I always use http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/portmon.shtml which does both serial and parallel ports and is free It does not have a protocol analiser but pretty good filtering Regards Peter van Hoof peter@whacky-scientist.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerhard Fiedler" To: "piclist" Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 1:47 PM Subject: [EE] Serial monitor > 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 > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist