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USB as Virtual Serial/Com Port

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Name: alebowgm
Date: February 21, 2005 at 23:07:53 Pacific
OS: XP Pro SP2
CPU/Ram: 2 GB
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I am wondering if anyone knows of a program that allows for USB Ports to be routed to Virtual Com Ports. Let me give you some background as to why...

Recently I was given a Treo 600 as a gift and I have had a wonderful time with it. One of the abilities of the Treo is the internal Modem built into it. By dialing "##83843733", it brings up a special program called 'Tethered' which basically connects the Internal Modem via USB cable to the Laptop. However, being that it is a USB Modem, I need a way to tell Windows that it can use it, hence why a Virtual Com/Serial Port I believe would work.

By telling WINDOWS that Com 9 (for example) exists and setting up a Generic Modem, I can route the information that is sent to Com 9 over the USB and to the virtual modem.

Obviously I may run into some problems, as it seems a simple anwer however I wouldnt mind trying it to see if it may or may not work.

Thank you for any advice.

Adam



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Name: lurkswithin
Date: February 21, 2005 at 23:52:43 Pacific
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Have you tried to install the drivers onto your laptop. After that it should see the modem whenever you plug it in to the laptop.

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Name: alebowgm
Date: February 22, 2005 at 14:03:06 Pacific
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What drivers? Where are these drivers?


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Response Number 3
Name: rompinpl
Date: March 2, 2005 at 15:34:47 Pacific
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Hi,

I would like to know also how to solve this problem; I would like to connect Palm T3 to laptop via USB/cable connector

THX in advance


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