Hi
Which version of VWS are you using ?
V14 allows you to enter the IP address as well as the port number - that changed from Version 13.
I’ve had it working but could not get reliable comms between the Weather programs and VirtualVP using TCP/IP connections. The TCP/IP connection to WeatherLinkIP worked OK, but VirtualVP reported that the TCP/IP clients had closed the connection very frequently, making the TCP/IP connections unusable. I wanted to get rid of the Virtual Comm Drivers too but had to go back to using them to get reliable comms.
I’ve just changed to Windows7 and am now using com0com rather than N8VBVCOM that I was using under WIndowsXP.
The current setup seems to be as reliable as on WindowsXP, but by no means perfect.
Let me know if you have more success with a pure TCP/IP setup
regards
Dave