[cw-discuss] Any support for serial ports?

[Ralph Strauch]

At 10:06 AM +1000 7/2/07, Nic Baxter wrote:
>On Mon, 2 Jul 2007 05:04:33 Ralph Strauch wrote:
>  > Is there any way to configure a serial port in Crossover so I can
>>  connect my GPS?
>Hi Ralph
>I thought that Macbooks did not have any serial connectors so assume that you
>are using a serial-usb cable.  However if I am wrong I believe that this
>method will still work.  I simple search using google found this entry on the
>codeweavers site.
>http://www.codeweavers.com/support/tickets/browse/?ticket_id=129711;list=13;ticket_level=3
>I hope that it helps.

Thanks for the suggestion, Nic.

I am using a KeySpan USB adapter to create the serial port, and the 
solution you pointed me to looks like it should work. It doesn't seem 
to be working, though. I changed to the directory for the bottle I'm 
using and created a symbolic link from KeySerial1 (the name the 
Adapter assigns to the port it creates) to com1:, as directed. The 
link shows up in the directory as com1/, which is guess is due the 
the confusion OSX seems to have about whether the path separator 
should be a colon or a slash. The program still doesn't see the port, 
though.

Do I need to add a path or other identifier of some kind to the 
adapter port name in order to get the link right?

Crossover only seemed to offer me a win2000 bottle when I installed 
the software. Do I need a winxp bottle, and if so, how do I get one?

Any other suggestions?

Ralph
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