Question

I’m using a pc1602f PowerTip directly connected to the PC parallel port using this scheme:
http://www.beyondlogic.org/parlcd/parlcd.htm

All well as energizes the LCD and shows me the front row with black blocks, until then fine but now I want to send information through the parallel port.

If you look at the page you will see that there is a source to send information to the lcd, but uses windows libraries: huh:

I leave my code attempted to become linux.

#include <stdio.h>   
#include <string.h>  
#include <unistd.h>  
#include <fcntl.h>   
#include <errno.h>   
#include <termios.h> 
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/io.h>
#define PORTADDRESS 0x3f8
#define DATA PORTADDRESS+0
#define STATUS PORTADDRESS+1
#define CONTROL PORTADDRESS+2

main(int argc, char **argv)
{char string[] = {"Testing 1,2,3"};

    int count;
    int len;

    char init[10];
    init[0] = 0x0F; /* Init Display */
    init[1] = 0x01; /* Clear Display */
    init[2] = 0x38; /* Dual Line / 8 Bits */

    if (ioperm(PORTADDRESS,1,1))
        fprintf(stderr, "No se puede acceder al: %x\n", PORTADDRESS), exit(1);

    outb(CONTROL, inb(CONTROL) & 0xDF); 
    outb(CONTROL, inb(CONTROL) & 0x08);


    for (count = 0; count <= 2; count++)
    {

        outb(DATA, init[count]);
        outb(CONTROL,inb(CONTROL) | 0x01); 
        sleep(20);                                 
        outb(CONTROL,inb(CONTROL) & 0xFE); 
        sleep(20);                                  
    }
    outb(CONTROL, inb(CONTROL) & 0xF7);  

    len = strlen(string);

    for (count = 0; count < len; count++)
    {
        outb(DATA, string[count]);
        outb(CONTROL,inb(CONTROL) | 0x01); 
        sleep(2);
        outb(CONTROL,inb(CONTROL) & 0xFE); 
        sleep(2);
    }

}

Compiles perfectly but when I want to try it as root and run it throws me

root@ubuntu: /

media/E80C-30D5/LCD/build #./lcd

Segmentation fault (`core ‘generated)

root@ubuntu: /media/E80C-30D5/LCD/build #

Looking at dmesg I find this.

[3176.691837] lcd [3867] general
protection ip: 400cb4 sp: 7fff887ad290 error: 0 in lcd [[phone]]root@ubuntu: / media/E80C-30D5/LCD/build #

I put the dmesg log of ttyS*

root @ ubuntu: / media/E80C-30D5/LCD/build # dmesg | grep ttyS
[2.335717] serial8250: ttyS0 at I / O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
[2.335817] serial8250: ttyS1 at I / O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
[2.336100] 00:0 b: ttyS1 at I / O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
[2.336207] 00:0 c: ttyS0 at I / O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
root @ ubuntu: / media/E80C-30D5/LCD/build #

Do not get it to run, you can help me please?

Answer 1

I agree with others that you should write to the appropriate device file rather than perform I/O directly, if possible.

However, for the sake of completeness:

ioperm(PORTADDRESS,1,1)

should be

ioperm(PORTADDRESS,4,1)

Also, use parentheses to avoid bugs that results from incorrect macro expansion, like this:

#define PORTADDRESS (0x3f8)
#define DATA        (PORTADDRESS+0)
#define STATUS      (PORTADDRESS+1)
#define CONTROL     (PORTADDRESS+2)