Introduction

Program can work with any kind of serial devices. Before configuring our software, the following conditions should be executed:

•	Device should have a RS-232 serial port interface (can be also used a RS-485 interface with an additional hardware converter);

•	Device is configured to send data to serial port with or without requests from a PC side;

•	You know all information about serial port parameters of your device (If your device uses hardware or software flow control (please, read your device's data sheet), then you should know about flow control type);

•	Device's serial port is connected with computer serial port with a cable (null-modem or other special cable);

•	Computer's COM port, to which your device is connected is not busy, for example by mouse software driver.

How to configure port parameters, you can read in the next chapter "Serial port settings".

Advanced Serial Data Logger can save data received to a log file(s) without any changes (i.e. create raw binary log files) or write to log files depending on the parser module selected. In the first case you can view the log file with any hex editor and use this data for further analysing and remaking. In the second case you can view data with any text editor. You can find more information about log files in the "Log rotation" chapter.

You can watch data received in the data window (pic.1). The data view is fully customizable. You can watch data received in decimal, hexadecimal or your own format. How to customize data view you can read in the "Data view" chapter and how to customize program view you can read in the "Window view" chapter.

The data received can be exported or transferred to one or more targets. Most simple way is to configure the log file rotation. But it is small part of all features of Advanced Serial Data Logger. Advanced Serial Data Logger has many additional modules (so-called plugins), that are appreciably extending possibilities of the logging software. You can download and install any module supported. Most modules are free of charge for our customers. How to install and configure modules you can read in the "Modules" chapter.

The program and their plugins generates many messages and writes they to the list in the main window (pic.1) and a protocol file, that you can use for administration of the software. You can configure detalization of system messages. More information about it you can read in the "Protocol and errors handling" chapter.

The program can stop data receiving on some old OS, such as Windows 95 and Windows NT after few days of continuous work. You can prevent it with help of the "Auto restart" option (pic.3). Just specify the time of day, when the program should be being restarted.

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