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prlctl Parameters 28
Parallel Port Management Parameters
This group of parameters is used to manage parallel port settings of your virtual machines. The
parameters syntax is as follows:
prlctl set <ID|name> --device-add parallel
{--device <name>|--output <file_name>}
[--enable|--disable][--connect|--disconnect]
prlctl set <ID|name> --device-set parallelN
{--device <name>|--output <file_name>}
[--enable|--disable][--connect|--disconnect]
All parallel port-related parameters are explained in the following table:
Parameter Name Description
--device-add
Adds a new parallel port to the virtual machine.
Note. You can connect up to three parallel ports to a virtual
machine.
--device-set
Used to configure certain settings of the specified parallel port.
parallel
Informs the prlctl set command that the device to be added to the
virtual machine is a parallel port.
parallelN
The name of the parallel port whose parameters you wish to configure.
You can learn this number by running the prlctl list command
with the --info option.
--device name
Connects the VM virtual parallel port to the specified parallel port on
the Parallels server.
--output file_name
Connects the VM virtual parallel port to a file with the name of
<file_name> on the Parallels server.
--enable
Enables the specified parallel port. All newly added parallel ports are
enabled by default (provided the --disable option was omitted
during the port creation).
--disable
Temporarily disables the operations with the specified parallel port; the
port itself is not removed from the virtual machine configuration.
--connect
Use this option to have the specified parallel port automatically enabled
inside the virtual machine on its start.
--disconnect
Use this option if you do not wish to have the specified parallel port
automatically enabled inside the virtual machine on its start.