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SerDiag Manual SerDiag
NAME
SerDiag - Diagnostic tool for monitoring the serial port (with a view
to working out mouse protocols/debugging LogiMouse
from the info)
SYNOPSIS
SerDiag [-d <serial.device>]
[-u <unit>]
[-q]
[-b <Baud rate>]
[-s <Stop bits>]
[-w <Read/Write len>]
DESCRIPTION
SerDiag is a tool for monitoring your serial device, it prints
each byte read to standard output (usually the shell you run it
from but you can re-direct the output to a file if you wish
( "SerDiag > ram:SerDiag.out" ).
It was written for de-coding the protocol of a LogiTech mouse
(but is not limited to this..).
OPTIONS
-d <serial.device> (defaults to serial.device)
-u <unit> (defaults to 0)
-q quit
-b <Baud rate> (defaults to 1200)
-s <StopBits> (defaults to 1)
-w <Read/Write len> (defaults to 7)
EXAMPLE
SerDiag -u2 Monitors port 2 of serial device
SerDiag -q Quits an already running SerDiag
ERRORS
None known
WARNING
If you really want to open the serial dev. with 10 read/write bits
and 4 stopbit go ahead (but no good will come of it.. ;-) )
BUGS/PROBLEMS
None known
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Needs OS 2.04 or higher.
AUTHOR
Simon Richardson
simon@albert.demon.co.uk
COPYRIGHT
Simon Richardson 1994 - 1995.
PRICE
SerDiag is emailware (if you like it let me know)
DISTRIBUTABILITY
Freely Distributable, (c) 1994-95 Simon Richardon
DISCLAMER
Well.. there's not actually much that can go wrong..
if however you wish to prove me wrong, go ahead..
but i take no resposibilty for your actions (or indeed
the actions of this program)
If you like it, use it.. If you hate it delete it.
HISTORY
1.01 30/03/95 First Aminet release (as part of the
LogiTech distribution).