Navtel 9460 Protocol Analyzer info?

[Tore S Bekkedal]

On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 20:46 -0500, Scott Stevens wrote:

> > I used a PC-based software scope that worked fairly well.  And yes, it
> > was a definite must-have for any serious serial-based development
> > work.
> > 
> 
> It's the perfect use for an older laptop that happens to have two serial
> ports.  There is software that then turns both serial RX lines into
> inputs so you can monitor both directions of a full duplex connection. 
> It gets you a dual-channel 'serial scope.'  Unfortunately, there aren't
> that many laptops with two serial ports, certainly none being made
> today.

False :)

USB to serial and PCMCIA to serial exist, and they're cheap, especially
the USB job.

Of course, the laptop would have to be relatively modern, say a Pentium
I.