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The .vmdsensors file

If VMD is compiled with the VRPN option, the file .vmdsensors is used to specify how to access external spatial tracking devices. This file will be read when VMD is told to initialize a specific external device. The Tracker library will look for the file in the following directories in the order given, and will use the first one found:

  1. $HOME/.vmdsensors
  2. INSTALLLIBDIR/.vmdsensors
This file contains extensive comments on how to configure the file properly. There is no configuration parameter to change the name of the file. If the VRPN option is omitted when compiling VMD, this file is not necessary.



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