/*
* Simple parallel port output control program for Linux
* Written and copyright by Tomi Engdahl 1998
* (e-mail: tomi.engdahl@hut.fi)
*
* The program output the data value to PC parallel port data pins
* (default lpt1 I/O address 0x378). The data values are given as the
* command line parameter to the program. The number can be
* in decimal (0..255) or hexadecimal format (0x00..0xFF).
*
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <asm/io.h>
#define base 0x378 /* printer port base address */
main(int argc, char **argv)
{
int value;
if (argc!=2)
fprintf(stderr, "Error: Wrong number of arguments. This program needs one argument which is number between 0 and 255.\n"), exit(1);
if (sscanf(argv[1],"%i",&value)!=1)
fprintf(stderr, "Error: Parameter is not a number.\n"), exit(1);
if ((value<0) || (value>255))
fprintf(stderr, "Error: Invalid numeric value. The parameter number must be between 0 and 255\n"), exit(1);
if (ioperm(base,1,1))
fprintf(stderr, "Error: Couldn't get the port at %x\n", base), exit(1);
outb((unsigned char)value, base);
}