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From: Stefano Ugolini (giovanni.ugolini_at_mail.polimi.it)
Date: Wed Feb 20 2013 - 09:55:19 CST

Dear John,

just a quick update: I found out that everything works on the non-CUDA
version of VMD 1.9.1.

For some reason the Windows VMD 1.9.1 CUDA version does not load the
Tracker/Button/ForceFeedback in the VMD tools menu. And that made me
think of VRPN not being implemented in the pre-built of VMD.

Now, I wanted to use the haptic with a 3D monitor and the CUDA version
of VMD has a better performance with 3D vision. So, have you got any
idea about how I could approach this CUDA-version issue?

Thanks,

Regards

Stefano

On 2/15/2013 4:46 PM, John Stone wrote:
> Hi,
> To use VMD with a bleeding edge git version of VRPN would generally
> require you to recompile from source, as most VRPN versions are
> incompatible with each other. Do you need something specific from
> VRPN 7.30 in particular, or you just got the latest git because it
> was convenient? I probably have a binary build of VRPN for Windows
> that matches the pre-built Windows builds of VMD if I look around a bit.
> If you need VRPN 7.30 for some reason, then a source build is unavoidable
> presently.
>
> Cheers,
> John Stone
> vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 03:04:51PM +0100, Stefano Ugolini wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>> I am trying to setup a Sensable Phantom haptic device to work as a VMD
>> tool via VRPN 7.30 (git version).
>>
>>
>>
>> The Phantom device is on a Windows7 machine where VMD has been installed
>> with the pre-compiled version (no VRPN support apparently). On the
>> Windows7 machine I have compiled and installed VRPN and its server and
>> client application seem to properly work with the Phantom.
>>
>>
>>
>> Therefore, the following step would be to compile VMD on Windows7 with
>> VRPN option and run VMD-VRPN and VRPN server locally.
>>
>>
>>
>> I know how to compile VMD on Linux but I have no idea how to do that on
>> Windows7. I found some threads about it but I could not find any
>> step-to-step howto or detailed descriptions. Also, is there any way to
>> obtain a pre-compiled Windows build of VMD with VRPN option?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>>
>>
>> Stefano
>>
>>
>>
>>