Can we read the status of a particular pin in the Parallel port(LPT1)?

[Rajesh Sannareddy(ohio university)]

Hi,
I have a Camera.I'm trying to read the status of the camera by connecting it to the parallel port.The camera has a DB26 ,high-density I/O connector .A high level on pin 19 indicates that the camera power is switched on(+5v =on ,0v=off).I want to read the status of this pin by connecting it to the parallel port.Can i read the status of a particular pin in parallel port thru LABVIEW? if so how ? Any help in this regard is appreciated.

[Khalid]

Rajesh,

You may find the following tutorial useful:

http://zone.ni.com/devzone/conceptd.nsf/webmain/72C6FC6CE4AD4D1386256B1800794596?opendocument&node=DZ52058_US

Regards,

Khalid