[Xastir] Questions about Xastir running under VMplayer

Lee Bengston lee.bengston at gmail.com
Fri Aug 3 20:36:38 EDT 2007


Forgot the HowTo VMware in the Wiki has an example of forcing the serial
port to a specific com port.  This copy/paste from the Wiki sets the 2nd
serial port to COM4.

serial1.present = "TRUE"
serial1.filename = "COM4"
serial1.autodetect = "FALSE"


On 8/3/07, Lee Bengston <lee.bengston at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Oops, there were comment markers (#) in the example in my last message.  I
> deleted them below.
>
> On 8/3/07, Lee Bengston < lee.bengston at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > If using VMware Player, you'll have to edit the ".vmx" file with a text
> > editor.  The vmx file will be in the "My Virtual Machines" directory or
> > wherever the virtual machines are stored.
> >
> > The lines for the first serial port should look like the three below:
> >
> > serial0.present = "TRUE"
> > serial0.fileName = "Auto detect"
> > serial0.autodetect = "TRUE"
> >
> > You can add another port as follows:
> >
> > serial1.present = "TRUE"
> > serial1.fileName = "Auto detect"
> > serial1.autodetect = "TRUE"
> >
> > It is also possible to force each of them to a specific COM port, but I
> > am traveling and I don't have all of my "ammunition" with me.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Lee - K5DAT
> > Murphy, TX
> >
> >



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