The Advanced Box

Clicking the Advanced button in the COM Port Redirector window will come up with the Advanced dialog box that lets you specify your preferences for all connection channels in the list:

By using the following check boxes, you can choose whether the COM Port Redirector window will be on the desktop or hidden on the system taskbar:

Show Icon on System Taskbar

Specifies to place the COM Port Redirector icon on the system taskbar. Using this icon, you can Exit the program, or Configure it (i.e. to restore displaying the COM Port Redirector window).

Hide

With the Show Icon on System Taskbar check box enabled, specifies to hide the COM Port Redirector window from the desktop.

Clicking the Trace driver button calls the tracing utility (described in section Trace Settings).

The Debug Trace Options Box

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

Disabled

Specifies that no log-data will be stored in the log-file shown (and displayed in the LOG window).

Basic trace

Specifies to create a new log-file with the name shown to store brief log-information for the connection channel (and displayed in the LOG window).

Advanced trace

Specifies to create a new log-file with the name shown to store full log-information for the connection channel (and displayed in the LOG window).

Trace

Displays the Trace window for you to watch activity of active COM ports (see section Tracing Active COM ports).