SPM - What's new in this version?

Serial Port Monitor 4.0 [Build 4.0.2.281]
Released: February 12, 2008

  • Added: internal driver is launched automatically and administrator rights are not required to start monitoring serial ports now
  • Added: ability to input any baudrate in Send dialog
  • Improved: overall application stability while using multiple-processor systems
  • Improved: stability with enabled DEP in Windows Vista
  • Fixed: several issues with signed drivers in Windows 64-bit editions
  • Fixed: minor bug in Preferences dialog
  • Plenty of internal bugs and glitches fixed

Serial Port Monitor 4.0 [Build 4.0.2.274]
Released: March 13, 2007

  • Serial Port Monitor is completely compatible with Windows Vista
  • Now you can send files and automatically loop commands execution by sending directly from the new completely refreshed Send dialog
  • Added: aliases - pre-defined sequence of commands assigned to a short name for faster execution
  • Added: ability to automatically add data before and after packets to be transmitted
  • Table View log can be exported and redirected to file in CSV(Comma Separated Values) file format
  • Refreshed, polished and more flexible user interface
  • Serial Port Monitor and all of its internal drivers are now digitally signed
  • Major monitoring driver modifications
  • Improved: overall application's stability and speed
  • Software licensing policy has changed: Standard and Professional editions of Serial Port Monitor have been introduced
  • Plenty of internal bugs and glitches fixed

Serial Port Monitor 3.0 [Build 3.0.0.115]
Released: November 29, 2006

  • Several fixed that refer to data view when receiving data of 0 length
  • We improved automatic drivers installation in both: 32 and 64-bit environments
  • Some critical minor enhancements
  • Some speed issues resolved
Serial Port Monitor 3.0 [Build 3.0.0.105]
Released: August 8, 2006
  • Improved: overall application's stability and speed
  • Improved: several interface enhancements
  • Fixed: memory leaks due to incorrect events handing
  • Fixed: monitoring session closing/saving issues
Serial Port Monitor 3.0 [Build 3.0.0.101]
Released: August 4, 2006
  • Improved: overall application's stability and speed
  • Fixed: BSOD when closing monitored port
  • Fixed: several minor bugs
Serial Port Monitor 3.0 [Build 3.0.0.97]
Released: June 22, 2006
  • Fixed: All pointers in a code are correctly closed
Serial Port Monitor 3.0 [Build 3.0.0.95]
Released: February 8, 2006
  • Fixed: Minor issues in Dump view are fixed
Serial Port Monitor 3.0 [Build 3.0.0.92]
Released: February 2, 2006
  • Added: Ability to monitor serial ports currently opened by other applications
  • Added: More detailed information for IOCTL_SERIAL_GET_HANDFLOW, IOCTL_SERIAL_SET_HANDFLOW , IOCTL_SERIAL_SET_WAIT_MASK, IOCTL_SERIAL_GET_WAIT_MASK, IOCTL_SERIAL_WAIT_ON_MASK in the Line View
  • Improved: Terminal panel is now known as Send dialog
  • Improved: Send dialog allows to send strings, binary, octal, decimal, hexadecimal and mixed (hex plus strings)data
  • Added: New tab in Preferences dialog
  • Fixed: Several minor bugs
Serial Port Monitor 2.1 [Build 2.1.6.67]
Released: December 15, 2005
  • Fixed: Carriage Return character (/r) issue in Terminal View
Serial Port Monitor 2.1 [Build 2.1.6.65]
Released: November 23, 2005
  • Fixed: Line view log clearance issues
Serial Port Monitor 2.1 [Build 2.1.6.63]
Released: October 5, 2005
  • PnP requests to remove serial port device management are fixed
Serial Port Monitor 2.1 [Build 2.1.6.59]
Released: August 31, 2005
  • Serial Port Monitor now is compatible with 64-bit Windows OS
Serial Port Monitor 2.0 [Build 2.0.1.27]
Released: July 22, 2005
  • Fixed a bug in Dump view representation
  • Minor bug in Export Dump view is fixed
Serial Port Monitor 2.0 [Build 2.0.1.24]
Released: July 19, 2005
  • Added functionality to Dump view. Now it shows what file has opened or closed serial port
  • Fixed minor bugs in a driver
  • Improved program interface and performance
Serial Port Monitor 2.0 [Build 2.0.0.12]
Released: July 6, 2005
  • Added ability to monitor two or more ports simultaneously
  • Added ability to select different numeration system data representation (binary, octal, decimal, hexadecimal) and string length.
  • Advanced timestamp monitoring (date and time, time only, interval from session start, interval between events)
  • Improved status bar. Added IRP, read/write databits counters, bitrate/handflow/parity/datalenght indicators
  • Added ability to set how long IRP would be stored
  • Added ability to select/deselect Table view columns
  • Improved Terminal view
  • Fixed some bugs in a driver working in HyperThreading mode
  • Interface bugs fixed
Serial Port Monitor 1.2 [Build 1.2.5.17]
Released: March 4, 2005
  • HyperThreading issues stabilized
  • Sessions saving/loading enhanced
  • Views refresh and scrolling enhanced
Serial Port Monitor 1.2 [Build 1.2.4.13]
Released: February 8, 2005
  • Grammar corrected in some texts
  • Terminal now works in read-only mode and you will see characters only when port is open and Echo is on, vertical scroll added
  • The monitored port is now default in Terminal
  • "Clear filter" fixed
  • The number of days left in a trial version is now visible
  • Autoscrolling and line wrapping in Terminal
  • CTRL+P keyboard shortcut duplication fixed
  • *.SPM files can now be opened directly with Serial Port Monitor
  • Redirection of the view into file doesn't lead to crash
  • Automatic scrolling in views
  • No more "Cannot load sniff driver" message
  • Double launch fixed
  • Interface refurbished under Windows 2000
  • HyperThreading compatibility enhanced
  • Monitoring while sending files more than 1 Kb does not lead to crash.
Serial Port Monitor 1.2 [Build 1.2.4.7]
Released: January 21, 2005
  • New session dialog enhanced
  • Session files opening fixed
  • Several post-release additions
Serial Port Monitor 1.2 [Build 1.2.3.1]
Released: January 20, 2005
  • Reversed registration name trouble fixed
  • Some internal descriptions corrected
Serial Port Monitor 1.2 [Build 1.2.2.1]
Released: January 14, 2005
  • Compatibility with Windows 2000 Server/Pro fixed
Serial Port Monitor 1.2 [Build 1.2.1.1]
Released: January 13, 2005
  • Bug with monitoring restart fixed
  • Some minor interface enhancements
Serial Port Monitor 1.2 [Build 1.2.0.14]
Released: January 12, 2005
  • Monitoring Session (*.spm) format added
  • Several auto-scrolling enhancements
  • CTRL+ENTER hotkey added within the terminal module
  • New "Redirect to file" feature
  • Some stabilizations and minor fixes
Serial Port Monitor 1.0 [Build 1.0.1.12]
Released: January 4, 2005
  • First official release