "Friendly" mode. Relinquish control of the port (close it) if another requestor attempts an open. -n do not use receiver threads. Slows the receive processing down by using the same thread for the transmitter as well as the receiver. Useful for checking flow control. -d sleep for receive_delay msecs after each read. Delays the receive processing. -l run as a line monitor. The output stream for each port is interchanged with the output stream of the other port. This means that what is received on port A is resent on port B and vice versa. On a system with at least 2 parallel ports, this allows you to connect the system to a device being tested and observe all data sent and received as well as control signal transitions, etc. This setting allows the tool to be used as a line monitor. -p open only the ports specified (separated by spaces). If not specified, all ports will be opened. Note: This must be the last argument given. When BlackBox starts, it opens the specified parallel ports (or all, by default) on the machine from which it is run and displays an information panel for each. The information shown consists of: The name of the port. The label color reflects the state of the port as follows: Green - port is open Yellow - port is in use but awaiting an open when the port becomes available Red - port is closed Note: Clicking on the port name toggles the port from open to closed. A control for: Mode Manipulating it changes the port mode to the indicated value. A set of indicators for: SEL Printer Selected BSY Printer Busy TO Timed Out PE Printer Error PO Paper Out BE Output Buffer Empty A text area for transmitting data, a display of the buffer size in use, along with a count of the number of bytes sent and the actual (calculated) baud rate. There are 2 check boxes above the transmit text area: Selecting "Auto Transmit" causes a test pattern to be continuously transmitted. Note: Clicking on the "Bytes Transmitted" label resets the counter to 0. Clicking on the "Baud Rate" label resets it to 0. Clicking on the "Buffer Size" label resets the buffer size to the default value. A text area for receiving data, a display of the buffer size in use, along with a count of the number of bytes received and the actual (calculated) baud rate. There are 3 text fields above the receive text area: Entering a value for "Timeout" causes the receive timeout to be set to that many milliseconds. Entering a value for "Threshold" causes the receive threshold to be set to that many bytes. Entering a value for "Framing" causes the receive framing byte to be set to that hexadecimal value. Note: Clicking on the "Bytes Received" label resets the counter to 0. Clicking on the "Baud Rate" label resets it to 0. Clicking on the "Buffer Size" label resets the buffer size to the default value. Clicking on the "Timeout" label resets the receive timeout to the default value. Clicking on the "Threshold" label resets the receive threshold to the default value. Clicking on the "Framing" label resets the receive framing byte to the default value. Note: Any nonprintable characters received will be shown as multi-byte symbols, eg, "^C". README Version: 1.1 Last Modified: 06/02/98Download Driver Pack
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