User guide

186 Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide
Serial Port Options
The Serial Port Options tab of Configuration Editor lets you choose the type of emulation for a
serial port. Parallels Desktop allows up to four serial ports to be connected to a virtual machine.
Note. Configuration Editor is available only when the virtual machine is stopped.
Device Status:
 If you wish to temporarily disable operations with a serial port without deleting it from the
configuration, clear the Enabled check box.
Note: If you start the operating system with the serial port disabled, it can not be connected
or disconnected when the virtual machine is running.
 If you have enabled the port, you can select the Connect at startup check box to start the
guest OS with this port connected.
Emulation:
Parallels Desktop provides two ways of serial port emulation:
 Use socket option.
If you have selected Use socket, the Socket Name field appears containing a default socket
name. Use it or type a new name in the following format: /tmp/<socket>. Where
<socket> is a file name.
In the second field select the role at this end of the socket.