USB Emulation of a Serial Port


  1. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
       #1

    USB Emulation of a Serial Port


    I have a Dell Latitude D620 with 2 USB ports and a Serial port. I need one of the USB ports to emulate a serial port. How do I do that?
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  2. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #2

    I'm not sure that can be done or why one would want to do it.

    If you could give more details someone else might have a idea.

    What are you trying to hook to what and for what reason.
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  3. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    USB emulation of a Serial Port


    I am trying to run APM Mission Planner which uses a serial port to interface to a telemetry radio for the Ardupilot Flight Controller. The telemetry radio interfaces to the computer through a USB port which is seen as a serial port by the APM Planner software. The telemetry radio passes many parameters between a quadcopter and the computer.
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  4. Posts : 3,487
    Win 7 Pro x64/Win 10 Pro x64 dual boot
       #4

    If I read you right, you need one of these to emulate a serial port on USB.

    Buy the StarTech.com 1 Port FTDI USB to Serial RS232 at TigerDirect.ca
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  5. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    I need to insert a USB plug into the computer that will appear as a serial channel to the software. Not the other way around.

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  6. Posts : 3,487
    Win 7 Pro x64/Win 10 Pro x64 dual boot
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    bobcmay said:
    I need to insert a USB plug into the computer that will appear as a serial channel to the software. Not the other way around.

    I see.

    Sorry. Can't think of a way.
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  7. Posts : 4,161
    Windows 7 Pro-x64
       #7

    Install the USB driver: common-APM USB Driver | Mission Planner
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