Virtual Serial Port Driver PRO is an effective, all-inclusive software solution built on the functionality of Virtual Serial Port Driver. Creating bundles of virtual RS232 ports and setting custom port parameters is facilitated by this application, making it a great choice for use in many scenarios. Easily and conveniently manage real and virtual RS232 ports with Virtual Serial Port Driver PRO.
Virtual Serial Port Driver PRO creates virtual serial ports connected via null modem emulator. These virtual COM ports work in pairs: data sent by one application will be instantaneously received at another end of the pair by another application.
The ports created by this virtual serial communication software appear to your operating system or application as standard serial ports. In fact, virtual serial ports not only do not clutter your desk but also work faster than real ones. The Virtual Serial Port Driver PRO based on virtual null-modem can be included in your own software providing a way to create and configure virtual com ports directly from your application (SDK license).
The number of virtual RS232 ports you can create with the help of professional serial communication software is almost unlimited; while your real serial ports remain free. Virtual ports can be given any name, existent serial ports’ names included. The system sees and recognizes virtual ports as they are displayed in ‘ports’ group in Device Manager. You can set up a port so only particular applications will have access to it.
The system will not see any difference between virtual and real ports. Virtual COM ports are as good as the real ones, they emulate all functionality, including Baud rate, data bits, parity bits, stop bits, etc. Virtual Serial Port Driver emulates a serial line break and is fully compatible with API COM. VPSD uses advanced Windows kernel driver technology that allows WDM, WMI, Power Management, PnP, Windows messages, etc. support.
Virtual Serial Port Driver PRO enables the splitting of physical serial ports (e.g. COM 1) into multiple virtual COM ports (COM2, COM3, COM4, etc.). These virtual ports are presented to your system as exact copies of a physical serial interface. In addition, this RS232 communication software allows the sharing of physical hardware ports by multiple applications. This function allows a single COM port and its connected device to be accessed by several serial applications.
Virtual Serial Port Driver PRO lets you link multiple physical RS232 ports to one virtual. Connected in this way, a serial application accessing the virtual RS232 port receives data simultaneously from all linked physical COM ports. This advanced feature lets you redirect data to one application from several different devices.
An option available when using Virtual Serial Port Driver PRO allows the creation and management of complex serial port bundles. Serial data can then be transmitted both in and out by unlimited virtual and physical serial interfaces. For example, serial data received on the ‘IN’ side of a COM port can be redirected to all COM ports on the ‘OUT’ side of the bundle and vice versa.
You can also easily manage hardware control lines by setting the Main Port for both the ‘IN’ and ‘OUT’ side of a bundle.
In cases where an application can only use a limited number of ports, a special feature of Virtual Serial Port Driver PRO called Switcher can be extremely beneficial. Using Switcher allows you to connect multiple physical ports into one virtual interface, or use the same name for all ports. Then you simply create a switcher in your app to make use of this specially created virtual RS232 port.
When your program searches for a connection to a serial port, the switcher detects open COM ports from the list of connected ports and makes one available to the application. In this manner, your program will talk to any free serial connection automatically as if it were always the same port.
Another advanced feature of Virtual Serial Port Driver PRO allows the addition of unlimited virtual and physical COM ports to a serial port bundle that has not been divided into ‘IN and OUT’ sides. Using this feature, all devices and applications have the ability to transmit data with all other devices and applications at the same time. All data sent to one port is replicated to all other ports in the bundle, both virtual and physical.