Serial Port Sniffer ActiveX Control

Take full control of data flows, replacing and substituting them within the created virtual port.

Serial Port Sniffer ActiveX Control can monitor data flows, and, moreover, edit them! It creates an additional virtual COM port in the system with the same name as the monitored serial port.

All data sent to and from a serial port goes to the virtual port created by this component and is being logged into special, defined document. You can substitute data chunks with the data of your own, thus influencing the process of serial port sniffing. This real-to-virtual/virtual-to-real data transmission chain can slow down the process of data interchange a little. But in this way Serial Port Sniffer ActiveX Control gives you the ability to take part in data monitoring, not just watching the data pass to and from port.

Common objectives and our solutions:

  • Monitor data flows between serial port and application

Serial Port Sniffer ActiveX gives you a unique opportunity to monitor data flows between application and serial port. You can detect control lines changes, handflow, baudrate and ring state changes, and track timeout updates. Serial Port Sniffer Components methods allow you to check whether the port is being sniffed, open the serial port to be sniffed and close the port after sniffing.

  • Replace data being sent between port and application with your own commands

You`ll be able to influence even the monitoring process! Using Serial Port Sniffer ActiveX Control you can easily substitute data with any data characters and commands of your own to get deeper into the monitoring process (it becomes possible because all transmitted data are intercepted in the virtual port created by our component).

  • Take full control of all signal lines

All signal lines (DTR, RTS, CTS, RTS) are supported. Besides, the component's events include all of these lines state changes.

Serial Port Sniffer ActiveX Control is:

  • A unique ActiveX control that lets you monitor serial port activity
  • A regularly updated component that can track serial port communication directly from your application
  • COM port monitoring tool that works directly from application without being detected
  • A component that helps programmers develop software for monitoring serial COM ports communication
  • An exclusive ActiveX Control that not only passively monitors data exchange, but also allows data substitution

Serial Port Sniffer ActiveX Control overview:

  • Monitoring and editing of serial data streams directly from your application
  • Wide selection of supported events, methods and properties
  • Full support of control lines (DTR, RTS, CTS, RTS)
  • Usage examples for Microsoft VC++ and Microsoft Visual Basic included
  • No reboot required during installation and implementation
  • Substitution of data sent to and from port with your own

Serial Port Sniffer ActiveX Control is aimed to assist:

  • System integrators
  • Serial software developers
  • Peripheral software developers
  • OEM development and test engineers
  • Serial port monitoring applications developers
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Testimonials

With your Serial Sniffer component really helped us out. We were developing a software, that had to be able to monitor serial ports and how they act on different data. With your activeX that was much easier to do than without. We were amazed by the quality of your serial sniffer component.

Rob Bruno, Italy

Product info
  • File size:
    2.06MB
  • Latest build:
    4.0.0.62
  • Release date:
    25th October, 2007
  • Build compiled:
    11th March, 2008
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Demo limitations
  • Reminder when invoking Start() method.
System requirements
  • Compatible with: Win 2000, XP
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