I use com0com (and com2tcp). http://com0com.sourceforge.net/ Regards, Richard. ________________________________ From: boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Michael Powell Sent: 21 October 2011 02:26 To: boost-users@lists.boost.org Subject: [Boost-users] [asio] virtual/emulated serial ports? Hello, Does asio, or another boost API, allow developers to create a virtual or emulated serial port? By virtual or emulated, I mean, creating a software serial port that looks and feels just like the physical hardware, with device protocol to boot. Or something like a serial-tcp/ip bridge might be satisfactory as well. Oh, free, or not as expensive, is preferred, of course... :) Thank you... Best regards, Michael