On 2/16/06, Paul G. Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am trying to develop an application in Java that loads firmware to an
> embedded device
> over a serial port. The serial port can be USB<->serial, Ethernet<->serial,
> or actual
> serial ports. The data transfer works in two parts.
>
> The first part works flawlessly on Linux, and does not work on Windows. There
> is a bug
> that is eluding me causing the second part to fail.
>
> There is a utility for Windows (http://www.hhdsoftware.com/sermon.html) that
> I have that
> attaches itself to the serial driver and displays all data going to/coming
> from the
> selected COM port. Problem is that my application, for whatever reason (I
> believe it's
> because Windows Java blows chunks), will not work in any version of Windows
> (I basically
> get screwed up data over the COM ports or Rx/Tx timeouts).
>
> So, I'm wondering if anyone knows of anything for Linux that will do the same
> kind of
> thing so that I can more effectively debug the broken second part. I do not
> have the time
> to write anything to do it or screw with kernel compiling or any such thing.
> I need
> something that just works OOTB.
Maybe I don't quite understand. Do you want to monitor the serial
data stream as it exists on real RS232 wires, or as a virtual
connection between two pieces of software?
carl
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