1.) Select "Enable Serial Port"
2.) Port mode: Host Pipe
3.) Create Pipe Checked.
4.) Port/File Path: /tmp/vboxCOM'
Now the port shows up windows.
My version of netcat allows connecting to sockets.
extra/gnu-netcat 0.7.1-5 [installed]
nc -U /tmp/vboxCOM
test
testback
To test sending data over the socket with bash:
function sendData()
{
nc -U /tmp/vboxCOM <<< $(echo -en "\x1B$*\xD")
}
echo "Sending ST"
sendData "ST"
With python
#!/usr/bin/env python
import socket
import os, os.path
import time
socketLocation = '/tmp/vboxCOM'
print("Connecting...")
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_UNIX)
s.settimeout(1) # 1 second timeout, after all it should be instant because its local
s.connect(socketLocation)
def sendMessage(message):
'''
Sends a message to a socket.
'''
s.send(str.encode(message))
print("Sending a test message")
sendMessage("test\n")
