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8. By default, the device status setting is Connect at power on. You may deselect

this setting if you wish.

Click Advanced if you want to configure this serial port to use polled mode. This

option is of interest primarily to developers who are using debugging tools that

communicate over a serial connection. For more information, see Special

Configuration Options for Advanced Users on page 212.

9. Click Finish, then click OK to close the virtual machine settings editor.

10. On your host computer, configure the application that communicates with the

virtual machine to use the same pipe name.

11. Power on the virtual machine.

Connecting Two Virtual Machines

You can set up the virtual serial ports in two virtual machines to connect to each

other. This is useful, for example, if you want to use an application in one virtual

machine to capture debugging information sent from the other virtual machine’s

serial port.

To install a direct serial connection between two virtual machines (a server and a

client), take the following steps:

In the server virtual machine

1. Open the virtual machine settings editor (VM > Settings).

2. Click Add to start the Add Hardware Wizard.

3. Select Serial Port, then click Next.

4. Select Output to named pipe, then click Next.

5. Use the default pipe name, or enter another pipe name of your choice. The pipe

name must follow the form \\.\pipe\<namedpipe> — that is, it must

begin with \\.\pipe\.