# \[Feature\] Serial Module in Perspective

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-serial-module-in-perspective/20694>\
**Category:** Ignition Early Access\
**Created:** [November 9, 2018, 1:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-serial-module-in-perspective/20694 "2018-11-09T01:29:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![ryanjmclaughlin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ryanjmclaughlin/32/4318_2.png) [@ryanjmclaughlin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ryanjmclaughlin)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 1:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-serial-module-in-perspective/20694/1 "2018-11-09T01:29:39Z")

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This is a shot in the dark, but we have been using small Ignition Vision apps to interface with lab bench style equipment. Generally it is formatting the data or walking the operator through the process then finally submitting the data to some other system, DB, MES, etc.

Obviously vision serial module works great for this, but how about the browser?

I came across this [https://developer.chrome.com/apps/serial](https://developer.chrome.com/apps/serial) and it looks like its been supported for awhile, but maybe only in Chrome?

WebUSB also sounds promising, but early… [https://wicg.github.io/webusb/](https://wicg.github.io/webusb/)

So… serial support in perspective?

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-serial-module-in-perspective/20694/2 "2018-11-09T01:36:08Z")

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Seems unlikely to me. Perspective scripts don’t run in your browser, they run in the parallel session on the gateway.

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-serial-module-in-perspective/20694/3 "2018-11-09T01:47:55Z")

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It first glance, the technologies you linked look like they could be utilized by a module author writing perspective components.