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From: Trollmann, Marius (marius.trollmann_at_fau.de)
Date: Mon Nov 27 2023 - 10:24:50 CST

Dear VMD-Community,

a quick update and a new struggle.
I compiled VRPN on my Windows-Machine with the option for the Phantom
Haptic Device. I did therefore the recommended changes in the
vrpn_Config.h file and included the required paths to the OpenHaptics
librarys. I also get a VRPN server running that seems to be connected to
my Touch Device. Here, I used the same config files as they were already
present for the Phantom Haptic Device (they are from the same company).
The next step should be then, as far as I understood, the compilation of
VMD with the VRPN library. However, at this point I struggle, since I
never compiled VMD on a Windows machine and all websites about this
topic seem to recommend using a pre-compiled version of VMD. I tried to
use cygwin, but then a lot of standard headers files are not found if I
call make. (To be honest, I already have problems to compile the plugins
which is required before even compiling VMD).

It would help me a lot, if somebody would give me some tips how to
proceed at this point.

All the best,
Marius

Am 2023-11-26 14:19, schrieb Trollmann, Marius:
> Dear VMD-Community,
>
> I would like to ask if there are any new updates/resources/tutorial to
> connect a haptic device (e.g. 3DSystems Touch,
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.3dsystems.com/haptics-devices/touch__;!!DZ3fjg!7ccz7jWCetU_YWIZUCI0dzGpsCWbhgjGs3UbHYJsIrw5NpWc7Wv6BdXdLkM69V7oSbX1L0LXwnHgxJhFGS3akz_uJiPu$ ) to VMD for running an
> interactive MD simulation. I already found some helpful resources but
> most of them are 8 to 10 years old. As far as I understand is a VRPN
> server needed to connect the device to VMD. However, I am not very
> experienced in that area and I would be very grateful if somebody
> could guide me a little bit how to setup such a server and prepare the
> necessary files for VMD. Currently, I use a PC with a Windows10
> installation together with VisualStudios 2022, and cmake v3.28.
>
> All the Best,
> Marius