Virtual USB

Hello -
I hope I describe this correctly so please forgive me in advance....
I want to create a 9 button front panel VI that will send a predescribed hex string/number to the computer to act as a command in a third party software package.
The key is that it needs to be sent through a USB port so the 3rd party software will react correctly. I believe the correct terminology would be a virtual keypad input device that would be interfaced through a virtual USB port. Does that make sense? The third party software needs me to tell it the Com port to look at for the commands to be coming from.
I would like to see it as a device on my Windows device and printers screen as a com port. I would also like to be able to watch that virtual port to see the string that was sent.
I did quite a bit of searching here but don't see anything as I am asking for it. I am wondering if my terminology is leading me astray in my searching.
I tried to add a port in MAX with no luck. It seems to add it but in the VI, it doesn't show up as an available port and my devises and printers screen doesn't show it either. I tried to add Com2 in the MAX screen shot attached and trying to see it in the Visa resource control in the other picture.
Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to give me.
Steve
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Dennis – I am hoping that when a person of your experience levels suggests this could be a challenge, that will motivate a few to overcome it and tackle the challenge!
So for a little background, as a hobby, I develop input devices for the gaming community. These are up to 64+ inputs that are comprised of push switches, toggles, rotaries, slides and more. I package them, discrete wire them to a microprocessor, program them and offer them to the gaming community for flight simulators, racing rigs, etc. I call it a hobby because if I break even on cost I am lucky. I just enjoy it to help the guys that contact me. This is an external device obviously that interfaces through USB. Windows sees it as a gaming device. (Keyboard, joystick, etc.) (I attached a sample picture of one.)
The user assigns one of the inputs to a particular function within the setup screen on their software to controlk that function during their gaming simulation experience.
Over the past year or so, I have been using LabVIEW to create custom virtual dashboards to output telemetry information. These are performance parameters that the software outputs. This has been going well so I thought I would try another step.
My attempt here is to create a virtual interface front panel to do the same thing as my external micro-processer controlled hardware box does. That is why I wanted to try to pass the data through the USB port per the help you gave me above with the serial port emulator. I have all of that working per the attached pictures but the gaming software doesn’t see it as an input or react. Again, per the additional research, the software needs to see it as a gaming device in the devices and printers screen. This is how my external box shows up also.
Thanks for any help or direction you can give to get me there.
Steve P
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