Hi Erik, yes - this is also possible and better in some ways. I built a bridge device in my case because I operate remotely. It would be helpful if you elaborated on the steps so others can follow what you did. For example:-
0. You need a USB to serial device to connect between your client PC and the SPE
1. Create a connector device in VSP which appears as a COM port
2. Enable CAT emulation in EESDR2 and assign it to the above COM port
... and so on.
This is more helpful for people who are new to all of this. Also, things are a little different in EESDR3 so if you can show your steps there, that will also be good.