1)  Those little two or six pen plotters HP used to make had special serial "eavesdrop cable" so you could hook it up between your HP3000 and a terminal when running Graphics programs (like DSG/3000?).  I suppose the same principle could be applied to capture to a printer.  It seems you'd only need the pinouts for that "eavesdrop cable".  I think I remember it using pins in the 12 to 16 range on a DB-25 connector.

2.  If the user's is using a dumb terminal with an alternate I/O port just set his configuration to do a permanent "LOG BOTTOM" and snake a cable to a printer in another room.  When the user asks "What's that cable for?"  Just say "Aw-nuthin'".

3.  Doesn't Spyglass also work on serial connections?

I'd almost suggest permanently doing a "LOG BOTTOM" to disc if the user has a PC, but then he'd be permanently annoyed with what to "Save the File As...?" questions.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Finley [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 2:52 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Monitoring Traffic on A Serial Port
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> We have a customer who wants to monitor and record all
> traffic coming to a
> serial port on an HP 3000.  Does anyone have a simple, easy
> to implement
> solution.  Naturally, they need this yesterday.
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>
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> Charles Finley
> Transformix Computer Corporation
> (310) 630-1773
> (310) 630-1770
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