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Changing the connection for a parallel port device from a virtual machine
You can change the connection for a virtual parallel port. For example, you
can associate a different physical parallel port with the virtual parallel
port, or choose to use an output file instead of a physical port connection.
To change the connection for a virtual parallel port:
- Select File > Open and open the virtual machine
configuration file
(.cfg) you want to
modify.
- Select Settings > Configuration Editor from Workstation.
- From the list of devices ,
select the virtual parallel
port.
- On the far right, make a different selection under
"Type" :
-
Device. Select
this option if you want the guest operating system in the virtual machine to
access the physical parallel port on the host machine. Then
enter the path to the physical parallel
port that should correspond to the virtual parallel port.
- File.
Select this option if
you want the virtual parallel port to connect to an output file stored on the
host file system. Then click
Choose
to locate the output file to which this virtual parallel port should be
connected.
- Click OK.
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