Shared Serial Ports - How to share real serial port?

Important notice: make sure that serial port, which you want to share, is free.

In order to share real serial port in your system, please, follow these steps:

Launch "Shared Serial Ports" application in case it is not started yet. For instance, the default path to it is: "Start" (Windows button) -> "All programs" -> "Eltima Software" -> "Shared Serial Ports" -> "Configure Shared Serial Ports".
Select serial port you want to be shared in Serial ports tree.
Click "Share port" Toolbar button.

Note: you cannot share serial port which is already shared.
Once the port is successfully shared, you may see "Connected applications" and "Custom rights" groups appear below shared serial port in Shared ports tree panel.
Optionally, you may set custom access rights for applications that will access shared serial port and specify serial port's connection parameters. For step-by-step guide, please, read How to set access rights and How to set connection parameters sections respectively.