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2. Installation

If you got the pcnec executable file, just copy it to a directory included in your PATH environment variable, for example /usr/local/bin.
Then try to execute it typing, from the shell, pcnec -h ; if you get an error like "command not found", you have not copied the pcnec executable to a directory in your PATH; in this case you can run program typing ./pcnec -h from the directory within the binary file.

2.1 How to obtain Pcnec

Pcnec was written by Paolo Subiaco, and you are free to download the software, interface schematic and information from the url http://www.creasol.it/equipment/.

2.2 Requirements

You need a PC compatible with a parallel port (don't worry if it is shared with your printer or scanner), with Linux OS and 2.4 kernel.
It does NOT run correctly on every PC because some parallel port interface are not very low impedance so it can be little reflections on the parallel cable: using a flat cable to connect interface to the PC, long as minimum as possible can be a good chance to get interface working on every PC!

2.3 Compilation and installation

In order to compile and install Pcnec on your system, type the following in the base directory of the Pcnec distribution:

% ./configure
% make
% make install

Since Pcnec uses autoconf you should have not trouble compiling it. Should you run into problems please report them to the the author at Paolo Subiaco - http://www.creasol.it


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