Monitoring COM Ports

From the COM Port Redirector window, you can select a connection channel and press the Port monitor button to display the COM Port Redirector Monitor window. Then you can watch activity of a selected COM port and control data logging for that channel.

COM port displays a serial port number for the connection channel.

TCP/IP address displays a TCP/IP address of a server for the connection channel.

TCP/IP Port displays a TCP/IP port of the server for the connection channel.

Protocol Type displays a protocol type used for the connection channel.

Close closes the COM Port Redirector Monitor window and the COM port trace log-file (if specified).

The Log to file Box

By using the following radio buttons, you can choose one of trace options you prefer:

None

Specifies that no log-data will be stored in the log-file shown.

Create new <>.log for new connection

Specifies to create a new log-file with the name shown to store new log-information for the connection channel seen under the header of the dialog box. The log-file name reflects the serial port number (as a suffix).

Append trace data to file <>.log

Specifies to append new log-information to the existing log-file (with the name shown) for the connection channel seen under the header of the dialog box. The log-file name reflects the serial port number (as a suffix).

The Clear for New Connection Box

When enabled, Clear for new connection cleans up the STATUS and LOG fields when a new connection is established.

STATUS

In this field, information about the status of the connection channel is displayed.

Display trace data in the LOG window

With this check box enabled, log-information for the connection channel will be displayed in the LOG window below.