Comments on Homebrew Tech: Internet Controled Car v2 Parallel Port

Keep up the good work man!

2010-01-12T07:03:57.850-08:00

Keep up the good work man!

Ah, I fixed the link to "car_remote_pp.as&quo...

2009-10-16T15:20:30.145-07:00

Ah, I fixed the link to "car_remote_pp.as".

Good luck Pippo.

ok thanks BlackCow, will use Linux ;). I can not d...

2009-10-16T15:05:31.606-07:00

ok thanks BlackCow, will use Linux ;). I can not download car_remote_pp.as you reload it.

Hello Pippo, I am not familiar with windows server...

2009-07-20T21:14:21.286-07:00

Hello Pippo, I am not familiar with windows servers. Assuming you are running Apache on your windows machine everything should be the same except for the actual parallel port controller program. I don't really program on windows but I imagine a google search for something along the lines of "controlling parallel port windows C" should give you some helpful results.

You may also want to take Drew Perttula's advice and use python as it is cross platform and very simple (also very different)! I have been playing around with python; I would defiantly recommend it to someone who is a bit new to programming.

And of course you could always give Linux a try :-)

hello, can use to windows script? is very importan...

2009-06-17T10:08:44.492-07:00

hello, can use to windows script? is very important, Thanks

I'm not positive the code originated with me, but ...

2009-04-22T23:02:00.000-07:00

I'm not positive the code originated with me, but probably at least some of it did because I went to the trouble to post it. Don't worry about the credit; it's not even code I would recommend to people now :)

Thanks for posting your project and the rest of the code!

I'd like to second the recommendation for using op...

2009-04-22T10:20:00.000-07:00

I'd like to second the recommendation for using optical-isolators instead of relays, it would simplify your circuit immensely and provide protection for your PC in the case of an accidental over current draw.

I've been using 4 NTE3081's in my project an online web controlled r/c car at (http://www.hellspark.com/vcar) for the last 10-11 years.

Oh wow that's the same code! My friend gave me som...

2009-04-21T16:12:00.000-07:00

Oh wow that's the same code! My friend gave me some source, I assumed he wrote it. I'll be sure to credit you, props man. :-)

I am working on some software for an eprom burner I was thinking about using python for the serial communications, thanks for the links.

Ha ha! My http://bigasterisk.com/projects/parallel...

2009-04-21T00:23:00.000-07:00

Ha ha! My http://bigasterisk.com/projects/parallel/parcon.c code (from 2002) strikes again! Looks like your stack is running ok, although nowadays I would do the php and C parts in a single python program, myself.

For parallel port comm in python, you can use the ubuntu package 'python-parallel'. Then "import parallel", "port=parallel.Parallel(port=0)", "port.setData(value)", etc.

BTW, I just did a very similar project where the parallel port pins close the switches on some remote-control lights (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HAVVKG). Instead of relays, I used optoisolators (http://www.futurlec.com/LED/4N26.shtml) which put less load on the parport and they're quicker and quieter of course. Those remotes run on 12V, as it turns out.

cheers-
drewp