Recommend an RS232 Monitor?

Hi,
>You might also consider using a scripting language, like Tcl.  This has a 
>fileevent mechanism which will call a proc (presumeably to log the data) 
>whenever the serial port is readable, and afaict, this works just fine on 
>a serial port or socket -- even on Windows.
seeing Tcl mentioned reminded me of Moni
(http://www.rolf-schroedter.de/moni/) - the best I ever came across:
- 2 display panes: one in ASCII, one in Hex
- log to file if you want to
- not only a logger - you can also use it to communicate with your
target or transfer files to it, optionally adding delays (character
and line wise IIRC)
- can show and change handshake lines - nothing you need often, but if
you do, you need it badly
- comes with source so you may even change things (IIRC there are some
glitches)
HTH
M'

On 10/09/2010 16:09, Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2010-09-10, David Brown<david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com>  wrote:
>> On 10/09/2010 09:05, Don McKenzie wrote:
>>> On 10/09/2010 12:14 PM, Grant Edwards wrote:
>>>> On 2010-09-09, Michael_s<hillmyu@n_o_s_p_a_m.hotmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Can anyone recommend a Win 7-compatible serial monitoring program
>>>>> that will sniff RS232 packets? Free would be nice, but I have a
>>>>> budget that covers software.
>>>>
>>>> Have you tried sysinternals portmon?
>>>>
>>>> http://www.google.com/search?q=windows+monitor+serial+data
>>>
>>> Have a look at: Hyperterminal or DockLight
>>>
>>
>> Forget hyperterminal - look at the archives of this group if you want to
>> know other people's opinions, but it's not even worth spending that time
>> and effort when there are far better programs available.
>>
>> One of the most popular choices is Tera Term Pro:
>> <http://ttssh2.sourceforge.jp/index.html.en>
>
> Neither one of which can be used to sniff serial traffic.
>

Good point - perhaps I should have read the original question, not just 
Don's reply!

Everyone,

Thanks for the input (and bonus ideas re: logging of data!) It turns out
PuTTY is another possibility for reading serial ports. I'll look at all of
these suggestions.

Michael	   
					
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