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Thanks for your input, although I don't know why you bring up &quot;CD&quot; and &quot;Perl&quot;. &nbsp;Neither of them can be used in handhelds or win ce.<br />
Anyway, your input helped me realize it's just a matter of installing a virtual COM for USB with a USB to Serial converter. &nbsp;<br />
Found where I can order the converter from: <br />
<a href="http://www.commfront.com/USB-Serial-Adapters-Converters/USB-RS232-Converter-Adapter.htm" rel="ugc">http://www.commfront.com/USB-Serial-Adapters-Converters/USB-RS232-Converter-Adapter.htm</a><br />
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This converter uses FTDI chip to communicate with the USB and sends serial out. &nbsp;The driver for WinCE can be downloaded from:<br />
<a href="http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm" rel="ugc">http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm</a>
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Thanks for your input, although I don't know why you bring up "CD" and "Perl".  Neither of them can be used in handhelds or win ce.
Anyway, your input helped me realize it's just a matter of installing a virtual COM for USB with a USB to Serial converter.  
Found where I can order the converter from:
http://www.commfront.com/USB-Serial-Adapters-Converters/USB-RS232-Converter-Adapter.htm [http://www.commfront.com/USB-Serial-Adapters-Converters/USB-RS232-Converter-Adapter.htm]

This converter uses FTDI chip to communicate with the USB and sends serial out.  The driver for WinCE can be downloaded from:
http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm [http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm]

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Hi experts,<br />
I have an equipment that has only serial communication and I need to communicate with it via a handheld that has WinCe 6.0 installed in it. &nbsp;The problem is that the handheld only has USB communication available. <br />
I found a serial to USB converter which can be connected to the equipment but I don't know how to communicate from a handheld via USB
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Hi experts,
I have an equipment that has only serial communication and I need to communicate with it via a handheld that has WinCe 6.0 installed in it.  The problem is that the handheld only has USB communication available. 
I found a serial to USB converter which can be connected to the equipment but I don't know how to communicate from a handheld via USB

How to communicate via USB on Windows CE

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