From: minerva!diego@beaver.cs.washington.edu (Diego Montefusco)
Subject: TECH: Help needed for DataGlove programming.
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 92 23:55:57 CET


Hi all!

I have to start using a DataGlove VPL model 2 in a program I am writing in C
on a 486 for an university project.

I have a lot of troubles, since I can't read what the glove controller sends
on the serial port: I do use the same routines for reading the port that
VPL supplies, but it seems I miss EVERYTHING.
When you send a command to the controller, it sends back the same bytes
you sent, plus what you asked for. Well, I can't understand why, but, when
from time to time I do read something, it is NOT what I was waiting for...
Has anyone out there managed to successfully use it? I surely have NO 
experience in programming real-time data collection, but I don't think I
am completely stupid... or so I hope!

I've been breaking my head on this for 4 days now, and desperation is taking 
me and my colleagues :-( so, if you can, e-mail me some HELP!!

Thanks a lot,

Diego Montefusco


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