Thread: COM ports on remote PCs...

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    COM ports on remote PCs...

    Hello, I'd like to know if it is possible to use a COM port on a remote PC by an application working on another PC of the network.

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    Which OS ?
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    OS = winxp, but I need a "programmer oriented" tool: a library or something else which helps my C++ application to be able to use a remote COM port.

    Thank you,
    BrownB

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    Well you could write some client/server based network app which allows you to talk to the remote machine, and the server there opens a COM port for you.
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