V4.33e with Infared sensors in NINCO track.

I currently use VRS and would like to replace it with your software, I have downloaded the demo version.

The parallel port monitor program is detecting the change in state of the sensor attached to pin15 (Lane 1) and pin 13 (Lane 2), But the program is not counting the laps as the cars go across the sensor. I can make the program think a lap has been completed by pressing the numeric pad numbers 1 and 2.

I have built an eight lane track using the same sensor and VRS software for a friend and he would like to replace it with your software.

It is a great program and I have adjusted the screen settings for my own needs.

Alan

Are you sure that the LPT1 interface of Pc Lap Counter is started ?
Your LPT1 adress is 888 (decimal) or other ?
Did you pin 15 to lane 1 and pin 13 to lane 2 in the LPT1 interface of Pc Lap counter ?
Did you have some message in the "message group box" of Pc Lap Counter ?
In your BIOS, parallel port mode is EPP+ECP or other ?

In message box I get,

Interface starting

Check activity on pin 15,laps will be send to lane 1.
Check activity on pin 13,laps will be send to lane 2.

Interface started at (Current Time)

Reading LPT1 at 03bd

I have checked the LPT1 settings in windows and have changed the decimal value to 03bd as this is what windows reports as the address and the port monitor software shows the status of sensors changing when a car passes over the sensor. It is also set to ECP.

Many thanks for your fast response. I am considering upgrading to NINCO Digital once it is available will your fuel management software work with it.

Alan

Your LPT1 address is 03BD (hexadecimal), so you need to set 957 (decimal) in the LPT1 interface of Pc Lap Counter .

Hope to make Pc Lap counter compatible with NINCO digital, but actualy i don't have any information about the release date and no information of how you can connect it to a PC

Guy

Very quick response,

Sorry to be a pain but looks like parallel port was not set to ECP it is now but port monitor now monitoring port 0379. What is the decimal value for this, its a long time since I needed to convert hex codes into decimal values.

Alan

379 is a strange adress , it should be 378 (and maybe you 3BD is in fact 3BC)

You can find the good address here :


So 378 = 888
3BC = 956

Guy

Looked it up on the internet found the conversion 0379 is 889 decimal.

Still not recognising the sensor signals tried ticking the boxes for pin 13 and pin15 still not working.

Program recognises the keyboard and seems to work okay But when race finished came up with an error and had to close the program.

Any ideas?

Alan

alan wrote:

Guy

Looked it up on the internet found the conversion 0379 is 889 decimal.

Still not recognising the sensor signals tried ticking the boxes for pin 13 and pin15 still not working.

Program recognises the keyboard and seems to work okay But when race finished came up with an error and had to close the program.

Any ideas?

Alan

Look my previous topic....379 is a strange address !!! , try 888 (hex 0378)