Rs232 Data and Serial Port Monitoring Control Software for Windows

ByteWedge
$99 - Fog Software, Inc.

There are many powerful electronic devices that can be connected to a PC
through an RS232 interface. However, they are virtually useless without good
accompanying software which can parse and filter the collected data storing it
in an appropriate form for future analysis.

FogSoft offers you a complete universal data collecting solution called
ByteWedge. ByteWedge supports a wide range of devices, from lab equipment to
office telephone systems. Unlike most competitors who provide only a basic DDE
data exchange and require you to write sophisticated scripts to parse the
input, ByteWedge efficiently integrates with all modern database engines
through an ODBC interface. It can input data directly into your database,
whether it is MS Access, MySQL or any other ODBC-compliant database.

Don't waste your time and money elsewhere! There is no need to hire a
programmer to prepare scripts and filters for you. Now you can create
sophisticated data parsing and filtering solutions in minutes with the help of
the ByteEdge visual step-by-step wizards. Advanced users will find a Perl-like
scripting language to customize each and every aspect of data collecting and
parsing.

ByteWedge establishes a two-way communication with all devices whenever
possible. This means that in addition to collecting data from a device, you
can also control the device by sending commands back through the RS232
interface. This is extremely useful when full automation is needed.

New! With the Bytewedge "Pro" version, you can tunnel the collected data from
the PC connected to a device to a remote database over TCP/IP networks.

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ByteWedge Professional
$180 - Fog Software, Inc.

There are many scientific, engineering, medical devices and instruments that use the RS-232 (serial port) interface to send data to a computer for further logging and analyzing. It works well when you can plug your device into your computer with a serial data cable. But, what if you need to gather information from remote devices that cannot be plugged into your PC directly? Even having a device located in the next room can became a real problem. Needless to say, that it is a BIG problem if you need to obtain data from a mobile instrument used to make measurements in different locations in your city or even in a wider area.

This is where ByteWedge Professional can help. In addition to the normal RS-232 data processing operations, the program also allows you to transfer data from remote devices across TCP/IP networks. Just plug a device into a laptop connected to your local network or to the Internet and receive data on your server as if it were directly connected to the server's serial port. You can easily process data from multiple devices on the same server saving the results into the same database.

Sometimes you cannot get your laptop connected to a network. ByteWedge can help you in this case too. ByteWedge comes with a freeware utility called Serial-File. This allows you to save data from a device to your laptop disk.
The server where your copy of ByteWedge professional is installed, will be able to read data from this file as if it were a serial port.

ByteWedge Professional includes a vast range of tools to process data from various devices. You can parse data on-the-fly, apply filters and load the results into databases or other applications. The program supports ODBC, OLE, DDE and other data interchange protocols. The program allows you to receive data from up to 255 local or remote devices simultaneously.

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datAxe TCP IP serial data converter
$120 - LabF

datAxe is a flexible converter to solve all your needs between serial data and TCP/IP networks on Windows computers. datAxe software package makes serial data from your PC available on TCP/IP-based networks and makes TCP/IP data available on physical and virtual serial ports of your PC. datAxe supports two transport data stream protocols: Raw Connection and Telnet datAxe supports full two-way I/O for full control of serial instruments (i.e. any instrument that you can plug into the serial port (RS232, RS422 or RS485) of your PC) to make them part of your local area network (LAN) or internet. Thus you can send and receive serial data between remote computers, devices and applications. With datAxe you can also create virtual ports and configure them to communicate with TCP/IP-networks. duplAxe component of datAxe makes it possible to build and start up virtual serial port pairs (COM port pairs) to enable also your local applications to exchange serial data directly with each other. The main utility of datAxe, the Comport application allows any other computer on the same network to send and receive serial data through a remote serial port on the PC where Comport is running. You can connect to the remote serial port by connecting to a TCP/IP port. Comport can also be used to pass serial data across a corporate intranet or over the Internet. Comport allows multiple sessions to run simultaneously but each with different serial port.

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Look RS232
$49 - fCoder Group

Look RS232 is a tool for debugging computer connection with peripheral devices using COM port, such as modem, mini-ATS, projector etc. Its easy to use interface guarantees an easy work with Com-port. Look RS232 can send data through COM port, receive data from an outer device through COM port, it has port indication as well. Look RS-232 supports connection at the standard speed of 110…115200 kbit/s, it supports commands of COM port program control. Look RS-232 supports data input in ASCII, BIN, HEX, OCT formats, keeps log of the sent and received data and commands in ASCII, BIN, HEX, OCT formats, it has an option of time link (relating to COM port activation). Look RS-232 works with system initiated COM ports regardless of whether they are installed on motherboard or on supplementary in/output boards, e.g. VS-Com (Roadrunner) PCI-800H 8-port PCI.

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sWedge
$50 - DCS Australia Pty Ltd

sWedge is a small program that allows you to convert data sent through the serial port to keyboard data, as if it was typed into the keyboard. This allows you to use Bluetooth devices, barcode scanners, cheque readers, magnetic stripe readers and even other computers to input data as if it had been typed, saving you time and giving better accuracy than typing. There are a number of options available in the program to make it more flexible to better meet your needs.

Features powerful data formatting, can log all data to a file, can restrict data to be sent to only selected programs for sensitive data, can be set to start automatically and works with barcode scanners, cheque readers, magnetic stripe readers, any hardware that transmits data via the serial(RS232) port. Both powerful and easy to use.

The demo version has no expiration, however every second character transmitted will be a "!" character. The full version does not have this limitation.

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Comm-Logger
$99.95 - WCSC (Willies Computer Software Co)

Comm-Logger is a very easy to use serial communication data logger. It can log data directly from the serial port to a standard file. Up to 32 ports may be logged concurrently.

Comm-Logger supports logging serial communication data from one or more serial ports to one or more files. Comm-Logger is ideal for logging serial data from applications like PBXes, security systems, or any application in which serial data must be recorded to a file for archive purposes, data import, or any other use.

Comm-Logger's graphics interface allows for easy and intuitive use. Comm-Logger's command line interface can be started from the scheduler, startup, or anywhere else. It has a silent mode that does not display copyright or anything else.

Comm-Logger includes comprehensive electronic documentation that detail product usage in a concise and easy to use manner.

Key Features:
*Logs data from serial port to a file.
*Logs up to 32 ports concurrently.
*View byte counts on all active files.
*Easy to configure serial port characteristics.

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