Start by going to the Device Manager. Once there do the following:
Expand the Ports ‘(COM& LPT)’
You should be looking at something like this:
As you can see Windows has set the port to COM10. However many legacy applications expect the port to be between 1-4. Let’s change that:
Right click on the device and click on ‘Properties’.
Click on ‘Port Settings’. Then click on ‘Advanced…’.
Once you’re in ‘Advanced Settings for COM10’ on the bottom you can see the ‘COM Port Number: COM10’. Click on that to change it to the lowest possible number (between 1-4).
Then click ‘OK’ on all open Property Windows.
Now the device should look like this:
Expand the Ports ‘(COM& LPT)’
You should be looking at something like this:
As you can see Windows has set the port to COM10. However many legacy applications expect the port to be between 1-4. Let’s change that:
Right click on the device and click on ‘Properties’.
Click on ‘Port Settings’. Then click on ‘Advanced…’.
Once you’re in ‘Advanced Settings for COM10’ on the bottom you can see the ‘COM Port Number: COM10’. Click on that to change it to the lowest possible number (between 1-4).
Then click ‘OK’ on all open Property Windows.
Now the device should look like this:
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Test Serial Port Windows 7
I've looked around quite a bit, but I have yet to find a free way to monitor a serial port (without opening or blocking it from other applications), that works on Windows 7 64-bit.
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Even Microsoft's own Portmon does not work. A few posts have talked about running it in compatibility mode, but it doesn't work for me. I've tried compatibility mode for Windows XP service pack 2 and 3 (the only ones available on the drop-down list), and neither allow it to function.
Pci Serial Port Windows 7 Driver
So yeah, is there any way of monitoring a serial port for Windows 7 64-bit?
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I just tried Advanced Serial Port Monitor. 'Spy' mode does just what you want.
It's only free to try. However, you have to pay for a permanent solution.
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A workaround I have used in the past when I was in the exact same situation as you was to use a 32-bit VM.
It's not the greatest solution, but it does work and has no cost (other than any costs associated in setting up your VM Environment).
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If you have another computer, I recommend running a POSIX OS and using
socat
to 'pipe' the data from one port to another while logging the traffic. This is basically like a hardware-based solution, but it's using general purpose hardware instead of something special. e.g. something like this:sudo socat -x -v -d /dev/ttyUSB0,b115200,rawer,cr /dev/ttyUSB1,b115200,rawer,cr
What's really neat about this program is that it's super flexible as far as what you can connect to what. You can use TCP/IP sockets, files/streams, etc. transform baud rates, change line endings, etc. Introductory article (dated 2009 but still useful) is available here.
Edit: Just to clarify, instead of having a hardware configuration like this:
Main computer serial port <--> Device serial port
It'd be like this:
Main computer serial port <--> sniffer computer serial port 1Device serial port <--> sniffer computer serial port 2
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