Hi Chris, Below are the steps to configure Serial console (using named pipe) on VMware: IVE (VMware) 1. Open the virtual machine settings editor (VM > Settings). 2. Click Add to start the Add Hardware Wizard. 3. Select Serial Port and click OK. 4. Select named pipe under connection. 5. Enter pipe name of your choice. The pipe name must follow the form \\.\pipe\<namedpipe> Ñ that is, it must begin with \\.\pipe\. 6. Select the Near end is the server. 7. Select the Far end is a virtual machine. 8. Please make sure, the device status setting is set to Connect at power on. 9. Click OK to close the virtual machine settings editor. Client (VMware) 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 named pipe under connection. 5. Enter pipe name which we configured on IVE (VM). 6. Select the Near end is Client. 7. Select the Far end is a virtual machine. 8. Please make sure, the device status setting is set to Connect at power on. 9. Click OK to close the virtual machine settings editor. Open Hyper terminal on client machine (hosted on VMware) and connect to Com1 port. Hope this will help.
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