Manual

Comtrol Tools 43
Starting Peer
Starting Peer Peer Tracer does not appear in most Comtrol program groups and you may need to
start the application from the Windows Explorer. Use the table below to determine
whether you can start Peer from a program group or where to locate the
executable.
To start Peer, you may need to open
the Windows Explorer, access a
specific directory, and double-click
on peer.exe or start peer using the
Comtrol Utilities program group.
The Peer Tracer window displays (at
right).
Log Functions All logging functions are found under the File menu. To start keeping a log, select
Log to Disk from the File menu. The other options on this menu are View Disk Log,
Clear Disk Log, Clear Screen, and Exit.
Using Peer To use peer, simply type in commands at the : prompt. (It may be necessary to
press Enter to make the : prompt appear.) For example, to examine COM5, type:
PORT COM5 <Enter>
To gather some information about the port, type: STAT <Enter>. This should
return details about the port.
To turn on monitoring of any calls into driver (events), type: MON EV <Enter>
To send strings and commands to attached peripherals—for example, to send
“ATH0” to a modem—type: SEND ATH0 <Enter>. A return and line feed are always
appended to each string sent.
Other Peer
Commands
Enter commands at the : prompt and follow each command with Enter.
Keep in mind that all commands are processed in the device driver, and that Peer
simply acts as a conduit for this information.
For more information, see the Peer.hlp help file.
Product
Operating
System
Starting Peer
DeviceMaster RTS,
RocketPort Serial Hub ia,
RocketPort Serial Hub Si
Windows NT,
Windows 2000,
Windows XP
\WINNT\system32\rpshSi\peer.exe
RocketModem and
RocketPort
Windows NT \WINNT\system32\rocket\Peer.exe
RocketModem and
RocketPort
Windows 2000,
Windows XP
Comtrol Utilities peer.exe
Command Effect
MON TX Monitor data being transmitted through the selected port.
MON RX Monitor data being received through the selected port.
M Turn off all monitoring.
? Display Peer Tracer command summary.
PORT COMxx Change port being examined to COMxx.