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Help required in interpreting the 'Timeout' field in parallel port's EPP mode.



 
 
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Old August 25th 06, 07:17 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.printing,sci.electronics.basics,alt.computer
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Default Help required in interpreting the 'Timeout' field in parallel port's EPP mode.

Hi All,
I am working on the parallel port and need some help with the EPP mode
of operation. I am referring to a copy of "Parallel Port Complete" by
Jan Axelson as well as a copy of the IEEE 1284-1994 spec.

I have a couple of issues that I need some help with:

1. As given on page 270 of "Parallel Port Complete", the timeout
measurement in case of an EPP mode address-write cycle starts at the
falling edge of nIOW (which is a signal on the ISA interface) and ends
at the rising edge of nWait.

Nowhere in the spec have they mentioned this timeout duration.

Can someone please tell me that apart from the nIOW signal, can the
timeout measurement start at the toggling of any other signal on the
parallel port's interface itself (signals which are a part of the
parallel interface, and not on some bus like ISA) ?

Put another way, is there any method to measure this timeout duration
by watching a(ny) signal(s) on the port itself ?

2. The book (Axelson) says that when a EPP timeout is detected, the 0th
bit in the Status register (S0) is set to 1 (presumably by the port's
hardware). I wish to know how is the status of this bit known to the
host, i.e., is there any interrupt generated when the S0 bit is set, or
is there any polling mechanism by the associated driver software ?

If someone could give me some insight in these issues, I'd be really
grateful.

Best regards,
Amit.

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Old August 25th 06, 11:54 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.printing,sci.electronics.basics,alt.computer
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Default Help required in interpreting the 'Timeout' field in parallel port's EPP mode.

The timeout duration is the watchdog timer (~10uS). The cycle ends either
with the nWait acknowledgement or the watchdog timer timing out. If control
is returned and the timeout bit is set, then the timer timed out and nWait
never happened.
So the procedure is for the driver to write the address, and (after an
unknown number of wait states, of which it isn't aware) check the timeout
bit. If it's clear, the driver continues with the data write. If it's set
the driver decides whether or not to try again, clearing the bit and
counting the re-tries until (presumably) eventually deciding to give up.
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Hi All,
I am working on the parallel port and need some help with the EPP mode
of operation. I am referring to a copy of "Parallel Port Complete" by
Jan Axelson as well as a copy of the IEEE 1284-1994 spec.

I have a couple of issues that I need some help with:

1. As given on page 270 of "Parallel Port Complete", the timeout
measurement in case of an EPP mode address-write cycle starts at the
falling edge of nIOW (which is a signal on the ISA interface) and ends
at the rising edge of nWait.

Nowhere in the spec have they mentioned this timeout duration.

Can someone please tell me that apart from the nIOW signal, can the
timeout measurement start at the toggling of any other signal on the
parallel port's interface itself (signals which are a part of the
parallel interface, and not on some bus like ISA) ?

Put another way, is there any method to measure this timeout duration
by watching a(ny) signal(s) on the port itself ?

2. The book (Axelson) says that when a EPP timeout is detected, the 0th
bit in the Status register (S0) is set to 1 (presumably by the port's
hardware). I wish to know how is the status of this bit known to the
host, i.e., is there any interrupt generated when the S0 bit is set, or
is there any polling mechanism by the associated driver software ?

If someone could give me some insight in these issues, I'd be really
grateful.

Best regards,
Amit.



 




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