I (Edgar Merino) have ported the Parport
library for Java created by Juan Gabriel del Cid Portillo to Python,
simply to control the Parallel Port in both windows and gnu/linux. It
provides an easy yet very useful interactive mode to access the
parallel port from within the python shell:
This library depends on C only.
from
parport import
*
send(D0) //Write to DATA PIN 1
send(D0+D1+D2) //Write to DATA PINS 1,2 and 3
send(D0) //Write to DATA PIN 1
send(D0+D1+D2) //Write to DATA PINS 1,2 and 3
This library depends on C only.
For windows users: you'll need UserPort in order to access the parallel port (WinXP and maybe others).
RELEASED UNDER THE GNU GPL
Installation:
Just uncompress the zip file where you want to use it (for example, the
root folder of your proyect :). On windows you'll need to compile the
shared library, included in the src directory.
TODO: provide the library with an installer and the windows DLL already compiled.