On 3/23/07, Ken Arck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 06:54 PM 3/23/2007, you wrote: > > >does anyone know of software I can load into my laptop computer and > >then hook on the TX and rx lines on the serial port and see the data > >on the screen? > > > >it would be short bits of info I would get that I would need to see > >the data string. > > > > <---Try this, John. I use it myself.. > > http://www.hhdsoftware.com/Family/serial-monitor.html
John, just for completeness... There's also a free package for Linux that will do what you're looking for, if you're a Linux "geek"... it's pre-packaged for Debian linux, I don't know if any other Linux flavors have it pre-packaged and available as a prepared package. http://packages.debian.org/stable/comm/snooper >From the package description for Debian Linux: "Snooper passes data transparently between two serial (RS232C) devices, capturing and logging the data and occasional comments you want to insert into the logs. It is useful for debugging or analyzing the communications protocol between two devices that would normally be connected directly to each other, e.g. a digital camera and a personal computer. By sitting "in the middle" (after you connect the two devices to serial ports on your Linux machine) snooper is able to capture data traveling in either direction while also passing it unmodified to the other device." Nate WY0X
