In need of a serial port monitor

[sinkoman]

I'm writing a program that communicates with something through a serial port, and i'm in need of a good serial port monitor to make sure that everything is working as it should.

I normally use this program called Free Serial Port Monitor, but it only works on x86 machines, and i'm currently working on a x64 windows 7 machine.

So, anybody know of any good ones? (looks at raziaar)

 

[Krynn72]

Is the 32 bit limitation because of the hardware or software? If the latter, maybe you could just boot off a MiniXP disk?

 

[sinkoman]

Is the 32 bit limitation because of the hardware or software? If the latter, maybe you could just boot off a MiniXP disk?

No clue, all I know is that their website notes that the program won't run on 64 bit machines, and that it won't run on mine.

I hadn't thought of that though. It would probably work, but it'd be a pain to have to reboot every single time I compile. Do you know if you can run Visual Studio off a boot disc?

It just seems like something that should exist though, you know?

 

[Krynn72]

Yeah, I'm sure something exists, thought I cant help point you in any direction since I've never used anything like it. I'd guess you can't run VS through minixp though.

 

[Viperidae]

The ghost of open source software appears! Listen to its wails!

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Also um. I've seen a whole ton of DIY projects that employ serial ports. I'm pretty sure all you need is an input port, a suitable IC that'll manage the signals, and something like an LED array that'll light up for each pin. Hell, you could rig up a speaker, and send PCM signals at different frequencies for each pin.

 

[Raziaar]

I'm writing a program that communicates with something through a serial port, and i'm in need of a good serial port monitor to make sure that everything is working as it should.

I normally use this program called Free Serial Port Monitor, but it only works on x86 machines, and i'm currently working on a x64 windows 7 machine.

So, anybody know of any good ones? (looks at raziaar)

Serial Port... sorry, I don't know of any. I do know Android SDK has a way to monitor all the data going on within a cell phone through USB... but that's the extent of what I've done.

I've wanted to get into USB interfacing but I haven't really found good enough material to learn from it. Serial Ports are not something I've thought to monitor.

 

[TechnoHippyChic]

...all I know is that their website notes that the program won't run on 64 bit machines, and that it won't run on mine.

It specifically says on their website "won't run on sinkoman's machine"? They must really have it out for you.

Have you tried this? There's a demo, $60 to buy.

 

[sinkoman]

It specifically says on their website "won't run on sinkoman's machine"? They must really have it out for you.

Precisely. The footnote states "sinkoman must pay 40 dollars for the LITE version of our noncommercial license if he desires 64bit OS support... (cheap prick)".

Have you tried this? There's a demo, $60 to buy.

I was trying this earlier, and it works, sort of... The problem is that the demo version exits after some ridiculously low number of Tx's and Rx's have been processed. I don't remember just exactly how many it is, but it's few enough to where I have to reopen the program after 2 or 3 test runs, which really blows.

I think I might just have to accept defeat on this one. Looks like everything i've found so far on via google costs money. It's a shame Portmon doesn't work on Win7 x64!