Set up serial pipe between VMware Linux guest and Windows host
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I am using VMware Workstation 12 Player. My host is Windows 10, my guest is Fedora 22.
I want to set up a COM port between the host and guest. The reason is I have an app running in Windows that needs to talk to an app that only runs in Linux.
I followed the instructions posted on VMware website. To summarize:
In the VM:
\\.\pipe\com12, I have also tried\\.\pipe\com_12.This end is the server.andThe other end is an application., which I think is accurate.Serial Port 2.In Windows (host):
On Windows I opened TeraTerm, set it up to use COM10 (but I have also tried COM12), set baudrate to 115200, parity is 'none', 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no flow control.
On Linux I opened cutecom, set it up to use ttyS2 (Serial Port 2, right?), and matched all other settings.
I tried sending characters from Windows to Linux and the other way around, but I don't see anything. What else do I need to do to get this to work?