doubling USB input port

[Joep L. Blom]

On 10-07-12 13:25, Jared Norris wrote:
> On 10 July 2012 18:08, Joep L. Blom <jlblom at neuroweave.nl> wrote:

>
> If it's as simple as a hard drive have you considered mounting it
> locally in the host and then sharing it with the guest account? If not
> it would probably be useful to know what this unnamed device is.
>
Jarred,
Thanks for your reply. Yes, principally there is no difference between 
an external drive and this device (it's a weather-station). Both plug 
into an USB port. However, VMware (and I assume virtualbox as well) 
needs to have exclusive rights. I have never tried it with an external 
USB drive but for example an USB bluetooth dongle is also exclusively 
either in use by the guest in VMware or the host and I haven't found a 
way to double it.
Joep