Hi, Thanks all for the helpful comments, the reason why I wanted to be able to access the serial port on the computer that has the serial port is because its in a location that cannot be accessed all the time.
Anyway I used a serial-tcp bridge so now putty (terminal app I use) sends the data to a virtual serial port and that sent over wifi to a virtual serial port on the server which is tied to the usb serial port dongle. And in searching for that i found a program that lets you share your real serial port, now I my gps sends nema data to all 4 computers on the lan to update their clocks ( I had to do something with that big bulky / old racal GPS ';) Check it out, allows programs to send and receive data to one real serial port using virtual ports http://www.serial-port-communication.com/share-comport/ , only problem is its kinda expensive. Kelvin --- In [email protected], "Rotten Robbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The PC Serial port is not sharable! > > To be able to share it you must write a program that accesses the hardware directly. I don't think it can be done with USB serial port adapter. > > Bob Mackin > Seattle, Wa. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: kcmuthumani > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 2:06 PM > Subject: [soft_radio] Serial port shareing for SDR radio > > > Hi all, > > I built a DDS controller using an AD9951, it uses a pic18F4550 (I had > one on hand) to change the frequency, control of it is using a serial > port using ASCII commands eg F 6.060 changes the frequency to 6.060 Mhz. > > I would like to know if there is any freeware serial port sharing > programs out there. The way I have it set up now is the DDS is > connected to a old P3 which a real serial port and connected to the > home wi-fi network. > > DDS -- real serial port -- P3-server <<<>>>> Wi-Fi -- Laptop--Hyper > Terminal. > > I would like to be able to use a terminal application on my laptop and > send the data to the P3's serial port. I know of a few apps that do do > this www.network-serialport.com sells one. Is there any freeware apps > that can do about the same thing ? > > Thanks > Kelvin >
