title: Serial communication emulation in Windows
body: <p>I want to emulate an Arduino serial communication in Windows. I wrote this pySerial script to represent the connection:</p>
  
  <pre><code>from serial import Serial
  from time import sleep
  
  serial_conn = Serial(&lt;some port&gt;)
  serial_conn.baudrate = 9600
  
  for i in range(1,10):
      serial_conn.write(&lt;dummy data&gt;)
      sleep(1)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The problem is the following: I tried to use available serial ports (like COM1 or COM3 for example) but I can't sniff the port with a serial monitor tool. It's because I need hardware to open the port? Or maybe the problem are the tested ports? (maybe Windows uses the COM1 for comm as Linux uses the first serial too). Should I try with a virtual serial ports tool? If that's the point, can you recomend me someone and the usage? </p>