Parallels WorkStation 2.2, 1-9u, EDU, ESD, IT WWL2XL-A01-IT Manual Do Utilizador

ƒ  If you have enabled the port, you can select the Connect at startup check box to start the 

guest OS with this port connected.  

Emulation: 

Parallels Workstation suggests three methods of serial port emulation:  

ƒ  connect it to a physical device (Use port option), 
ƒ  use an output file (Use output file option), 
ƒ  the third option is different in the Windows and Linux versions of Parallels Workstation. In 

the Windows primary OS it will be a named pipe (Use pipe option). In the Linux version 
socket technology instead of pipe is used (Use socket option).  

These methods are described below: 

1  If you have selected Use port, the drop-down list COM - Port displays the list of available 

real COM ports. Select one of them to connect to the virtual port. 

Note: In Linux primary OS to be able to connect virtual machine serial port to a real serial 
port, you should have system privileges to access the real device. Otherwise the real serial 
port will not appear in the list of available devices despite it is installed on your computer.  

2  If you have selected Use output file, you can attach the existing file using the Browse button 

or create a new one. The new file is created in the virtual machine folder. 

3  Windows primary OS. If you have selected Use pipe, the Pipe name field appears 

containing a default pipe name. Use it or type a new name that should subject to the 
following rules.The name should begin with \\.\pipe\, i.e. it should be in the form 
\\.\pipe\<name>

. If a name doesn't conform to this rule, you will get the error 

message: "Serial <number>: unable to connect. Cannot open '<pipe 
name>'

" when the virtual machine is started. 

In the second field select a role at this end of the pipe. 

Linux primary OS. If you have selected Use socket, the Socket Name field appears 
containing a default socket name. Use it or type a new name that should subject to the 
following rules. The name should begin with /tmp/, i.e. it should be in the form 
/tmp/<socket>

. If a name doesn't subject to the rule, then after virtual machine is 

started you will get the error message: "Com Port <number>: Unable to open 
<port name> device

". 

In the second field select a role at this end of the socket.