From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:53 EST-10EDT,10,1,0,7200,4,1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1824 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Thursday 25 June 2009 Number 1824 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: USB to Parallel : Chuck McKinnis 2 Re: USB to Parallel : Alan Duval 3 Re: USB to Parallel : Ed Durrant 4 Re: USB to Parallel : Alan Duval 5 GNUCash for OS/2? : John Angelico" 6 Re: GNUCash for OS/2? : Ian Manners" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:09:54 -0600 From: Chuck McKinnis Subject: Re: USB to Parallel Alan Duval wrote: > Ed Durrant wrote: >> Alan Duval wrote: >>> Ed Durrant wrote: >>>> >>>>>> If you don't have this, go to \ecs\system\usbdock and run usbdock >>>>>> - can it see the device ? If not you have a physical USB >>>>>> connectivity problem. >>>>>> >>>>>> If it does see something (it'll give a vendor and model code) - >>>>>> then we are a step closer. >>>>>> >>>> Well since the USB Port reports the cable - usbdock would report >>>> something as well I guess. >>> >>> USBDOCK shows a cube icon with 067B:2305 underneath and the >>> following in the text area: >>> >>> Device name Prolific PL2305 Parallel >>> Identifier (Vendor:Product ID) 047b:2305 >>> Speed slow speed (1.0) >>> Unknown devices are detected, Send logs to usbdock at ecom....... >>> >>> >> OK, that's good. >> >> >>>> OK, so you have a printer object defined, and have selected the USB >>>> port for it. >>>> >>>> Go into the properties of the printer object. >>>> >>>> Go to the output port tab. >>>> >>>> The Prolific_IEEE_1284_Cont_1 USB port should be shown hatched >>>> (selected). Double click this icon. >>>> >>>> What does the status field say ? >>>> >>>> (this is with the printer connected and turned on, ideally before >>>> you start the PC). >>> >>> It says: >>> >>> Port name Prolific_IEEE_1284_Cont1 >>> Status OFFLINE (DETACHED) >>> >>> Auto monitor button is ticked >>> >>> >> That should say Online, so it seems to be saying that the printer is >> not correctly connected to the cable - or that there is a problem with >> the printer hardware. >> >> When you send a print to the printer - what happens ? Does it stay >> "stuck" in the print queue or does it go through but nothing comes out ? > > It says "Your printer is not responding" > > >>> One last thing to check. Through earlier attempts you could have data >>> in the spooler that is blocking this from working. >> >> Go to the C:\VAR\SPOOL directory (assuming this is an eCS 2.0 RC >> install) and you should see the Prolific_IEEE_1284_Cont1 (or >> something like that) - go into that directory and delete any files >> that are in there, then restart the system 9with the printer connected >> and turned on. > There is just a folder for the USB_HP which is the name of the printer I > installed but it is empty. > > Following Chuck's Email I went to the eComStstion site. Couldn't see any > download files for USBMON but noticed a zip file USBP1057.ZIP > which was for installing USB printers and parallel printers connected to > USB ports using a connecting device. I downloaded this and unzipped it > to D:\USBupdate. I then read the text file which said to open an OS/2 > window and type USBPRTEN at the command prompt to expand it. As it was > already expanded I didn't do this but wondered whether that would have > placed the enclosed files in other directories. On searching I found > that the files were in the directories later mentioned and that > USBMON.EXE was in the directories Chuck mentioned. > > It then said to open the existing (or create new) printer object > properties window and select "output port" page. I went to Local System > > Printers where I have an icon "Printer" which is for my printer when > connected directly by parallel cable. In it's properties window I > selected "output port". > It then said "Select the " install new port" button by right clicking on > LPT1 port icon and selecting install to open the dialog for the print > object" This I did. > Next it said to select the "New port drivers" radio button and type the > full path to the expanded port driver in the "Directory" edit box. > I typed C:\OS2\DLL and pressed refresh button as directed. This > showed the USB port which I selected and then pressed the install button > as directed. > It then said to shut down and restart. > > When restarted and I tried to print a page It again said "Your printer > is not responding" so I don't think this USB to parallel cable is > going to work unless someone has other ideas. > > Alan Did you shadow "\OS2\USBMON.EXE /USBPRT" into your startup folder? -- Chuck McKinnis 1449 State Highway 14 N Sandia Park, NM 87047 505-286-3191 http://www.7cities dot net/~mckinnis/ My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. John 10:27-28 -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:08:23 +1100 From: Alan Duval Subject: Re: USB to Parallel Chuck McKinnis wrote: > Alan Duval wrote: >> Ed Durrant wrote: >>> Alan Duval wrote: >>>> Ed Durrant wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>> If you don't have this, go to \ecs\system\usbdock and run >>>>>>> usbdock - can it see the device ? If not you have a physical USB >>>>>>> connectivity problem. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If it does see something (it'll give a vendor and model code) - >>>>>>> then we are a step closer. >>>>>>> >>>>> Well since the USB Port reports the cable - usbdock would report >>>>> something as well I guess. >>>> >>>> USBDOCK shows a cube icon with 067B:2305 underneath and the >>>> following in the text area: >>>> >>>> Device name Prolific PL2305 Parallel >>>> Identifier (Vendor:Product ID) 047b:2305 >>>> Speed slow speed (1.0) >>>> Unknown devices are detected, Send logs to usbdock at ecom....... >>>> >>>> >>> OK, that's good. >>> >>> >>>>> OK, so you have a printer object defined, and have selected the >>>>> USB port for it. >>>>> >>>>> Go into the properties of the printer object. >>>>> >>>>> Go to the output port tab. >>>>> >>>>> The Prolific_IEEE_1284_Cont_1 USB port should be shown hatched >>>>> (selected). Double click this icon. >>>>> >>>>> What does the status field say ? >>>>> >>>>> (this is with the printer connected and turned on, ideally before >>>>> you start the PC). >>>> >>>> It says: >>>> >>>> Port name Prolific_IEEE_1284_Cont1 >>>> Status OFFLINE (DETACHED) >>>> >>>> Auto monitor button is ticked >>>> >>>> >>> That should say Online, so it seems to be saying that the printer is >>> not correctly connected to the cable - or that there is a problem >>> with the printer hardware. >>> >>> When you send a print to the printer - what happens ? Does it stay >>> "stuck" in the print queue or does it go through but nothing comes >>> out ? >> >> It says "Your printer is not responding" >> >> >>>> One last thing to check. Through earlier attempts you could have >>>> data in the spooler that is blocking this from working. >>> >>> Go to the C:\VAR\SPOOL directory (assuming this is an eCS 2.0 RC >>> install) and you should see the Prolific_IEEE_1284_Cont1 (or >>> something like that) - go into that directory and delete any files >>> that are in there, then restart the system 9with the printer >>> connected and turned on. >> There is just a folder for the USB_HP which is the name of the >> printer I installed but it is empty. >> >> Following Chuck's Email I went to the eComStstion site. Couldn't see >> any download files for USBMON but noticed a zip file USBP1057.ZIP >> which was for installing USB printers and parallel printers connected >> to USB ports using a connecting device. I downloaded this and >> unzipped it to D:\USBupdate. I then read the text file which said to >> open an OS/2 window and type USBPRTEN at the command prompt to expand >> it. As it was already expanded I didn't do this but wondered whether >> that would have placed the enclosed files in other directories. On >> searching I found that the files were in the directories later >> mentioned and that USBMON.EXE was in the directories Chuck mentioned. >> >> It then said to open the existing (or create new) printer object >> properties window and select "output port" page. I went to Local >> System > Printers where I have an icon "Printer" which is for my >> printer when connected directly by parallel cable. In it's properties >> window I selected "output port". >> It then said "Select the " install new port" button by right clicking >> on LPT1 port icon and selecting install to open the dialog for the >> print object" This I did. >> Next it said to select the "New port drivers" radio button and type >> the full path to the expanded port driver in the "Directory" edit box. >> I typed C:\OS2\DLL and pressed refresh button as directed. This >> showed the USB port which I selected and then pressed the install >> button as directed. >> It then said to shut down and restart. >> >> When restarted and I tried to print a page It again said "Your >> printer is not responding" so I don't think this USB to parallel >> cable is going to work unless someone has other ideas. >> >> Alan > > Did you shadow "\OS2\USBMON.EXE /USBPRT" into your startup folder? It seems to have been done automatically when I unzipped USBP1057.ZIP as it's there. Alan -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:39:16 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: USB to Parallel Alan Duval wrote: > > Following Chuck's Email I went to the eComStstion site. Couldn't see > any download files for USBMON but noticed a zip file USBP1057.ZIP > which was for installing USB printers and parallel printers connected > to USB ports using a connecting device. I downloaded this and unzipped > it to D:\USBupdate. I then read the text file which said to open an > OS/2 window and type USBPRTEN at the command prompt to expand it. As > it was already expanded I didn't do this but wondered whether that > would have placed the enclosed files in other directories. On > searching I found that the files were in the directories later > mentioned and that USBMON.EXE was in the directories Chuck mentioned. > > It then said to open the existing (or create new) printer object > properties window and select "output port" page. I went to Local > System > Printers where I have an icon "Printer" which is for my > printer when connected directly by parallel cable. In it's properties > window I selected "output port". > It then said "Select the " install new port" button by right clicking > on LPT1 port icon and selecting install to open the dialog for the > print object" This I did. > Next it said to select the "New port drivers" radio button and type > the full path to the expanded port driver in the "Directory" edit box. > I typed C:\OS2\DLL and pressed refresh button as directed. This > showed the USB port which I selected and then pressed the install > button as directed. > It then said to shut down and restart. > > When restarted and I tried to print a page It again said "Your printer > is not responding" so I don't think this USB to parallel cable is > going to work unless someone has other ideas. > > Alan But you said that this cable has worked before ? Do you have any spare space on your disk where you could re-install eCS ? If so it'd be good to do a clean install and to select USB printing support during the install. If the printer works on that temporary eCS install, you know it's a configuration issue on you main partition. Cheers/2 Ed. -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:05:50 +1100 From: Alan Duval Subject: Re: USB to Parallel Ed Durrant wrote: > Alan Duval wrote: >> >> Following Chuck's Email I went to the eComStstion site. Couldn't see >> any download files for USBMON but noticed a zip file USBP1057.ZIP >> which was for installing USB printers and parallel printers connected >> to USB ports using a connecting device. I downloaded this and >> unzipped it to D:\USBupdate. I then read the text file which said to >> open an OS/2 window and type USBPRTEN at the command prompt to expand >> it. As it was already expanded I didn't do this but wondered whether >> that would have placed the enclosed files in other directories. On >> searching I found that the files were in the directories later >> mentioned and that USBMON.EXE was in the directories Chuck mentioned. >> >> It then said to open the existing (or create new) printer object >> properties window and select "output port" page. I went to Local >> System > Printers where I have an icon "Printer" which is for my >> printer when connected directly by parallel cable. In it's properties >> window I selected "output port". >> It then said "Select the " install new port" button by right clicking >> on LPT1 port icon and selecting install to open the dialog for the >> print object" This I did. >> Next it said to select the "New port drivers" radio button and type >> the full path to the expanded port driver in the "Directory" edit box. >> I typed C:\OS2\DLL and pressed refresh button as directed. This >> showed the USB port which I selected and then pressed the install >> button as directed. >> It then said to shut down and restart. >> >> When restarted and I tried to print a page It again said "Your >> printer is not responding" so I don't think this USB to parallel >> cable is going to work unless someone has other ideas. >> >> Alan > > But you said that this cable has worked before ? > > Do you have any spare space on your disk where you could re-install > eCS ? If so it'd be good to do a clean install and to select USB > printing support during the install. > > If the printer works on that temporary eCS install, you know it's a > configuration issue on you main partition. Yes! I'm sure it worked. As I mentioned, I have another box which has an ASUS M3A motherboard. I installed eCS 2.0 RC4 on this but couldn't get ACPI or SMP working. Also it didn't have a parallel port so I bought this USB to parallel cable and I downloaded a file from eComStation (probably the same as mentioned above) to get the printer recognized and installed the printer and was surprised that it worked. I then installed eCS 2.O RC5 to see if I could get ACPI and SMP working but couldn't so put that box in storage and went back to my other system which has an ASUS M2V-TVM motherboard which has ACPI & SMP working and has a parallel port. It was only recently that I decided to see if I could use that cable to connect my printer to a USB port to make it easy to plug in and remove when required. Also I was thinking of getting a reserve motherboard just in case my present one failed (I had a previous M2V-TVM failure) and a lot of the new motherboards seem to have done away with parallel ports). I tried to find the spec of my present cable but couldn't, so I looked at a number of other USB to Parallel cables and they all require WIN or MAC systems and have software to install. One could be used with Linux and mentioned it needed a certain driver which could be used with the CUPS system. Hence it seems that a driver is needed to access the printer via these cables although WIN XP detected it and I didn't install any special driver. I don't know whether the USBP1057.ZIP contains a driver. I have bought a new HD and am waiting for a removable cradle. When I get it I will install eCS on it and do as you said. Regards, Alan -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 5 ==========================** Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:50:37 +1000 (AEST) From: "John Angelico" Subject: GNUCash for OS/2? Hi all. I have been told that the FOSS personal accounting package GNUCash has matured to something serious, and has even become multi-platform. See http://en.wikipedia dot org/wiki/GnuCash for details. Does anyone know if there is an OS/2-eCS port anywhere in the works? Does the reference to something called Scheme preclude a port? Best regards John Angelico OS/2 SIG os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or talldad at kepl dot com dot au ___________________ -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG **= Email 6 ==========================** Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:09:24 +1000 (EST) From: "Ian Manners" Subject: Re: GNUCash for OS/2? Hi John, >Does anyone know if there is an OS/2-eCS port anywhere in the works? Does >the reference to something called Scheme preclude a port? We have :- 10/07/02 8:17 17929322 0 scheme-7.7.1-ix86-os2.zip I have it setup here so will see if it compiles over the weekend, if not I will see about compiling the latest scheme, if someone else like Paul hasnt already done so :-) Cheers Ian Manners http://www.os2site dot com/ -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG