S.PAE@DEEP-THOUGHT.MIT.EDU (Philip A. Earnhardt) (10/08/86)
My company is interested in getting an RS-232 monitor box. I remember seeing some software packages available that do this through a PC. Are these "toy" programs or will they on the level of the Spectron D-584 scope: o Monitoring of both sides of a full-duplex connection at selectable speeds. Must handle at least 9600 baud. o Some sort of intelligent way of seeing the timing interaction between the two ends (the 584 uses alternating lines of the display). o The ability to capture data based on various signatures -- certain data strings, parity errors, etc. o An interface that causes minimal signal loss. Finally, the program should have the ability to record the data on disk. Any leads? Alternatively, are there custom boxes that do this in the 3-5K range? Thanks. -------
jhc@mtune.UUCP (10/14/86)
In article <8610130141.AA12497@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> S.PAE@DEEP-THOUGHT.MIT.EDU (Philip A. Earnhardt) writes: >My company is interested in getting an RS-232 monitor box. >Alternatively, are there custom boxes that do this in the 3-5K range? Check out the Hewlett-Packard 4951B protocol analyzer. About $5K, does everything you mentioned plus X.25, SDLC and bisync, 19200 baud, except that it records on tape cartridges not on disk. -- Jonathan Clark [NAC,attmail]!mtune!jhc My walk has become rather more silly lately.
Telecom@XX (10/17/86)
In article <8610130141.AA12497@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> S.PAE@DEEP-THOUGHT.MIT.EDU (Philip A. Earnhardt) writes: > My company is interested in getting an RS-232 monitor box. I remember seeing > some software packages available that do this through a PC.... Any leads? BLACK BOX sells a software package that might do what you want. Their catalog (p.62) says IBM PC, XT, or At computers can monitor RS-232 data interfaces with BreakOut.... BreakOut enables you to monitor, raise or lower interface leads; send messages to the interface; and capture and save monitored data to disk. Use Breakout on either COM1 or COM2 under PC-DOS 2.00 or higher, or MS-DOS 2.11 or higher. Requires 360K drive, 128k RAM. Order# GC-TD002 $125.00 I have never used this program, so I can't tell you anything about how well it works. Their customer support/information number is (412) 746-5565. Andy Behrens {astrovax,ihnp4,linus,harvard,decvax}!dartvax!burlcoat!andyb andyb%burlcoat@dartmouth.CSNET andyb%burlcoat@dartmouth.EDU andyb%burlcoat%dartmouth@csnet-relay.ARPA RFD 1 Box 116, Union Village, Vt. 05043