From: grendel@bluefin.net (grendel) Subject: TECH: Help with Powerglove setup Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 20:35:47 GMT Message-ID: Organization: Blue Fin Systems, Inc. From: grendel@bluefin.net (grendel) Hello. I recently wired my Powerglove to my PC (486sx/40, 4MB RAM, Mono VGA monitor, 500MB hard drive, etc), but I can't seem to get it to work. I followed the instructions for the parallel port interface posted all over the net and in Linda Jacobson's "Garage VR" book, but no go. I'm using an internal connector for the +5v power, btw. I've read somehwhere that the parallel port must be bi-directional. How could I tell if it's bi-directional or not? There is no way to set it in my computer's CMOS like the article I read about troubleshooting said there would be. What happens... When I turn the PC on with the glove wired to the parallel port and power connector, the glove beeps and the red light on it flashes once. Some of the lights on the sensor array assembly light up as well, and stay on (the left, right, down, and B lights, in a pattern that looks like a "7"). I didn't get any docs with the glove itself since i bought it from a friend who had long since lost them. Perhaps I have to set the glove to a specific "program"? Or is my problem the classic "uni-directional parallel port" problem? Or is it something entirely different? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thnx. _____________________________________ So long, and thanks for all the fish! ---/\/iCK------grendel@bluefin.net---