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Create Virtual com port

I have to create virtual com port,by which I can communicate with other com port on machine,It is a part of device driver development?or simply we can write in c++.

Anyone can help me on this Thanks in advance.

Solution

  • You'll have to write a driver, so you'll need to install the WDK (previously called DDK). But you're lucky, because the Windows Driver Kit Samples Pack contains a Virtual Serial port samples.

    It seems that you want a 'translater' to talk with a device, why not simply write a filter driver and implement some additional IOControls?

    If you really want to access an other port from within your driver (which I already did once), you should look up following functions:

    • IoGetDeviceObjectPointer / ObDereferenceObject (for opening/closing the port)
    • IoBuildDeviceIoControlRequest / IoCallDriver (for sending IOCTL's to change port settings)
    • IoBuildSynchronousFsdRequest / IoCallDriver (for writing/reading data)

    Structures/IOCTL's you'll need:

    • SERIAL_BAUD_RATE (for IOCTL_SERIAL_SET_BAUD_RATE/IOCTL_SERIAL_GET_BAUD_RATE)
    • IOCTL_SERIAL_SET_TIMEOUTS
    • SERIAL_HANDFLOW (for IOCTL_SERIAL_SET_HANDFLOW/IOCTL_SERIAL_GET_HANDFLOW)
    • SERIAL_LINE_CONTROL (for IOCTL_SERIAL_SET_LINE_CONTROL)
    • IOCTL_SERIAL_PURGE
    • IOCTL_SERIAL_SET_WAIT_MASK/IOCTL_SERIAL_GET_WAIT_MASK
    • IOCTL_SERIAL_SET_CHARS/IOCTL_SERIAL_GET_CHARS
    • IOCTL_SERIAL_WAIT_ON_MASK

    A complete overview of control requests can be found here