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balaji_venugopa
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Host Serial port access

Hello World !!!

Could you please let me know how I can connect to a Host Serial port using VM Player?

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Balaji

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PJN
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Hi, add these entries to your .vmx file:

serial0.present = "TRUE"

serial0.autodetect = "TRUE"

or if you want to force the use of COM1:

serial0.present = "TRUE"

serial0.autodetect = "FALSE"

serial0.fileName = "COM1"

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PJN
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Hi, add these entries to your .vmx file:

serial0.present = "TRUE"

serial0.autodetect = "TRUE"

or if you want to force the use of COM1:

serial0.present = "TRUE"

serial0.autodetect = "FALSE"

serial0.fileName = "COM1"

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balaji_venugopa
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Thanks

Balaji

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