Portmon Alternatives

Portmon is described as 'Utility that monitors and displays all serial and parallel port activity on a system. It has advanced filtering and search capabilities that make it a powerful tool for exploring the way Windows works, seeing how applications use ports, or tracking down problems in' and is an app. There are eight alternatives to Portmon for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Flathub, Flatpak and Mac apps. The best Portmon alternative is Serial Port Monitor. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Tauno Monitor or SerialMon. Other great apps like Portmon are Advanced Serial Port Monitor, Bill Serial Port Monitor, Serial Port Assistant and SUDT AccessPort.

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  1. Displays, logs, and analyzes serial data from RS232/422/485 ports in real-time, features terminal emulation, customizable interface, advanced configuration, monitoring filters, session save and reload, data format switching, and detailed I/O control code recording.

    12 Serial Port Monitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Tauno Monitor icon
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    A Simple stand-alone serial port monitor for the GNOME desktop. It aims to be beginner friendly, small and easy to use. Not feature-rich and professional. Remembers the last settings (Theme, Baud Rate, Port etc.).

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
     
  3. SerialMon icon
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    Monitors RS232 communication thru software or with simple hardware. Protocol analyzer for ABB RP570, ABB SPA-bus and NMEA 0183 protocol.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. This program allows you to check the flow of data through a computer's COM ports. As you can see from software name this application can work as serial port monitor. It supports full duplex mode, flexible adjusting of parameters, output received data to file, automatic and...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Free Software to monitor (bi-directional) Serial Port communication RS232 between two devices, use our free Bill Serial Port Monitor. This software allows you to view, log, analyse the activity of your full duplex serial RS-232 port.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. This project is a cross-platform serial port assistant. It can run on Windows, Linux, Android, and macOS.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  7. AccessPort is serial port monitoring tool for technicians, engineers and software developers designing or debugging serial port related projects.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Listen32 icon
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    Listen32 tap into RS-232 transmit signals for monitoring bi-directional communications between two devices. Two COM ports are used in the listening device, the receive line of each connected to the transmit line of one of the communicating devices.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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