Introduction
Parameters for max 3 parallel ports
      
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VMX-file parameters 
          - parallel ports
Introduction
Parameters for max 3 parallel ports
      
| parallel ports | value | type | usage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| parallel0.present | true or false | switch | main switch | |
| parallel0.startConnected | true or false | switch | true connects device at startup | |
| parallel0.autodetect | true or false | switch | use to autodetect host device | |
| parallel0.fileType | file or device | switch | ||
| parallel0.bidirectional | true or false | switch | enable or disable biderctional mode - doesn't work with files | |
| parallel0.allowGuestConnectionControl | true or false | switch | true allows control via vmware-tools | |
| parallel0.present | true | switch | this settings use a textfile "parport2txt.txt" 
            for the output the device will start connected | |
| parallel0.startConnected | true | switch | ||
| parallel0.fileType | file | switch | ||
| parallel0.fileName | parport2txt.txt | file or device | ||
| parallel0.present | true | switch | this settings use a automatically detected host-device the device will start connected the device uses bidirectional mode | |
| parallel0.startConnected | true | switch | ||
| parallel0.bidirectional | true | switch | ||
| parallel0.fileType | device | switch | ||
| parallel0.present | true | switch | this settings use a automatically detected host-device the device will start connected the device does not use bidirectional mode | |
| parallel0.startConnected | true | switch | ||
| parallel0.bidirectional | false | switch | ||
| parallel0.fileType | device | switch | ||
| parallel0.present | true | switch | this settings use host-device LPT1 the device will start connected | |
| parallel0.startConnected | true | switch | ||
| parallel0.bidirectional | true | switch | ||
| parallel0.fileType | device | switch | ||
| parallel0.fileName | LPT1 | file or device |