Accessing Parallel Port from a virtual machine of windows xp in windows 7 possible ?

[umart94]

In Labview 8.5 windows 7 there is no connectivity->ports menu i mean there's no inport.vi and outport.vi

so can i access these vi's by making a virtual machine of windows xp via windows 7 in VMware and then installing Labview in it ? will that work ?

i have seen tutorials about VISA .. can writing & reading be done to and from the parallel port using it in windows 7

i mean i need to use inport.vi and outport.vi so what is the alternate for these vi's in windows 7 and how do i use that alternative ?

Thanks.

[chaka1234]

Hi umart94,

We don't recommend using virtual machines since we have seen several driver connectivities issues. Since LabVIEW 8.5 is not compatible with Windows 7, I think you could try to download LabVIEW 2012 SP1 evaluation version to test it.

Also, I found out a link that might help you.

Best,

Carmen C.

[Yamaeda]

Theoretically it should work, but accessing physical ports on virtual machines can be a hassle. On the LV side it's a non issue. 🙂

It sounds like you're not using VISA? It should be quite easy, i assume LPT works as any other visa-port, Visa Open, write/read, Close.

/Y