virtual ports

Virtual Serial Ports Driver CE creates up to 20 pure virtual serial ports in your mobile system, this results in up to 10 virtual serial ports pairs. Each pair has 2 ports that are virtually connected to each other. For other applications, virtual serial ports will be seen exactly as two real serial ports connected via virtual null-modem cable. You can select any port numbers for virtual serial port pair as well as change their names from COM to VSP. For example, you can create virtual pair COM5-COM6 (or VSP0-VSP9). In this case all data sent by other applications to virtual serial port COM5 (VSP0) will arrive at virtual serial port COM6 (VSP9), and all data sent to virtual serial port COM6 will arrive at virtual serial port COM5 (VSP0). This can be seen if you run two terminal programs available for your OS and connect one of them to virtual serial port COM5 and other one to COM6. Then, all you type in first terminal will appear at second one. Of course, you can transfer files, other data or do whatever you want as if there are more real serial ports in your embedded device. With Virtual Serial Port Driver CE you can connect one application to another using virtual serial ports pair. Applications will be able to exchange data. This solution can be used, for example, for GPS simulation programs.

Eltima Virtual Serial Ports Driver XP comes in handy when you dont have enough serial ports in your system, or all of them are occupied and you still need more. Or you dont have hardware serial ports at all .Created virtual port pairs look like real hardware ports. Application working with virtual ports will never see the difference. With Eltima VSPD XP you can connect several pairs of programs simultaneously. This solution will free your hardware ports and establish secure and fast connection between virtual ports. Virtual Serial Ports Driver XP allows configuring created virtual ports settings directly from the application or HyperTerminal on any side of the connection. Eltima Virtual Serial Ports Driver XP gives you the ability to create as many virtual serial ports in your system as possible to fit your professional needs. It saves your time, money and efforts, as link between virtual serial ports is much faster and more secure than real null modem connection and all it depends on is your processor speed. Created virtual serial port can have any name (COMn by default) or can have the same name as real serial port. In this case virtual serial port overlapping happens. Applications may reach virtual serial port via real serial one and vice versa. You can use this solution as a base one in your own software (OEM License needed). Virtual serial ports created with Eltima Virtual Serial Ports Driver XP emulate and support all usual hardware signal lines (DTR/DSR, RTS/CTS, RING, ERROR, DCD, etc.) As in real null-modem connection, DTR of the local port connected to DSR and DCD of the remote port, and RTS of the local port connected to CTS of the remote port. Moreover, you can leave default pinout for your purposes or set custom pinout schemes to improve the results of your work. Virtual serial ports created with Eltima Virtual Serial Ports Driver XP emulate and support all usual hardware signal lines (DTR/DSR, RTS/CTS, RING, ERROR, DCD, etc.)

Virtual Serial Ports Driver XP is an advanced configuration utility, which purpose is to emulate RS232 serial ports connected via virtual null-modem cable using Virtual Serial Ports Driver, which can be easily included in your own software providing simple and robust way to create and configure virtual serial ports directly from your application (if you purchase OEM version only). In other words, with VSPD XP you can create any number of pure virtual serial ports in your system connected into pairs via virtual null-modem cable without having real serial ports occupied. Virtual Serial Ports appear to operating system or any Windows application as "standard" hardware serial ports. Virtual serial ports created by VSPD XP work exactly the same as real ports in your system managing all signal lines and emulating baud rate. Of course, you can transfer files, other data or do whatever you want as they were real serial ports. For instance, using Virtual Serial Ports Driver you can create two virtual serial ports: COM5 and COM6 and connect two different applications to them. Everything that the first application sends to COM5 will be received by the second application at COM6, and all data sent to COM6 by the second application will be received by the first one at COM5. "Hot" installation - no reboot required after installation, creation or reconfiguration of virtual serial ports.

Virtual Serial Ports Driver XP description
Two virtual serial ports connected via virtual null-modem cable Virtual Serial Ports Driver XP is an advanced configuration tool, which purpose is to emulate RS232 serial ports connected via virtual null-modem cable.

Using Virtual Serial Ports Driver, which can be easily included in your own software providing, is a simple and robust way to create and configure virtual serial ports directly from your application (if you purchase OEM version only).

In other words, with VSPD XP you can create any number of pure virtual serial ports in your system connected into pairs via virtual null-modem cable without having real serial ports occupied.

Virtual Serial Ports appear to operating system or any Windows application as "standard" hardware serial ports. Virtual serial ports created by VSPD XP work exactly the same as real ports in your system managing all signal lines and emulating baud rate.

Everything that the first application sends to COM5 will be received by the second application at COM6, and all data sent to COM6 by the second application will be received by the first one at COM5.

Virtual Serial Ports Driver (VSPD) is a Windows device driver. Using it you can create any number of virtual serial COM ports in your system which will be virtually connected to each other.

For example, after installing VSPD, you will have Virtual Serial Port COM5 and Virtual Serial Port COM6 added to your system and you will connect two different applications to them. These ports will behave like real common serial ports to other Windows applications.

These ports will not interact with any hardware. The idea is: all data sent by other application to COM5 will arrive at COM6, and all data sent by other applications to COM6 will arrive at COM5. So, the application, that listening COM5 will get all data, sent by other application to COM6 and vise-versa.

Here are some key features of "Virtual Serial Ports Driver XP":

· Hot" installation - no reboot required after installation, creation or reconfiguration of virtual serial ports
· You can create as many virtual serial ports pairs as you want
· Full baud rate emulation (for Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003) NEW!
· You can control virtual serial ports directly from your own application using Dynamic Link Library supplied with VSPD XP
· Virtual Serial Ports are absolutely the same copies of real ones - other applications will never see the difference between real serial port and virtual serial port. You can manage different signal lines (DTR/DSR/CTS/RTS/DCD/RI) etc. NEW!
· Full support of HandFlow control (Hardware/(Xon/Xoff)) etc
· Real serial ports are not occupied (actually, you can even have no real serial ports in your system and work with virtual ones)
· Link between virtual serial ports is much faster than real null-modem cable connection and solely depends on your processor speed. Average transfer speed is about 35-40 Kbytes/sec
· VSPD XP uses advanced Windows kernel driver technology (supporting WDM, WMI, Power Management, PnP, etc.)
· Virtual link is much more reliable than common physical link
· Virtual Serial Port may have any name you like
· Virtual Serial Port can have the same name as real serial port (virtual serial port overlapping). Application may connect to real port through virtual one and vise versa. This may result in may additional ways of VSPD XP utilization
· Printers can be assigned to any Virtual Serial Port (available after Windows reboot) NEW!
· Set custom signal lines wiring (custom pinout) (for Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003) NEW!
· Set/unset line connection break (for Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003) NEW!
· Get complete information about current virtual serial port state (current state, sent/received bytes, Baudrate/ControlLine/HandFlow state etc.)(for Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003) NEW!
· User friendly GUI and on-the-fly help. It is very easy to configure virtual serial ports pair!
· Automatic port creating during system boot (prior to user login) NEW!


Limitations:

· 14 days trial period.

Virtual Serial Ports Driver (VSPD) is a Windows device driver. Using it you can create any number of virtual serial COM ports in your system which will be virtually connected to each other. For example, after installing VSPD, you will have Virtual Serial Port COM5 and Virtual Serial Port COM6 added to your system. These ports will behave like real common serial ports to other Windows applications. These ports will not interact with any hardware. The idea is: all data sent by other application to COM5 will arrive at COM6, and all data sent by other applications to COM6 will arrive at COM5. So, the application, that listening COM5 will get all data, sent by other application to COM6 and vise-versa.

Virtual Serial Port Driver by Virtual Serial Port Software, department of Eltima, is a sophisticated software solution aimed to create two pure virtual serial ports virtually connected to each other in your system. Therefore, without additional hardware installation you may use extra serial ports emulated at your computer. Deploying virtual COM ports you can do the same you do with the real one and for other windows applications they will be seen exactly as two real serial ports connected via null-modem cable. Unlike standard physical serial ports, virtual ports can be assigned any number and you can create as many virtual serial port pairs in your system as you want. The only limitation is the performance capacity of your system, as it may require a substantial amount of resources to emulate a lot of serial ports on the slow computers. VSPD XP emulates all serial port functionality and provides you with full support of Hand Flow control. In addition you can set custom pinout, apply line connection break and get complete information about virtual serial port condition. For example, you can create virtual pair COM6-COM7 and connect one application to another using it. In this case all data sent by other applications to COM6 will be supplied to COM7, and all data sent to COM7 will be supplied to COM6. This will ensure data exchange between applications. Such feature can be used for GPS simulation programs. In comparison with a real port a virtual serial port can be easily configured in accordance with your requirements. VSPD XP could be easily integrated into other software installations providing bundled software distributions. OEM version of VSPD XP enables the developers to control virtual serial ports directly from their own applications. On-the-fly installation makes VSPD XP presence invisible for the end-users. User friendly interface makes it very easy to configure and use virtual serial ports pairs.

Virtual Serial Ports Driver for Windows CE (VSPD CE) creates two pure virtual serial ports in your system which are virtually connected to each other. For other Windows applications, virtual serial ports will be seen exactly as two real serial ports connected via null-modem cable.

You can select any port numbers for virtual serial port pair. For example, you can create virtual pair COM5-COM6. In this case all data sent by other applications to virtual port COM5 will arrive at COM6, and all data sent to COM6 will arrive at COM5.

This can be seen if you run two HyperTerminals (or any other Windows terminal programs) and connect one of them to COM5 and the other one to COM6. Then, all you type in first terminal will appear at second one. Of course, you can transfer files, other data or do whatever you want as if they were real serial ports.

Virtual Serial Ports Driver XP creates any number of virtual serial ports in your system and connects them into pairs via virtual null modem cable.

Virtual Serial Ports Driver XP is a very useful tool when you dont have enough serial ports in your system, or all of them are occupied and you need more for different purposes. Or you dont have hardware serial ports at all.

Created virtual port pairs look like real hardware ones.Application working with virtual ports will never see the difference. With VSPD XP you can connect several pairs of programs simultaneously.

This solution will free your hardware ports and establish secure and fast connection between virtual ports.

Virtual Serial Ports Driver XP allows configuring created virtual ports settings directly from the application or HyperTerminal on any side of the connection.

Here are some key features of "Eltima Virtual Serial Ports Driver XP":

· Easily manage port access list, which is used to restrict access to created ports for various applications (for Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista) NEW!
· Virtual Serial Port Driver and all of its internal drivers are digitally signed NEW!
· Strict baudrate emulation (for Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista)
· Virtual Serial Port Driver is completely compatible with Windows Vista NEW!
· Virtual serial ports are absolutely the same copies of real ones - other applications will never see the difference between real serial port and virtual serial port.
· "Hot" virtual ports installation - no reboot required after installation, creation or reconfiguration of virtual serial ports
· Completely new Serial Ports Explorer, which helps you get full information about all serial ports used in system NEW!
· Virtual serial port may have any name you like
· Different virtual null-modem schemes are available: standard/loopback/custom (for Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista) NEW!
· You can create as many virtual serial ports pairs as you want
· You can control virtual serial ports directly from your own application using Dynamic Link Library supplied with Virtual Serial Port Driver
· You can manage all signal lines (DTR/DSR/CTS/RTS/DCD/RI)
· Full support of HandFlow control (Hardware and Xon/Xoff)
· Real serial ports are not occupied (actually, you can even have no real serial ports in your system and work with virtual ones)
· Link between virtual serial ports is much faster than real null-modem cable connection and solely depends on your processor speed. Average transfer speed is about 35-40 Kbytes/sec
· Virtual link is much more reliable than common physical link
· Virtual serial port can have the same name as real serial port (virtual serial port overlapping). Application may connect to real port through virtual one and vice versa.
· Printers can be assigned to any created virtual serial ports (available after Windows reboot)
· Easily emulate virtual serial line connection break (for Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista)
· Get complete information about current virtual serial port state sent/received data volumes, and other options (for Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003/Vista)
· Ports are automatically re-created on system reboot (prior to user login)
· User friendly and convenient program interface
· VSPD uses advanced Windows kernel driver technology (supporting WDM, WMI, Power Management, PnP, etc.)


Limitations:

· 14 days trial

COM API - virtual serial ports creation and management software.
What needs does COM API meet?
- Essentially reduces development efforts for creation of applications with virtual ports interaction
- Allows creating systems with legacy components which could transfer data only to serial port
- Allows taking serial stream and converting data using any other protocol.
In what situations COM API can be used?
- When it is needed to create and control virtual com-ports without writing system components
- To add support of virtual serial ports to your own application
- If you have the software, which works with some device connected to COM port and you want to capture all the data that goes to and from the port. Just create one virtual port and command the application to use it. Now you can monitor all data that application writes to the port and redirects it to the real COM port. And vice versa, you monitor all data coming from the device and redirect it to the virtual port
Use COM AP iIf you want:
- To create virtual connection between virtual com ports on null modem principle
- To emulate physical devices presence
- To implement serial data stream convertation
- To encapsulate your protocol into serial
- To insert any data into serial stream
- To represent your data stream as serial
- To present any stream of data in a convenient way for terminal programs interfaces
- If it is needed to obtain data from virtual com-ports in order then it could be transferred to other application or network.
COM API helps you to save your money and time!
The software is easy-to-use & is highly SECURE.

Eltimas Virtual Serial Port ActiveX Control allows developers to create custom virtual serial ports from application, which fully emulate real com ports. From your application you can view and control data sent to virtual serial port by other applications and respond to them by sending your own serial data to virtual COM port. The latest version of Virtual Serial Port ActiveX has the ability to set custom signal lines wiring (DTS, RXT, DSR, CTS, DCD, RING), emulate connection line break and enumerate Virtual Serial Ports under Windows NT4/2000/XP/2003. Virtual Serial Port ActiveX is now also compatible with Windows XP 64-bit Edition and features full baud rate emulation. It contains examples for Borland/Inprise Delphi, C++ Builder 6.0, Microsoft VC++ 6.0, Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Visual Basic.Net, Visual Studio C# and Visual C.Net. Other features include: Control lines support (DTR, RTS), High speed data exchange from/to virtual serial port, dynamical deletion and creation of virtual serial ports during runtime.