I jumped from pin 12 to pin 25 and recieved no result. So, like you said Hood, Mach does not seem to be seeing my port. I think that my next step will be to determine whether or not the first pc I had trouble with will do the job. Unforrtunately, I will need to figure out how to change from ECP to EPP. Not sure that I am comfortable messing around in BIOS. And on top of that, I'm not sure I totally understand how to even access it. I know that you start your pc and hit delete a few times or F2 if that doesn't work?? I'm going to try.
Edit:
On the original pc, I went into the BIOS and changed the port to EPP. I found it under "Integrated Settings" or some similar name. It still reads as ECP in 'system information' under components. I'm sure I changed it because when I went back into BIOS, it was still set as such. Do I need to do something else within windows now?
Second pc, the one I am currently setting up in the garage (the pci express card) I went into BIOS and changed under 'pnp/pci' to "show initial" to 'pci express' as opposed to 'pci'.
THe best way to confirm is to check your bios for the proper mode of the LPT port
Set up one pin to one function test that pin.
change the config to the next pin and test
repeat for all pins
That way if it works on one it should work on all
Just a thought (;-) TP
On the pci express card one, I jumped from pin 10 (e-stop) to pin 25 and then reset. Same result as 12 - 25.
Am I confirming not seeing the port there?