4.2: IR Printing?

From: Michael Schwab (michael.schwab_at_cobecv.com)
Date: 04/27/04


Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:22:09 -0600

We're trying to print through the IrDA port, but we haven't even been able
to get the transmit line on the IR port to activate at all. IrDA shows up
as a printer port, but when we try to print from WordPad or IE, we get a
"printer not attached or available" type error, and sometimes WordPad
crashes.

We have an Advantech PCM5820 board with Geode (x86) processor.

Under platform builder 4.2 I have the following in my project:

Under GEODEPAD features\Enterprise Web Pad (Display-based devices) I have:
   Applications and Services Development:
     Object Exchange Protocol (OBEX) (I think this relates to IR
beaming?)
   Communication Services and Networking:
     Networking - Personal Area Network (PAN):
       IrDA
Under GEODEPAD features\Device Drivers I have:
   Networking\Personal Area Networking (PAN) devices:
     Serial Infrared (SIR) Devices
   Printer Devices:
     Printing Port Library (irprint.c, prnport.c, prnerr.c)
     PCL Printer Driver (I've had this in and out to no effect)

We've checked our BIOS, and enabled the IR port. The other BIOS settings
are address=2E8H, mode=IrDA, Transmittion (sic) delay=Enabled, IRQ=IRQ11.

I don't see any other IR related components in the Catalog to add. What am
I missing?

Michael Schwab



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