wmrcomputers
Stafford PC & laptop repair specialist
I know there are quite a few programmers on here so want to know if anyone can produce a simple script or executable for Windows to solve this problem please...
I am using the parallel port to control the relays for my animated Christmas lightshow. No problem in that respect and i've got it all set up and working.
HOWEVER, Windows boots up with the the 8 data channels switched high / on / 5v or however you prefer to call it. This would mean that if the computer was restarted, ALL of my outside lighting will remain permanently lit until the lighting application takes over at it's preset time.
It's not a huge problem but I would have ideally preffered the lights to remain OFF until showtime. I can reset the data pins to off / low manually myself but is there a simple of way of getting Windows to turn them all off straight after booting up? Ideally a simple executable that could be set to start with windows or something like that would be ideal.
I don't want to take up hours and hours of anyone's time, but thought I'd ask incase we have a genius around here that could sort this out in a jiffy.
Thanks
I am using the parallel port to control the relays for my animated Christmas lightshow. No problem in that respect and i've got it all set up and working.
HOWEVER, Windows boots up with the the 8 data channels switched high / on / 5v or however you prefer to call it. This would mean that if the computer was restarted, ALL of my outside lighting will remain permanently lit until the lighting application takes over at it's preset time.
It's not a huge problem but I would have ideally preffered the lights to remain OFF until showtime. I can reset the data pins to off / low manually myself but is there a simple of way of getting Windows to turn them all off straight after booting up? Ideally a simple executable that could be set to start with windows or something like that would be ideal.
I don't want to take up hours and hours of anyone's time, but thought I'd ask incase we have a genius around here that could sort this out in a jiffy.
Thanks