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Path: utzoo!yunexus!geac!orcisi!michael
From: michael@orcisi.UUCP (Michael Herman)
Newsgroups: misc.wanted,comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: PC as RS232 Data Analyzer
Message-ID: <1143@orcisi.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jan 88 16:50:57 GMT
Article-I.D.: orcisi.1143
Posted: Thu Jan 28 11:50:57 1988
References: <2473@emory.uucp> <1063@percival.UUCP>
Organization: Optical Recording Corporation, Toronto, Ontario
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> In article 2600 of misc.wanted Ken Mandelberg asks:
> 
> >In the serial RS232 world, I have seen a number of special purpose data
> >analyzers, which seem quite expensive. Although I suppose they do other
> >things, a big piece of their functions is just accurately logging the
> >traffic in both directions, and triggering on certain sequences. It
> >seems to me that a PC with two serial interfaces could do much the same
> >thing, and that the software is not especially tricky.
> 
> >Has anyone seen a product of this sort?
> 
> You don't even need 2 ports, just one.  Most EIA (RS-232) drivers will handle
> a "bridged" connection, that is, will source multiple recievers.  Just build
> yourself a Y cable, and run your PC communications program in capture mode.
> If possible, have it display, not act upon, control sequences.  

I guess this could be done with a regular ASCII terminal as well?