Using the USB Trigger Interface as a Parallel Port
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 11:57 am
Hello,
I have been working on getting some triggers sent on the USB trigger interface. I realise it is recognised by the computer as a serial port. I am able to send triggers, but am not seeing them reflected in ActiView. The current solution I have for sending triggers only allows string values on serial ports (this is a different matter entirely!), which means we would have to either figure out how we can change the way in which BIOSEMI interprets values it receives or we would have to somehow use the serial port as a parallel instead. Is there a BDF reader can convert strings into byte values? Alternatively, could we somehow make it such that the USB trigger interface is used as a parallel port for sending byte values rather than strings? Many thanks in advance!
I have been working on getting some triggers sent on the USB trigger interface. I realise it is recognised by the computer as a serial port. I am able to send triggers, but am not seeing them reflected in ActiView. The current solution I have for sending triggers only allows string values on serial ports (this is a different matter entirely!), which means we would have to either figure out how we can change the way in which BIOSEMI interprets values it receives or we would have to somehow use the serial port as a parallel instead. Is there a BDF reader can convert strings into byte values? Alternatively, could we somehow make it such that the USB trigger interface is used as a parallel port for sending byte values rather than strings? Many thanks in advance!