Hi Guys,

I am an electronics tech repairing a lot of varied equipment. I am seeing 
more and more gear which relies on serial communications RS-232 and 485 to 
operate.

The problem is that there is no service data available (at least to me) and 
so I am flying blind most of the time.

Generally I get away with it and am able to repair the gear, but I could be 
far more efficient if I understood how each device talks to each other, and 
could replicate a working environment.

Often I only have one piece of the gear without any of the rest of the 
system, so it is a lot of guesswork.

In researching I have come across a program called 232Analyser, downloaded 
it and played with it a bit.

So far I only have the free version, but now find out if I want to actually 
'monitor' the working comms between devices, I need to pay up and register 
it.

I have no problem with paying for it, but before I get in too deep with that 
one, I thought I should check with you guys in case there is a better 
program or device to invest in.

Regards, Roger

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