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Serial Port Emulator will allow you to create virtual RS232 ports linked together in pairs via the virtual null modem connection. The absolute advantage of the virtual ports created with our software is that data transferred by the applications that open these ports on either side of the pair, is written to one virtual COM port and instantly read from another one.

Every created virtual port will be treated by the operating system and therefore any Windows software as the real COM port, meaning that it will support the same settings. When the virtual serial port pair is added, it appears in Windows Device Manager, what is more, it is automatically recreated on system boot, even before logging into your Windows user account. Virtual Serial Port Emulator can be integrated into your own application (SDK license) allowing you to create and manage virtual serial ports right from your piece of software.

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: Construct essential buildings like lumber camps, quarries, and charcoal makers to fuel your industry. You must also build houses, hospitals, and inns to keep your civilian population happy and healthy.

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#	Feature	Standard	Pro
1	Possibility of creating a limitless number of pairs of virtual serial port
2	Emulates settings of real COM port as well as hardware control lines
3	Ability to split one COM port (virtual or physical) into multiple virtual ones
4	Merges a limitless number COM ports into a single virtual COM port
5	Creates complex port bundles
6	Capable of deleting ports that are already opened by other applications
7	Transfers data at high speed from/to a virtual serial port
8	Can forward serial traffic from a real port to a virtual port or another real port
9	Allows total baudrate emulation
10	Various null-modem schemes are available: loopback/ standard/ custom
11	It’s possible to assign a custom name to virtual serial port, including names already taken by real ports
12	The software plus all accompanying internal drivers are digitally signed
13	Compatibility with Windows as well as kernel driver technology (PnP, WMI, WDM, Power Management, etc.)
14	Fully supports VMware and hyper-threading
15	Can create read and write rights for all ports
16	Ability to save data on usage of ports by applications in ‘activity log’
17	Can customize connections’ parameters to a serial port (parity, stopbits, baudrate and flow-control)
18	Rebooting of a computer is not necessary after each software installation
19	Ports are re-created automatically on system reboot, before user login
20	Ability to change names of virtual COM ports created by VSPD and displayed in the Device Manager
21	Offers complete support for HandFlow control (Hardware and Xon/Xoff)
22	Allows the sharing of a single real COM port among several applications simultaneously
23	Supports the merging of multiple serial ports into a single bundle

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SDK For Developers

SDK License permits you to embed Serial Port Emulation technology into your own software or hardware products.

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Common problem

Let’s imagine that you need to establish a serial connection between 2 applications. Usually, you will require two hardware COM ports connected with the null-modem cable, which is an unaffordable luxury nowadays, considering that current PCs have only one serial port or none at all. With COM Port Emulator you can forget about any additional hardware equipment since virtual RS232 ports do not require it at all.

How COM Port Emulator solves it

COM port Emulator is a unique piece of software, which can create an unlimited number of RS232 ports linked with the virtual null-modem cable. The virtual COM ports created with our software are indistinguishable from the real ones, and at the same time are much more efficient: the connection between the virtual COM ports is much faster than real null-modem cable connection and only depends on your processor performance.

Using Virtual Null Modem in real life

COM port emulation in Electronic Money Institution
S-money is the electronic money organization which issues electronic money directly to the end user, who interacts with it through various canals (the smartphones, web-sites, point of sale terminals).

Q: What difficulties forced you to look for such kind of software?

Armand dos Santos: Some of our customers were still using the obsolete POS terminals, so we had to search for the way to emulate serial port pairs to enable the communication between such devices and the S-money application. For us, it was crucial that the created virtual COM port Windows recognizes as the real one. Moreover, we were looking for a solution that could be integrated into our own software written in Java.

Q: How did you find out about COM Port Emulator by Electronic Team?

Armand dos Santos: The search query via Google has shown your solution, which eventually suited our use case the most.

Q: Have you tried any other software to achieve your goal before selecting Electronic Team’s solution? Could you please tell why you preferred our product?

Armand dos Santos: Of course, we checked a few other products but we failed to find one which could be easily and fully integrated into our own application. Besides, after conducting some tests we came to a conclusion that only COM Port Emulator meets our functional and quality requirements.

Q: Could you please elaborate more on how you use our product?

Armand dos Santos: We use your software to emulate RS232 ports connected in pairs with our custom application in order to enable serial communication between the legacy POS systems and our custom application.

Q: How did you benefit from using COM Port Emulator?

Armand dos Santos: Complete integration of your solution made it extremely easy for us to support thousands of our customers’ legacy cashier systems.