Top 5 HW Virtual Serial Port Alternative and Similar Softwares | May 2024

HW VSP is a software driver that adds a virtual serial port (e.g. COM5) to the operating system and redirects the data from this port via a TCP/IP network to another hardware interface, which is specified by its IP address and port number. HW VSP3 support even NT Services and 64 bit Windows 8 .

Main Features

Free, unrestricted Virtual Serial Port driver for any TCP/IP devices
Compatible with Windows 2000, XP (Win 98, NT), Windows 8 NEW& even 32-bit or 64 bit.
Runs as a standalone application, or as a NT service suitable for servers NEW

HW VSP multiport can create up to 250 virtual serial ports on one PC.
Compatible devices:
PortBox2: Full RS-232/RS485 serial port to LAN
PortStore5: Full RS-232 serial port to LAN with logging
IP Relay HWg-ER02b: Web relay + full serial port over IP
I/O Controller 2: Full serial port and I/O to LAN

Option to start at Windows startup and minimize to System Tray
Single-port (free) and multi-port (commercial) version
Supports RFC 2217, allowing to change remote serial port parameters (such as speed, parity, stop bits) over TCP using NVT
VSP driver typically operates as a “TCP client”; however, it can also be used as a “TCP server” (useful for GPRS applications)
Configuration stored in an INI file
Configuration protected with a password
Supports UAC (User Account Control) ...

1. TCP/Com

TCP/Com Multifunction serial to ethernet (and ethernet to serial) interface software. Easily access a serial device via a TCP/IP or UDP network or redirect Ethernet/IP data to real or “Virtual” RS232 serial ports. This allows you to use existing Windows-based serial RS232 communications software to send and receive data across any......

2. Serial to Ethernet Connector

Serial to Ethernet Connector Serial to Ethernet Connector allows you to share up to 255 serial port devices over a TCP/IP network turning your computer into a low-cost terminal server. As a result, any serial port device connected to a COM port could be accessed from anywhere in the world as if it were......

3. NodeGrid Manager

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4. com0com

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5. Virtual Serial Ports Emulator

Virtual Serial Ports Emulator VSPE is intended to help software engineers and developers to create/debug/test applications that use serial ports. It is able to create various virtual devices to transmit/receive data. Unlike regular serial ports, virtual devices have special capabilities: for example, the same device can be opened more than once by different applications,......