Docklight is a test, analysis and simulation tool for serial communication protocols (RS232, RS485/422 and others).

Here are some key features of "Docklight rs232 Terminal rs232 Monitor":

· Simulating serial protocols - Docklight is able to send out user-defined sequences according to the protocol used and it reacts to incoming sequences. This makes it possible to simulate the behavior of a serial communication device, which is particularly useful for generating test conditions that are hard to reproduce with the original device (e.g. problem conditions).
· Logging rs232 data - All serial communication data can be logged using two different file formats: use plain text format for fast logging and storing huge amounts of data. Or create a HTML file with styled text that lets you easily distinguish between incoming and outgoing data or additional information.
· Detecting specific data sequences - In many test cases you will need to check for a specific sequence within the rs232 data that indicates a problem condition. Docklight manages a list of such data sequences for you and is able to perform user-defined actions after detecting a sequence, e.g. taking a snapshot of all communication data before and after the error message was received.
· Responding to incoming data - Docklight lets you specify user-defined answers to the different communication sequences received. This allows you to build a basic simulator for your serial device within a few minutes. It can also help you to trace a certain error by sending out a diagnostics command after receiving the error message.
· Docklight will work with the COM communication ports provided by your operating system. Physically, these ports will be rs232 SUB D9 interfaces in many cases.
· However, it is also possible to use Docklight for other communication standards such as RS485 and RS422, which have a different electrical design to rs232 but follow the rs232 communication mechanism. Docklight has also been successfully tested with various USB-to-RS232 converters.

SimpleTerm is an advanced serial port test, simulation and data analysis tool. Use to log, view, analyse or automate rs232 communication or simply use as an ASCII Terminal for basic serial port communication and rs232 device configuration.

SimpleTerm is a thoroughly tested, mature, highly stable product used worldwide by professional engineers, technicians and software developers as a development aid and debugging tool for rs232 / serial port related projects. Its easy to use "simple" user interface also makes it a favourite amongst serial port novices. Dont take our word for it - try out the free evaluation versions!

SimpleTerm will work with the serial/COM ports provided by your operating
system. Physically, these ports will be rs232 SUB D9 interfaces in most cases.
However, it is also possible to use SimpleTerm for other communication standards such as RS485 and RS422, which have a different electrical design to rs232 but follow the rs232 communication mechanism. Also supported are Virtual COM ports presented by e.g. USB-Serial adaptors & Bluetooth™ Serial Port Profile devices.

Here are some key features of "SimpleTerm Gold rs232 Monitor/RS232 Analyzer":

· Colour coded hexadecimal view of RAW data.
· Supports COM1 to COM256.
· Baud rates from 110 to 230400.
· Macros, Visual Scripting Feature.
· Import and Export SimpleTerm Profiles
· Designed for ease of use.
· Changeable fonts.
· Ultra fast display rate.
· Colour print.
· Capture to file, send from file.
· Integrated note pad - supports Rich Text Format (RTF) files.
· Copy (RTF) screen data to clipboard - paste to Word, Wordpad etc...
· rs232 signal monitoring using Virtual LEDs - breakout style.
· Notation Converter
· Built in search.

Serial Port Monitor ActiveX is a powerful, advanced and absolutely unique component that can be easily implemented into developers’ applications to monitor any serial port in a system.

The product can be used for debugging applications that work with serial port, serial port monitoring applications development, development of system utilities to intercept communication data from COM ports for further analysis. This ActiveX Control offers a wide range of events, properties and methods to control the monitoring process.

It lets you check the state of the serial port, process all signal line events to notify about the changes in state and data being sent/received via the port which is monitored by the ActiveX Control and control functions (Handflow, Baudrate, Timeouts).

The program also provides low-level access to the serial ports through IRP major functions and IOCTL requests. Serial Port Monitor ActiveX directly intercepts the data flow that passed through the serial port being sniffed.

Here are some key features of "Serail Port Monitor ActiveX":

· monitoring serial data exchange between serial devices and any windows application
· debugging computer connection with peripheral devices using COM port, such as modem, mini-ATS, projector, etc
· solving problems with serial (RS232/422/485) data communication control networks and devices
· implementing, debugging and reverse-engineering serial protocol
· sending and capturing binary, ASCII and HEX data passing via serial connections
· convenient interaction with any equipment over RS232/RS422/RS485 interface
· serial devices drivers development
· development of hardware with serial interfaces
· software and hardware testing

HS Win32COM is a useful and reliable software library in C which allows a calling user application to access serial communication ports (COM devices) user 32 bit MS windows operating system. It allow to transmit data, asynchronously receive data and control and process line signals (RTS. DTR). At lower level the OS may map COM devices to RS232, USB, Infra-red (IRDA) or other hardware.

HS COM library provides a convenient "packaging" to standard Win32 API by exposing only a few simple API services to a calling application.

Here are some key features of "HS Win32COM C Source Library":

· Configures serial communications COM device
· (Baud rate, data length, parity, stop bits, flow control)
· Transmits and Receives data to and from COM port with a non-blocking calls
· Performs extended functions on COM device: DTR and RTS line control

AccessPort - rs232 Monitor / rs232 Terminal AccessPort is an advanced serial monitor, simulation and rs232 data analysis application.

Use to log, view, analyse or automate rs232 communication or simply use as an ASCII Terminal for basic serial port communication and rs232 device configuration.

AccessPort is a thoroughly tested, mature, highly stable product used worldwide by professional engineers, technicians and software developers as a development aid and debugging tool for rs232 / serial port related projects. Its easy to use "simple" user interface also makes it a favourite amongst serial port novices.

Here are some key features of "AccessPort":

· In and out data streams logging
· Powerful monitor & terminal function
· communication ports status displaying
· Full history of sending and receiving commands and data
· Transfers data from file
· Support of any formats of data (ASCII, HEX) and different length of words
· Filters, different display modes
· Full duplex
· Supported baud rates range: 110..256000 bps, and support custom baud rate
· Can work with COM ports of the following types:
· - standard on-board ports
· - extension board ports
· - COM ports connected to computer through USB port with COM port emulator
· Can save current session including data sent and received
· International version, support multi language
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RS232M Com Monitor is a useful and reliable software tool for serial monitoring, troubleshooting and logging rs232 communication. A laptop PC and this com port monitor give you a powerful, portable and sturdy tool to aid in designing and logging rs232 data between peripherals and hosts.

Monitor data with the same PC that is running the application by using more hardware com ports (com driver is not changed).

Limitations:

· 30 days

Super Smart Software PH9 and PH10 rs232 serial test software tool is available free!

Use this software to check wiring and communications between your front-end computer and Renishaw PH9 or PH10 rs232 controller.

SimpleTerm is an advanced serial port test, simulation and data analysis tool. Use to log, view, analyse or automate rs232 communication or simply use as an ASCII Terminal for basic serial port communication and rs232 device configuration.

SimpleTerm is a thoroughly tested, mature, highly stable product used worldwide by professional engineers, technicians and software developers as a development aid and debugging tool for rs232 / serial port related projects. Its easy to use "simple" user interface also makes it a favourite amongst serial port novices. Dont take our word for it - try out the free evaluation versions!

SimpleTerm will work with the serial/COM ports provided by your operating
system. Physically, these ports will be rs232 SUB D9 interfaces in most cases.
However, it is also possible to use SimpleTerm for other communication standards such as RS485 and RS422, which have a different electrical design to rs232 but follow the rs232 communication mechanism. Also supported are Virtual COM ports presented by e.g. USB-Serial adaptors & Bluetooth Serial Port Profile devices.

Here are some key features of "SimpleTerm Gold rs232 Monitor/RS232 Analyzer":

· Colour coded hexadecimal view of RAW data.
· Supports COM1 to COM256.
· Baud rates from 110 to 230400.
· Macros, Visual Scripting Feature.
· Import and Export SimpleTerm Profiles
· Designed for ease of use.
· Changeable fonts.
· Ultra fast display rate.
· Colour print.
· Capture to file, send from file.
· Integrated note pad - supports Rich Text Format (RTF) files.
· Copy (RTF) screen data to clipboard - paste to Word, Wordpad etc...
· rs232 signal monitoring using Virtual LEDs - breakout style.
· Notation Converter
· Built in search.


Requirements:

· Hardware requirements: Pentium processor or equivalent, 166 MHz or faster, minimum 32 MB RAM and one or more available COM ports. Note that additional cables may be required for connecting any equipment to be tested. SVGA monitor and graphics card capable of 256 colours and 800x600 pixel resolution.


Limitations:

· 15-day trial and 15 minutes of use per session - program closes after 15 minutes. However, restart the application to use it again!
· Viewing of data on the communication window is restricted to ASCII values that are greater than 5 and less than 192 (C0h). For any data outside this range it will be shown on screen as " " to indicate the demo restriction.
· Macro Lists not fully saved (8 items limit).

rs232 Data Logger description
rs232 Data Logger allows you to redirect all communication data from rs232 compliant serial port device into a text file rs232 Data Logger by Eltima Software is an Open Source application which will allow you to easily redirect all communication data from rs232 compliant serial port device into a text file for further analysis.

rs232 Data Logger redirects data from any available serial port (doesnt matter whether it is virtual or real one) and works under Virtual Machine (VMWare).

You can gather data from multiple serial ports simultaneously.

All data recorded as a text can be further analyzed.

For instance, you may parse global positioning data (coordinates) from GPS device connected to your notebook via serial port to track your movement; or you may simply investigate and learn how serial ports work.

Here are some key features of "RS232 Data Logger":

· redirect incoming data stream into a text file form any number of serial ports simultaneously
· select the file to redirect incoming data to for each port
· real-time counter of the received and stored bytes
· collect data from the real serial ports as well as from virtual ones
· disable/enable logging on-the-fly
· append incoming data to already existing file
· specify serial port connection parameters (baudrate, parity, stop bits, flow control, databits)
· source code is provided (MFC/C++ VC7.1)
· works under Virtual Machines

HW VSP adds a virtual serial port (COM5) to the system and redirects all
communication over TCP/IP to remote IP address. HW VSP is free in
unlimited version, it supports windows 2000 and XP. HW VSP works with any
TCP/IP device, it can work as a TCP server as well as a TCP Client.
HW VSP supports remote rs232 port control (speed, parity, stop bits,
etc..) over the RFC2217 (NVT). More virtual COMs can be created
when launched with parameters.

COMM-DRV/Lib.Net is a professional serial communication library component for the .Net windows development environment. It is extremely easy to use whether you are writing simple serial communication applications or complex enterprise applications. The documentation of this serial communication library is extremely easy to follow and includes examples for each component method. COMM-DRV/Lib.Net is royalty free.

Major Features
* Supports C#, Visual Basic .Net.
* Support ALL .Net languages & tools.
* State-driven file transfer libraries allow Xmodem, Ymodem, and Zmodem file transfers on multiple ports at the same time.
* Support for ALL Hayes compatible modems (AT command set).
* Supports ALL single or multiport cards that include windows drivers.
* Any number of ports may be active at the same time.
* Built-in hardware and software handshaking for flow control (DTR/DSR, RTS/CTS, XON/XOFF).
* Adjustable communication buffers of any size.
* Supports USB to rs232 converters, Ethernet to serial converters, and USB modems with their respective COM drivers.
* Extensive statistics on every port(bytes lost, sent, received, errors, etc.).
* Support baud rates in excess of 460K baud, with the ability to use todays high-powered communications devices.
* Compatible with the .Net Framework under COMM-DRV/Lib.Net supports windows 2003, windows XP, windows 2000, windows NT, windows 98, & windows Me.
* Completely port re-entrant, allowing it to be time-sliced.
* On line help.

rs232 Data Logger by Eltima Software is an Open Source application which allows you to redirect all communication data from rs232 compliant serial port device into a text file for further analysis. rs232 Data Logger redirects data from any available serial port (doesnt matter whether it is virtual or real one) and works under Virtual Machine (VMWare). You can gather data from multiple serial ports simultaneously. All data recorded as a text can be further analyzed. For instance, you may parse global positioning data (coordinates) from GPS device connected to your notebook via serial port to track your movement; or you may simply investigate and learn how serial ports work. rs232 Data Logger is able to select the file where to redirect incoming data for each port and specify serial port connection parameters (baudrate, parity, stop bits, flow control, databits). Among other hot features of this Data Logger is real-time counter of the received and stored bytes and the ability to work under Virtual Machines. The utility allows you to disable/enable logging on-the-fly and append incoming data to already existing file. rs232 Data Logger is provided with source code (MFC/C++ VC7.1).