Connect two VMs via virtual serial port

[bringupguy]

Here is my wishlist item for the Mac OS X version of Parallels:

I would like to have two VMs running at the same time and communicating with each other via a virtual RS232 connection.

In the real world I do this with two Linux PCs and a "null modem serial cable" (basiclly the TX and RX lines are crossed over). I would like to do this in Parallels on Mac OS X so I don't have to have use two PCs and all of that desk space to work on my serial project.

 

[Ynot]

You can do it via sockets. At one VM you set a "server" socket and at other one "client" socket

 

[mlandel]

You can do it via sockets. At one VM you set a "server" socket and at other one "client" socket

I tried this in an earlier beta and it did not work. I posted about it but did not see any responses. Data moved in one direction (server to client, I think), but not the other. Has something been doe to fix this in later beta's?

Matt

 

[Ynot]

Hmm.. Seems no, we do not touch anything there. We'll check that.

 

[bringupguy]

Has this been fixed in the newest release candidate version?