[ale] Serial capture/analysis tool needed

[Jim Popovitch]

John,

Do a search on AltaVista for a program called "logserial".  I've never used
it, but it's supposedly pretty popular.  Good luck.

-Jim

----- Original Message -----
 From: John Mills <jmmills at avana.net>
To: <linuxhat at mailandnews.com>
Cc: John Mills <Jmills at TGA.com>; ALE <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 11:23 PM
Subject: Re: [ale] Serial capture/analysis tool needed


>
> On Thu, 12 Aug 1999 linuxhat at mailandnews.com wrote:
> > On 12 Aug 1999, John Mills wrote:
> > > I have to capture serial exchanges between a PC and a controlled
peripheral
> > > on a serial RS-232 line. ...
> > Assuming the PC is initiating the connection, sounds like not an app,
but a
> > rewrite of the serial device driver...
>
> I guess I wasn't clear: I have a Win box connected to a "smart" peripheral
> via RS-232 and I want to "snoop" on the exchange between them. Character
> traffic is probably sufficient, but it is also possible they are using
> some modem-control lines, too. I need to see the interrogate/response
> sequences as I command different activities from the Win box's screen. I
> expect I will need to build some cables, which is no problem.
>
>  Regards -
>  John Mills
>
>