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Capturing Printer Data From Alarm Panel

I have an alarm system that interfaces to a parallel printer. Every
time an event occurs the panel sends a message to the printer and it
is printed. I would like to get rid of the printer and interface the
panel directly to my PC and store the event data as files that I can
easily access.

Does anyone know of a product that can do this?

Thanks.

John
 
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Bob La Londe

Jan 1, 1970
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I have an alarm system that interfaces to a parallel printer. Every
time an event occurs the panel sends a message to the printer and it
is printed. I would like to get rid of the printer and interface the
panel directly to my PC and store the event data as files that I can
easily access.

Does anyone know of a product that can do this?

Thanks.

John

Is it a serial or parrallel interface? If serial its easy. You can do it
with a terminal program running in the background with a capture file going.
 
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Robert L Bass

Jan 1, 1970
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Is it a serial or parrallel interface?
If serial its easy. You can do it with a terminal program running in
the background with a capture file
going.

That's true. There are also parallel to USB
converters on the market which you can use
to receive data from a parallel printer port.

Quoted from answers.com:
"The Buslink USB printer cable is a
low-cost high-performance single chip
solution that provides bi-directional
connectivity between any standard
IEEE-1284 compliant parallel port
devices and the Universal Serial Bus
USB interface. Software drivers are
also provided to create a seamless
migration path from traditional parallel
port to the USB environment."
http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?shop.x=1&shop.loc=shopA&shop.pid=21691268

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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