[ale] eavesdropping on serial port

[James Sumners]

Google, yay! http://www.chipkin.com/articles/rs232-serial-port-sniffing-snooping

On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 4:33 PM, Atlanta Geek <atlantageek at gmail.com> wrote:
> gents,
> I'm playing with a 2.4 GHz spectrum analyzer that I got from
> dunehaven.com. It plugs into an Arduino board. Together they are still
> < 1/2 the price of a wi-spy.
>
> Unfortunately the software is windows only. Which would have been fine
> by me since I just needed the hardware for a coding project.
> Unfortunately little details have been found about the protocol.
>
>  Does anyone know how I can eavesdrop on the serial port of a windows
> app so I can reverse engineer the protocol.
> I've asked the designer for info.  Either the protocol or the source
> for the Arduino board but he hasnt responded much yet.
> Any suggestions.
>



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