## Adding a new joystick

This document describes how to add a new joystick to PPJoy using the Control Panel applet. See Opening the Control Panel applet for information on how to open the PPJoy control Panel applet.

To add a new joystick, click on the Add... button in the PPJoy applet. A new dialog box, similar to the one below, should appear.

Or you may get this error message:

The error message means that you have configured joystick interfaces on all the parallel ports that PPJoy has detected on your machine; and that all the possible joysticks on those interfaces have been configured. I you want to configure any more joysticks you will first need to delete an existing joystick definition or add a new Parallel Port.

First, select the Parallel Port to which the joystick interface will be connected. Only the ports on which joysticks can be created will be shown. If there is only one Parallel Port available/free, it will be automatically selected and the field will be greyed out.

Next, select the joystick interface that will be connected to the port. This field will be greyed out if there is already an interface type defined for the selected port.

If the selected interface allows more than joystick to be connected (e.g. TurboGraFX or Linux0802) this field will allow you to choose the specific joystick. If the interface only caters for one joystick this field will be greyed out.

The last field allows you to select how many buttons your joystick has, up to the maximum number of buttons the interface supports. If your interface only supports one button this field will be greyed out.

Click on Add to add the joystick to the system. The screenshots shown below are from Windows XP; the sequence for Windows 2000 is very similar. On Windows 98/Me you will need your original CD as Windows 98/Me needs to install a driver from the CD.

Make sure that Install the software automatically (as shown) are selected and click on Next.

Click on Continue Anyway (Windows XP) or Yes (Windows 2000) if a warning appears about unsigned drivers. This will depend on your settings for driver signing.

Click on Finish.

Make sure that Install the software automatically (as shown) are selected and click on Next.

Click on Finish
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