O aparaithtos ejoplismos gia mia PLIP diasundesh einai (profanws) mia eleu8erh parallhlh 8ura kai sta dyo mhxanhmata kai to kalwdio. Ean mporeite na ry8misete th 8ura mesw toy BIOS, ry8miste thn ws "bi-directional" kai an ginetai se ECP h EPP mode.
Sxetika me to kalwdio, ta parakatw briskontai sto plip.c, ston kwdika toy pyrhna 2.0.33:
The cable used is a de facto standard parallel null cable -- sold as
a "LapLink" cable by various places. You'll need a 12-conductor cable to
make one yourself. The wiring is:
SLCTIN 17 - 17
GROUND 25 - 25
D0->ERROR 2 - 15 15 - 2
D1->SLCT 3 - 13 13 - 3
D2->PAPOUT 4 - 12 12 - 4
D3->ACK 5 - 10 10 - 5
D4->BUSY 6 - 11 11 - 6
Do not connect the other pins. They are
D5,D6,D7 are 7,8,9
STROBE is 1, FEED is 14, INIT is 16
extra grounds are 18,19,20,21,22,23,24
Sas proteinw na diabasete to /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/README1.PLIP kai to README2.PLIP gia perissoteres plhrofories sxetika me to kalwdio.
Kata th gnwmh moy na apofugete na kanete monoi sas to kalwdio. To na etoimasete eseis to kalwdio 8a sas glitwsei polu liga xrhmata alla 8a pros8esei polla problhmata. Ean akomh 8elete na to etoimasete eseis, 8ymh8eite oti to kanete me dikh sas ey8unh. Egraca akribws oti yparxei sto plip.c alla de dinw eggyhseis.
Kai mia teleytaia lejh gia to mhkos toy kalwdioy: makria kalwdia (anw twn triwn metrwn) mporei na exoyn problhmata logw parembolwn. Ean xreiazeste megalutero mhkos na xrhsimopoihsete kala 8wrakismena kalwdia. Pantws ta polu makria kalwdia de synistwntai: nomizw oti to megisto mhkos einai 15 metra.
Parola ayta, kapoios moy eipe oti to 30metro kalwdio poy xrhsimopoiei doyleuei mia xara; an kapoios 8elei na dokimasei PLIP sundesh metaju toy grafeioy kai toy spitiou toy (200 metra makria) kai exei ta xrhmata mporei na dokimasei, alla me dikh toy ey8unh.