Friend Pierluigi has given us valuable directions. This software worked for me also, 
though I'm looking to see if I can find a freeware one. You *must* read the FAQ on 
the website www.briggsoft.com [friend Pierluigi's address does not work]. It gives 
you valuable advice on making an ordinary parallel cable (used for printer etc.) 
into a *crossover* parallel cable which is necessary for DCC.

For everyone's convenience I put only the crossover settings here though I still 
recommend that everyone go to the actual FAQ page as it contains much more information. 
Here goes:

>>
Link Maven requires a parallel port transfer cable that plugs into the 25-pin LPT 
printer port. These are usually referred to as LapLink or Interlnk cables. Link Maven 
does not support serial port transfers. Note that a plain DB25 cable (such as those 
used with A/B switch boxs or other devices) will not work. Laplink cables are specially 
wired so that their transmit/receive and handshaking wires crossed. This can be checked 
with a multimeter device against the following parallel pinout chart:

4-bit parallel pin configuration:


  DB25M            DB25M
  -----            -----
    2 ------------- 15
    3 ------------- 13
    4 ------------- 12
    5 ------------- 10
    6 ------------- 11
   10 -------------  5
   11 -------------  6
   12 -------------  4
   13 -------------  3
   15 -------------  2
   25 ------------- 25
  Note: some link cables have extra pin connections for an 8-bit mode. Link Maven 
will work with those cables also as long as they contain the same 11 connections 
shown above. 
<<

Hope this helps others too.
:-) agnihot3

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