Overview
What is Serial Port Monitoring Control?
Serial Port Monitoring Control : ActiveX library that enables end users to monitor serial ports and view all serial devices installed, featuring support for virtual and PnP serial devices
In depth
A closer look at Serial Port Monitoring Control
Serial Port Monitoring Control (SPMC) is an ActiveX library that can be integrated by developers into their software projects in order to provide monitoring abilities for end users. It can be used to display all serial devices installed on the computer, including serial ports and modems via hot-plug and hot-unplug features. Support is extended to virtual and PnP serial devices.The library can be implemented into any application capable of opening a serial port to facilitate communication. It has ACPI support, together with two high-performance systems for native code and one for managed code. Visual Studio 2015 and Embarcadero RAD Studio are supported too. Moreover, the source code can be made for C++, C#, Delphi, VB.NET and any other CLR-compatible language.In addition to the core files, the complete setup package includes the SDK files, user documentation, a simple redistributable package and Windows installer merge modules, along with samples for Visual Studio 2015, MFC, Managed VB.NET and C#, Delphi, and scripting. Any of these components can be excluded from installation.In total, there are seven interfaces: main library, serial device collection and serial device collection, Monitor object, listener for the native code as well as events for the SerialMonitor and Monitor objects. The user manual included in the package has step-by-step guides for C++ and C# when it comes to initializing the Serial Port Monitoring Control library, enumerating serial devices, retrieving serial device properties, creating monitor objects, and receiving monitored events.
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Requirements
System requirements
Windows Server 2016 / Windows 10 64 bit / Windows 10 / Windows Server 2012 / Windows 2008 R2 / Windows 2008 64 bit / Windows 2008 / Windows 2003 / Windows 8 64 bit / Windows 8 / Windows 7 64 bit / Windows 7 / Windows Vista 64 bit / Windows Vista / Wi
Verdict
Should you download Serial Port Monitoring Control?
Serial Port Monitoring Control runs on
Windows 9X/ME/2K/XP/2003/Windows 10/11
and is available under the
Time-limited Trial
license
— the installer is 5.1 MB.
We’ve catalogued it under
DLLs and Libraries.
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At a glance
Serial Port Monitoring Control specifications
- Last updated
- May 1, 2026
- Requirements
- Windows Server 2016 / Windows 10 64 bit / Windows 10 / Windows Server 2012 / Windows 2008 R2 / Windows 2008 64 bit / Windows 2008 / Windows 2003 / Windows 8 64 bit / Windows 8 / Windows 7 64 bit / Windows 7 / Windows Vista 64 bit / Windows Vista / Wi
- License
- Time-limited Trial
- Operating system
- Windows 9X/ME/2K/XP/2003/Windows 10/11
- File size
- 5.1 MB
- Price
- Free
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