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Figure 24 - Clicking and Dragging the 5DT DataGlove Icon to Create a New Glove
In the navigator pane, click on the newly created glove. The following window
will appear:
Figure 25 - The Glove Control Pane
If you know which port the glove is connected to, select it from the ports drop-
down list.
If you are unsure as to which port your glove is connected to you may click on
the
Rescan Ports
button. The driver will then scan the USB and all COM ports
for available gloves and update the Ports drop-down list. The progress of the
scan process is shown in the status bar in the Viewer window. Please note that
the scan process may take a while.
Once the correct port has been selected, click on the
Online
button. If the red
button turns green, a successful connection has been made.
5.3. Opening Wireless Gloves
The new 5DT Data Glove Ultra Wireless Kit uses one COM port for receiving
data from both gloves connected to the transmitter unit. The driver handles this
transparently by allowing you to open two gloves on the same port. Only once