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4.4 Using Serial/IP Port Monitor

4.4.1. Opening the Port Monitor

The Serial/IP Port Monitor can be opened by:

Start->All Programs-> Serial/IP->Port Monitor

Double click the Serial/IP tray icon in the Windows notification area (Figure 4.5).

In the Windows notification area (Figure 4.5), right click in the Serial/IP tray icon and click on Port
Monitor
to open the Port Monitor.

Click on the Port Monitor button in the Serial/IP Control Panel

4.4.2. The Activity Panel

Figure 4.16 Port Monitor Activity Panel

The Activity panel provides a real-time display of the status of all Serial/IP COM ports (Figure 4.16). If the Virtual
COM Port is open and is properly configured to connect to a serial device server, the status would be Connected. If
Serial/IP cannot find the specified serial device server, the status would be Offline.