Faking an RS232 Serial Port

Question

I\'m developing a project that has a number of hardware sensors connecting to the deployment machine through RS232 serial ports.

But ... I\'m developing on a machine

Answer 1

There's always the hardware route. Purchase two USB to serial converters, and connect them via a NULL modem.

Pro tips: 1) Windows may assign new COM ports to the adapters after every device sleep or reboot. 2) The market leaders in chips for USB to serial are Prolific and FTDI. Both companies are battling knockoffs, and may be blocked in future official Windows drivers. The Linux drivers however work fine with the clones.