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 parallel N

{--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.
`parallel` `N`	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.