Documentation

Here is a step-by-step instruction how Serial Port Monitor ActiveX Control should be installed on target machines (you can include this as a part of your software installation). Please, note that you need to own OEM license to be able to redistribute Serial Port Monitor ActiveX Control without any limitations. Only OEM License grants commercial royalty-free redistribution rights.

Installation in Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, 2003 and all 64-bit systems

• Copy necessary files on target PC

  The following files should be copied to the target machine's temporary (permanent) installation directory. All these files can be found in the folder where you have Serial Port Monitor ActiveX Control installed.

  File	Description
  SPSniff.sys	Serial port driver for 32-bit operating systems
  SPSniff64.sys	Serial port driver for 64-bit operating systems
  spssetup.exe	Executable that will install serial port monitoring driver
  spsniffer.dll	Serial Port Monitor ActiveX Control

  
   
• Register serial port driver

  Once all these files are copied on target machine, your installation program should execute "spssetup.exe" without any parameters. This will register "SPSniff.sys" and "SPSniff64.sys" in the system and load them.

• Register ActiveX Control

  Finally, you should register Serial Port Monitor ActiveX control by issuing the following command at the folder where spsniffer.dll is located:

  regsvr32 spsniffer.dll

  Once Serial Port Monitor ActiveX Control is registered on target computer you may use its properties and methods in the same way as any other ActiveX Component.

Uninstallation procedure

In order to uninstall this ActiveX control, please, follow the steps below:

• Unregister ActiveX control

  You may unregister our ActiveX control by executing:

  regsvr32 spsniffer.dll /u

• Uninstall Serial Port Monitor driver

  Serial Port Monitor driver could be uninstalled by executing:

  spssetup.exe /u

• Remove all files you have copied into target PC before