diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/io/github/inductiveautomation/kindling/serial/SerialViewer.kt b/src/main/kotlin/io/github/inductiveautomation/kindling/serial/SerialViewer.kt
index 560297823..e223b25da 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/io/github/inductiveautomation/kindling/serial/SerialViewer.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/io/github/inductiveautomation/kindling/serial/SerialViewer.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package io.github.inductiveautomation.kindling.serial
 
 import com.formdev.flatlaf.extras.FlatSVGIcon
+import com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.deserialization.XMLDeserializer
+import com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.xmlserialization.serialization.BinaryWriter
 import deser.SerializationDumper
 import io.github.inductiveautomation.kindling.core.Tool
 import io.github.inductiveautomation.kindling.core.ToolPanel
@@ -8,8 +10,11 @@ import io.github.inductiveautomation.kindling.utils.FileFilter
 import io.github.inductiveautomation.kindling.utils.FlatScrollPane
 import io.github.inductiveautomation.kindling.utils.HorizontalSplitPane
 import io.github.inductiveautomation.kindling.utils.toHumanReadableBinary
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.ReflectionToStringBuilder
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.ToStringStyle
 import java.awt.Font
 import java.nio.file.Path
+import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream
 import javax.swing.Icon
 import javax.swing.JLabel
 import javax.swing.JTextArea
@@ -29,8 +34,17 @@ class SerialViewPanel(private val path: Path) : ToolPanel() {
     }
 
     init {
-        val data = path.readBytes()
-        serialDump.text = SerializationDumper(data).parseStream()
+        var data = path.readBytes()
+        if (data.isGzip()) {
+           data = data.inputStream().let(::GZIPInputStream).use(GZIPInputStream::readBytes)
+        }
+
+        serialDump.text = if (data.isIaXmlSerialized()) {
+            deserializeBinaryXml(data)
+        } else {
+            deserializeJavaSerialized(data)
+        }
+
         rawBytes.text = path.inputStream().toHumanReadableBinary()
         name = path.name
 
@@ -51,9 +65,41 @@ class SerialViewPanel(private val path: Path) : ToolPanel() {
         )
     }
 
+    private fun deserializeJavaSerialized(data: ByteArray): String = SerializationDumper(data).parseStream()
+
+    private fun deserializeBinaryXml(data: ByteArray): String {
+        val context = XMLDeserializer().also {
+            it.initDefaults()
+        }.deserializeBinary(data)
+
+        return buildString {
+            appendLine("XML Deserialized Data:")
+            if (context.warnings.isNotEmpty()) {
+                context.warnings.joinTo(this, prefix = "Warnings: \n", separator = "\n", postfix = "\n") {
+                    it.message.orEmpty()
+                }
+            }
+            context.rootObjects.joinTo(this, prefix = "Root Objects: \n", separator = "\n", postfix = "\n") {
+                ReflectionToStringBuilder.toString(it, ToStringStyle.MULTI_LINE_STYLE)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun ByteArray.isGzip(): Boolean = this.size > 2
+            && this[0] == 0x1f.toByte()
+            && this[1] == 0x8b.toByte()
+
+    private fun ByteArray.isIaXmlSerialized(): Boolean {
+        if (this.size < 16) return false
+        for ((i, byte) in SerialViewer.xmlDeserializerMagic.withIndex()) {
+            if (byte != this[i]) return false
+        }
+        return true
+    }
+
     override val icon: Icon = SerialViewer.icon
 
-    override fun getToolTipText(): String? {
+    override fun getToolTipText(): String {
         return path.toString()
     }
 }
@@ -69,4 +115,26 @@ data object SerialViewer : Tool {
     override val serialKey: String = "serial-viewer"
 
     override val isAdvanced: Boolean = true
+
+    /**
+     * Ref [BinaryWriter.MAGIC_NUMBER], a random UUID used as magic number
+     */
+    internal val xmlDeserializerMagic = byteArrayOf(
+        0x98.toByte(),
+        0x29.toByte(),
+        0x8F.toByte(),
+        0xAA.toByte(),
+        0x43.toByte(),
+        0xF7.toByte(),
+        0x4A.toByte(),
+        0x4F.toByte(),
+        0xB2.toByte(),
+        0x8D.toByte(),
+        0xCA.toByte(),
+        0x3C.toByte(),
+        0x48.toByte(),
+        0x96.toByte(),
+        0xAF.toByte(),
+        0xC9.toByte(),
+    )
 }