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C H A P T E R 1 1 Connecting Devices
communicate over a serial connection. For more information, see Special
Configuration Options for Advanced Users on page 285.
9. Click Finish, then click OK to close the virtual machine settings editor.
10. On your host computer, configure the application that communicates with the
virtual machine to use the same pipe name.
11. Power on the virtual machine.
Linux Host
1. Open the virtual machine settings editor (VM > Settings).
2. Click Add to start the Add Hardware Wizard.
3. Select Serial Port, then click Next.
4. Select Output to named pipe, then click Next.
5. In the Path field, enter /tmp/<socket> or another Unix socket name of your
choice.
6. Select This end is the server or This end is the client. In general, select This end
is the server if you plan to start this end of the connection first.
7. Select The other end is an application.
8. By default, the device status setting is Connect at power on. You may deselect
this setting if you wish.
Click Advanced if you want to configure this serial port to use polled mode. This
option is of interest primarily to developers who are using debugging tools that
communicate over a serial connection. For more information, see Special
Configuration Options for Advanced Users on page 285.
9. Click Finish.
10. Click OK to save your configuration and close the virtual machine settings editor.
11. On your host computer, configure the application that communicates with the
virtual machine to use the same Unix socket name.
12. Power on the virtual machine.
Connecting Two Virtual Machines
You can set up the virtual serial ports in two virtual machines to connect to each
other. This is useful, for example, if you want to use an application in one virtual
machine to capture debugging information sent from the other virtual machine’s
serial port.
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