Com latch 3.1,
Lpt latch 3.1,
Com send monitor 3.1,
Lpt send monitor 3.1
(c) 1997-2002 Henrich Fukna
fuky@azet.sk
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License
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Programs are released under the GPL license. For further information
please read the COPYING file.


Introduction
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Com latch and Lpt latch are TSR utilities to create virtual char devices
(like a printer, etc.) for serial/parallel ports. Programs are activated
immediately after start of it. All ouptuts to the port are redirect to
the file. Port number and data file are optionaly via command line para-
meters.

Com send monitor and Lpt send monitor are TSR utilities to monitor sending
chars to the serial/parallel char devices. All monitored data are saved to
the file. Port number and data file are optionaly via command line para-
meters.


Installation
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Download the latch<xy>.zip, where <xy> is the version number. Extract files
from the .zip to the directory where you wishes.


System requirements
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- DOS 3.0 or higher
- Processor i80286 or higher
- 25kB of free memory


Usage
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Usage: COMLATCH [-uqh?L pPORT fFILE]

Options:
  u        remove program from memory
  q        be quiet
  h, ?     display this help screen
  L        display software licence

  pPORT
   PORT    COM port number

  fFILE
   FILE    file name

Default: -p1 -fCOMLATCH.SAV


Usage: LPTLATCH [-uqh?L pPORT fFILE]

Options:
  u        remove program from memory
  q        be quiet
  h, ?     display this help screen
  L        display software licence

  pPORT
   PORT    LPT port number

  fFILE
   FILE    file name

Default: -p1 -fLPTLATCH.SAV


Usage: COMSDMON [-uqh?L pPORT fFILE]

Options:
  u        remove program from memory
  q        be quiet
  h, ?     display this help screen
  L        display software licence

  pPORT
   PORT    COM port number

  fFILE
   FILE    file name

Default: -p1 -fCOMSDMON.SAV


Usage: LPTSDMON [-uqh?L pPORT fFILE]

Options:
  u        remove program from memory
  q        be quiet
  h, ?     display this help screen
  L        display software licence

  pPORT
   PORT    LPT port number

  fFILE
   FILE    file name

Default: -p1 -fLPTSDMON.SAV


History
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08.05.1997    1.0       - first version

14.07.1997    2.0       - some major changes

01.08.1999    3.0       - added "com send monitor"
                        - added "lpt send monitor"

31.03.2002    3.0       - documentation review

01.09.2002    3.1       - huge code rewriting
                        - GNU/GPL licence
