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Changing the connection for a serial port device from a virtual machine

You can change the connection for a virtual serial port. For example, you can associate a different physical port with the virtual serial port, or choose to use an output file or named pipe instead of a physical port connection.

To change the connection for a virtual serial port:

  1. Select File > Open and open the virtual machine configuration file (.cfg) you want to modify.
  2. Select Settings > Configuration Editor from Workstation.
  3. From the list of devices , select the virtual serial port.
  4. On the far right, make a different selection under "Type" :
  5. Click OK.
  6. Power on the virtual machine.

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