Need help with setting virtual serial ports

Hi,
I run Win7 using parallels 7 on macbook pro.
i am working on a school project that needs to emulate a dumb terminal. the program communicates with another computer over serial port. On lab computers i can connect two computers using a DB9 null cable, run Hyper terminal on one machine(connected to COM1) and run the program i wrote on another machine (connected to COM1 of the other machine). and this works, but the problem is that i have to be at school to test every little change i make to my code and this can get exhausting. i would like to be able to somehow bridge hyperterm and my own software on my laptop so i can work at home. i know that this is achievable, but just dont know how...
i have created some virtual serial ports, but dont know how to link hyperterm and my program using these ports...
plz Help

 

I'm assuming you are using USB-to-serial adapters. When you add the virtual serial ports in the VM hardware configuration, are you pointing to the adapters?

Steve

 

Tnx for the reply Steve,
i am not using any physical hardware. i dont have any other computers at home, so i need to be able to run my program AND hyperterm on the same machine, but link them through the virtual ports somehow...