PARPIN6 PP6 P6

Description:

Program pin 6 of the parallel port. This setting is used to control external devices through the parallel port. For example, to turn on or off a monitor or display.

Form:

  PARPIN6|PP6|P6 [ARGUMENT]
  Argument List:
  Terse             Verbose      Description
      0                  LO      Always LO.
      1                  HI      Always HI.
      2             VIDEOLO      LO if video displayed.
      3             VIDEOHI      HI if video displayed.
      4            DECODELO      LO if decoder running.
      5            DECODEHI      HI if decoder running.
      6    VIDEOANDDECODELO      LO if video displayed and decoder running.
      7    VIDEOANDDECODEHI      HI if video displayed and decoder running.
      8     VIDEOORDECODELO      LO if video displayed or decoder running.
      9     VIDEOORDECODEHI      HI if video displayed or decoder running.

Response:

  MODIFY PARPIN6 RESPONSE
    Verbose- "OK\r\n" to acknowledge receipt of command, or
             "ERROR- [Description]\r\n" if error, ending command
    Terse-   "0\r\n" to acknowledge receipt of command, or
             "[NON-ZERO NUMERIC VALUE]\r\n" if error, ending command
    "\r\n" concludes modify responses (empty line)

  DISPLAY PARPIN6 RESPONSE
    Verbose- "OK\r\n" to acknowledge receipt of command, followed by
             "PARPIN6= [STANDARD]\r\n", or
               "ERROR- [Description]\r\n" if error, ending command
    Terse-   "0\r\n" to acknowledge receipt of command, followed by
             "[TERSE NUMERIC VALUE]\r\n", or
             "[NON-ZERO NUMERIC VALUE]\r\n" if error, ending command
    "\r\n" concludes display responses (empty line)

Examples:

  Verbose command to retrieve current setting:
  PARPIN6 <enter>
     Response is: OK\r\n
                  PARPIN6= LO\r\n

  Terse command to retrieve current setting:
  P6 <enter>
     Response is: 0\r\n
                  0\r\n

  Verbose command to change setting:
  PARPIN6 HI <enter>
     Response is: OK\r\n

  Terse command to change setting:
  P6 1 <enter>
     Response is: 0\r\n

Notes:

Products Supporting Command

Created By: Adtec Digital