Create virtual com port in C#?

Create virtual com port in C#?

• ved kaila

  I also am trying to create a virtual com port but in C++ anybody have any pointers or tips
  
  

• raulhsj

  Moved to the Common Language Runtime group, which covers interop.
  
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• InHowes

  hello,

  I am doing the same project. Which I have to create a virtual com port, so that other program can read and write data in and out.

  I know there are a lot of products already exist which help you to create a virtual com port e.g. com5 to com16. However, as a programmer we want it to create it by ourself.

  I research on creating virtual device( VxD )for 95 - 98, but then you will have to know a lot of WinASM assembler language in order to create a device. It is pretty interesting that Win 95 create all kind of virtual device( by VMM32.exe ) for multi-tasking DOS application.

  As I research on NT/ 2000/ XP they change the vitual device name to ( VDD ). I am currently research on DDK for XP. I just hope there are something that let me to create one

  
  
  

• Shawn Burke

  I don’t believe that this is possible to emulate a com port through the SerialPort class. The only options that I can think would be to write your own device driver or to use some IPC mechanism to send the data from process to the other.

  Thanks,

  Ryan Byington [MS]
  

  
  
  

• Sinisa Catic

  Creating a driver using C# is not possible at the moment.

  There are some vendors offering virtual COM port solutions that can be used from managed code:

  See:
  http://franson.com/serialtools/
  http://www.google.com/search hl=en&lr=&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-us&q=virtual+com+port+%22windows+xp%22&btnG=Search

  
  
  

• webber123456

  Fine. Thank you. :)
  

• Solve-IT

  Thanks for the reply,
  Unfortunatly I can't send the data from one process to the other because one of them isn't mine. I would have no idea of where to even start with writing my own device driver as I've not had to do something of the sort before. That doesn't mean I wouldn't mind learning though. Does anyone know of a good place to learn, or of a driver template I can go off of
  
  Thanks
  
  

• Tcl70

  Thanks for the reply,
  Ya, I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to create a virtual com port. Read it in and the emulate it to another port number so the other application can be pointed to that port number.
  I'm using Windows XP.
  Ya, so I have no clue as how to create a virtual com port. I have spent hours searching but haven't found anything on how to do it.
  
  

• emilevdberg

  Hi.
  I want to create a virtual com port in Windows Xp environment too. I am using C#. Did you succeed in creating the port
  Please let me know.
  
  
  

• razerredblue

  So just for clarification, you are reading from a COM port using the SerialPort class but the other process is also reading the same data correct Hmmm, if you have no control over the other process then this is probably going to be tricky. I believe you can come up with your own "virtual" com port, but currently I don't think there's a pre-built solution for this in C#.

  If you're using Windows CE, these articles might help:

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/wcebluet/html/ceconCOMPortEmulationFacility.asp

  By the way, you might also want to check out this article on MSDN about connecting to a GPS:

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/coding4fun/someassemblyrequired/whereami/default.aspx

  
  
  

• KingHooi

  Thanks for the information BurgerKing. Please keep me informed on your findings. I'm still trying to figure this out.
  
  
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