Serial ports are physically robust, cheaper, and work well for devices that don't need high-speed data transfer. A treadmill sending small bits of information to a heart monitor doesn't require ...

Thankfully, [Amr Bekhit] has put together a utility to help solve this problem. [Amr’s] utility is called Serial Port Monitor, and it does what it says on the tin.

[Amr’s] utility is called Serial Port Monitor, and it does what it says on the tin. When new serial ports are enumerated in Device Manager, a system tray notification pops up noting the number ...