USB to USB and Serial

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egray2013
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USB to USB and Serial

Post by egray2013 » Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:30 am

Hi All,

I am new to this so bare with me. I have seen adapters that allow you to connect a usb device and it will create a virtual serial device.

Do you know if there is a device that allow me to connected a usb cable to a computer and usb printer but also have a serial connection at the same time? So whatever text print job got sent to the usb printer can also get sent to the com/serial port and then to somewhere else?

Thanks so much!

K
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Re: USB to USB and Serial

Post by Supreme_D » Mon Jan 14, 2013 3:28 pm

egray2013 wrote:I have seen adapters that allow you to connect a usb device and it will create a virtual serial device.

What do you mean by virtual serial device? Not sure I get this one.
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Re: USB to USB and Serial

Post by ulao » Tue Jan 15, 2013 3:55 pm

I'm pretty sure he means like one of those virtual serial port HID drivers. Where the OS thinks the USB devices is actually a serial device with a comm port.
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Re: USB to USB and Serial

Post by Supreme_D » Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:21 am

ulao wrote:I'm pretty sure he means like one of those virtual serial port HID drivers. Where the OS thinks the USB devices is actually a serial device with a comm port.

Ah, thanks for the explanation, now it makes sense to me)
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