Serial/Parallel/USB/Firewire - Lab 1


Configuration and Testing

DIRECTIONS:

Follow the steps below.

1.  Ask your instructor for two computers, a serial loop back plug, a parallel loopback plug, a serial null modem cable, a parallel null modem cable, and a digital camera that uses USB.

2. Use the software provided to determine the IRQs and port addresses used for the serial ports on a PC.

 

3.  Use the serial loopback plug to test a serial port on the PC.

 

4.  Use the software provided to determine the IRQ and port addresses used for a parallel port on a PC.

 

5.  Use the parallel loopback plug to test the parallel port on the PC.

 

6.  Use the Windows 9x Direct Cable Connection (DCC) utility to move files from one PC to another using a serial null modem cable.

 

7.  Use the Windows 9x Direct Cable Connection utility to move files from on PC to another using a parallel null modem cable.