Serial Printer Logger - Compare features

Introduction

Serial Printer Logger supplies several versions called Enterprise, Standard. These versions contain different features and are ideal for users who either want a low cost solution or are not interested in more advanced features.

This page lists the principal features of Serial Printer Logger and identifies those features that are not available in the corresponding version.

Serial Printer Logger Users can upgrade to the higher version at any time, simply by paying the difference in price between the versions. The actual software is identical, since the software activation key is used to configure all editions. A code can be sent by email that allows the user to upgrade the software.

Feature set

The following table illustrates the main features in Serial Printer Logger and shows which of these are eliminated from the corresponding edition:

Feature	Enterprise	Standard
General
Receiving binary, text and ASCII data	Yes!	Yes!
Multiple RS232, TCP/IP or UDP ports at same time	Yes!	Yes!
Different settings for each port	Yes!	Yes!
Output received data without any changes to file	Yes!	Yes!
Log rotation (depends on date or time, size etc.)	Yes!	Yes!
Log deletion	Yes!	Yes!
Log file access control	Yes!	Yes!
Configurable log file access	Yes!	Yes!
Auto program restart at the specified time	Yes!	Yes!
Auto data source reinitialization at the specified time	Yes!	Yes!
Program messages logging	Yes!	Yes!
Simple, menu-driven step by step set-up	Yes!	Yes!
Capability to run multiple instances simultaneously so that multiple data sources can be logged	Yes!	Yes!
Save settings to INI-file	Yes!	Yes!
Save settings to Windows registry	Yes!	Yes!
On-line help	Yes!	Yes!
Windows service mode
Windows NT - Windows 10 (2019) (incl. Server, x86 and x64) service	Yes!	Yes!
Starts as soon as the operating system starts and doesn't require a user to log in and run it	Yes!	Yes!
Event plugins (list)
Send data to a remote server through email, HTTP or FTP.	Yes!
Execute programs or script	Yes!
Send notifications through email or network messages.	Yes!
Logging plugins (list)
Creating PDF log files at real-time	Yes!
Decoding ESC/P and ESC/P 2 control codes for PDF files at real-time	Yes!
Creating RTF log files at real-time	Yes!
Decoding ESC/P and ESC/P 2 control codes for RTF files at real-time	Yes!
Price (USD)	105	60