How to implement work with a local device connected via COM from a site through a browser?

Question

Browsers

There is a device that connects to a client computer via a USB connector.
The device is defined as a USB-COM adapter and works according to a specific protocol.
It is necessary to work with this device through a website and, accordingly, a browser.
What is the most correct way to work with the device? Need to implement your own driver? Or do you need to implement some application that will be additionally installed on the client computer? Where can you read more about this?

Answer 1

Or do you need to implement some application that will be additionally installed on the client computer?

Anyway. By the way, the driver is also an application.
It is necessary to develop an application for the browser, as an option, a local HTTP server.

Answer 2

You make software that can work with your device, and add management functionality via HTTP.