At 01:31 -0500 02/14/2004, Mohana Yethiraj wrote: >On Feb 13, 2004, at 11:30 PM, Scott Hannahs wrote: > >>Many systems have a way of snooping on serial port communications. I can give you a >>good way for Mac OS X...... But I am going out on a limb and guess that isn't your >>host system! :-) Others can suggest software for various winders versions. > >Okay, I give... what is the good way with Mac OS X?
The USB to serial adaptor we all use (all OS X systems are USB) is a keyspan. It has software that shows all the communication in nice colors for each direction. Just watch it scroll by or save it to a file. Shows all the control codes etc. Shows port configuration commands and status all at once. -Scott