While browsing semi-randomly :) I found this tool. It's a serial monitor
that monitors what a program (any program) on your computer does with the
serial port. While working on serial comm protocols, I often wished I had
something like that. It's less frequent these days, but I still thought
that someone might find this interesting. 

Without this tool, the only other ways are to route the serial data through
a dedicated serial analyzer or through two COM ports on a PC (one in, one
out) and a program that connects the two and displays the traffic. Both
methods are quite a bit clumsier than this program.

I haven't tested it, and it's not free (starting at $50). Requires a WinNT
type system.

Gerhard
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