Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!uw-beaver!sumax!halcyon!ralphs From: ralphs@halcyon.wa.com (Ralph Sims) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: serial port protocol analyzer Keywords: serial protocol Message-ID: Date: 26 Aug 90 17:16:09 GMT References: <1990Aug24.134925.28276@cbnewsl.att.com> Organization: The 23:00 News Lines: 21 rl@cbnewsl.att.com (roger.h.levy) writes: > Does a TSR for the PC exist that will monitor serial port communications > and store data for subsequent examination? The program should not interfere > with the normal flow of data in and out of the port. There's a 'breakout box' utility that runs in conjunction with Ray Gwinn's X00 fossil. It will split-screen an EGA or VGA monitor and show you what's happening in realtime. There may be something that will direct this to a file, but I'm not sure. I think a chap named Bob Hartman wrote a utility to go along with this that will translate the 'electronic' 0's and 1's to alpha characters. Also, the BNU fossil has a 'debug' window that shows hex values of things going on during serial communications. I'll be pleased to send either (or both) of these packages to anyone, uuencoded and ZIP'd (or whatever flavor of archiver you choose--almost). -- No matter who you elect, the Government still gets in.