May 15, 2009 16:43
Here's my successful experience with running a number of NMEA apps on a Mac Pro: the applications being MacENC on Mac OS and several on XP, including MaxSea, Endeavour 5.5, Airmail, Nebula and others.
I'm running Fusion 2.0.4 on XP Pro SP 3 on OS 10.5.7. Under Fusion I've been successful with simultaneous usage of up to COM 24 supported by 3 different serial interfaces. Active COMs are typically about 10. I also typically have at least 4 different USB devices running on VMware, 2 of which are USB dongles.
The three interfaces are:
Edgeport/8 = 8 port USB (XP only)
Keyspan USA49WG = 4 port USB (XP and Mac OS)
GpsGate, a virtual port sharing utility - which "clones" a single port to a number of virtual COMs (XP only)
I've been very impressed with how robust the VMware Fusion support of USB and USB-attached serial devices. I haven't run Parallels for a while so I can't comment on how solid their USB support is today. I made the switch from Parallels to VMware about July 2008 when VMware was significantly more robust.
I'm running Fusion 2.0.4 on XP Pro SP 3 on OS 10.5.7. Under Fusion I've been successful with simultaneous usage of up to COM 24 supported by 3 different serial interfaces. Active COMs are typically about 10. I also typically have at least 4 different USB devices running on VMware, 2 of which are USB dongles.
The three interfaces are:
Edgeport/8 = 8 port USB (XP only)
Keyspan USA49WG = 4 port USB (XP and Mac OS)
GpsGate, a virtual port sharing utility - which "clones" a single port to a number of virtual COMs (XP only)
I've been very impressed with how robust the VMware Fusion support of USB and USB-attached serial devices. I haven't run Parallels for a while so I can't comment on how solid their USB support is today. I made the switch from Parallels to VMware about July 2008 when VMware was significantly more robust.