setting up Lumina response box with Presentation
This is how we set up our Lumina button response box with Presentation using the parallel port.
Hardware:
- get an RJ45 to D25 connector (e.g. from Minitran)
- connect pin 5 (green cable; trigger pulse) with pin no. 10 on parallel port
- connect pin 8 (white/grey cable; ground) with pin no. 24 on parallel port
Use hyperterminal to configure the Lumina response box:
- start hyperterminal
- click cancel
- File > Properties
- connect using COM1
- set
> baud rate = 9600
> data bits = 8
> stop bits = 1
> flow control = none
Settings Lumina response box:
- ASCII/MEDX
- 9600 baud
Configure Presentation:
1. In Presentation, select the Settings tab and then select Response on the left.
2. Click the Parallel Port Device button:

3. On the Parallel Input Device dialogue box, enter the following settings.

4. Click Close.
5. Click the Serial Input Device button:
6. On the Serial Input Device Settings dialogue box, enter the following settings.

7. Click OK.
8. Select Port on the left, and enter the following settings:

