snooper - serial line snooping tool The tool is for snooping communication between two devices that communicate with RS232C serial line. Machine configuration There are 3 machines/modems to take part in the configuration. We will denote those machines as follows: partyA a computer partyB computer/modem/digi-cam/whatever console The computer you are using to snoop the communication between A and B. Say, you would like to snoop the following configuration. partyA ---cableAB--- partyB In that case you should connect "console" between partyA and cableAB, as follows: partyA ---cableX--- console ---cableAB--- party B cableX must be cross-cable (a cable to connect two computers). Command-line options % snooper [-options] dev0 dev1 -bBAUD specifies baud rate. -u don't use uucp locking (questionable option) dev0 name of serial device 0. dev1 name of serial device 1.