com port development tool
What is it?
Terminal is a simple serial port (COM) terminal emulation program. It can be used for communication with different devices such as modems, routers, embedded uC systems, GSM phones,... It is very useful debugging tool for serial communication applications.
Features
without installation, only single and small .exe file ~300KB
simple file send
Rx and Tx characters counter
baudrate up to 256kbps & custom baudrate
up to 64 COM ports
log to file (hex & string)
24 custom transmit macros with auto repeat function
scripting (with graph/visualization support)
remote control over TCP/IP - telnet
Macros
In macros you can use all characters from keyboard and any ASCII char if you use $xx or #xxx. Where $xx is hex and #xxx dec format of ascii code. If you want to use # or $ char in macro you should type it twice ($$=$ and ##=#).To calculate XOR checksum byte use %XOR command. To calculate SUM (1byte sum) checksum byte use %SUM command.
To insert delay in macro string use %DLYxxxx, where xxxx is value 0000-9999 in ms.
You can store macro in macro file. Active macro is "saved" even if you don't save it and will be available next time when you'll start Terminal. Macro string can be up to 128 characters long.
Scripting
Simple pascal syntax scripting is possible. You can write short scripts to do some simple tasks. More about supported command you can find if you click "Help" button.
Below in attachment section you can find few sample scripts to check and test functionality.
TCP/IP remote control
Terminal can also act like telnet server and listen on selected TCP port. You can connect to it with any telnet client program from another computer in network (or over internet from different location) and see what's going on in terminal and send commands etc.
Download & Links
Download new version of the Terminal software - version 1.9b 20100630
Terminal is still FREE but if you find this tool useful and if you'd like to support this project and make a small donation...here is the simplest way to do it . It's secure, quick and easy. |