[ale] eavesdropping on serial port

[Christopher Fowler]

One idea is to do it with hardware.  This I've done.

You need a few ports to do this

*http://tinyurl.com/c4g2ku

Hook the device to port 1 and then port 2 to the windows PC.  The PCI board
is to be installed in Linux.

Since this is a coding project you know how to code.  Write a program 
that runs
a select() loop across both ports in raw mode.  Simply shuffle bits back 
and forth.
while shuffling, write the data to a file.


*Atlanta Geek wrote:
> gents,
> I'm playing with a 2.4 GHz spectrum analyzer that I got from
> dunehaven.com. It plugs into an Arduino board. Together they are still
> < 1/2 the price of a wi-spy.
>
> Unfortunately the software is windows only. Which would have been fine
> by me since I just needed the hardware for a coding project.
> Unfortunately little details have been found about the protocol.
>
>   Does anyone know how I can eavesdrop on the serial port of a windows
> app so I can reverse engineer the protocol.
> I've asked the designer for info.  Either the protocol or the source
> for the Arduino board but he hasnt responded much yet.
> Any suggestions.
>
>