Pressing the OK button in Chart Properties and Trace Properties windows now immediately redraws the chart rather than waiting for a refresh triggered by new received data. Updated menu short cuts to toggle status line to also require pressing the Alt (or Option on macOS) key to allow CMD-SHIFT-R to be used to stop a file capture again. Added context menu item to plain text and hex displays to more easily access font settings. The font size in plain text and hex view can now be changed by using the scroll wheel while pressing the CTRL key. Improved responsiveness of handshake LEDs. Clicking the corresponding labels now has the same effect as clicking the LEDs themselves. Made TX, RTS, and DTR LED labels clickable. A clicked LEDs no longer toggles its value if the mouse button is released outside the LED. Increased the clickable area for the quick menu in the lower left corner and changed GUI widget. Improved transmit macro code to honor aborting the current macro during a long statement. Added option to use either ASCII 3 (ETX) or ESC[ H to home the display (i.e. Replaced ESC[ H with ESC[2J as the escape sequence used to clear screen. Changed the default for "Wait for Termination String" under the file capture options from true to false. This allows connecting to such ports but the selected options such as baudrate, etc., may not be valid (which might not matter). Added handling of iotcl errors on macOS and Linux when attempting connect to virtual serial ports creates with socat, ble-serial, etc. Updated code to automatically create the application data folder if it doesn't exist when saving recent files and last session information. This option can be enabled via the Terminal Options. The line mode command history is can now be saved in the connection settings. Please refer to the platform specific "*** System Requirements.txt" document included with the download the included "Libs" and "Resources" folders must reside in the same location as the CoolTerm application. Saving and retrieving connection options.ĬoolTerm comes without an installer and can be placed anywhere on the hard-drive as long as the correct folder structure is maintained. Configurable character, line, and packet delays. ![]() Manual control of RTS, DTS, and serial BREAK. Hardware (CTS, DTR) and software flow control (XON). Local echo of received data (loop-back to sender). Capability of capturing received data to text/binary files. Sending of text/binary files via dialog or drag-and-drop. Sending data via copy-paste of text into the terminal window. Sending data via keypresses as well as a "Send String" dialog in plain text or hexadecimal format. Special receive and transmit character handling. ![]() Display of received data as graphic chart. Display of received data in plain text or hexadecimal format. Capability of multiple concurrent connections on separate serial ports. CoolTerm is an easy-to-use terminal for communication with hardware connected to serial ports.ĬoolTerm is a simple serial port terminal application (no terminal emulation) that is geared towards hobbyists and professionals with a need to exchange data with hardware connected to serial ports such as servo controllers, robotic kits, GPS receivers, microcontrollers, etc. Download the zipped folder from the link above, right click and extract here.These are the steps I followed to make it run on Ubuntu Linux If you really need it, they can easily be installed. Any hold backs I should know?Ĭoolterm has one disadvantage though: it requires installation of some 32-bit compatibility libraries on a 64-bit machine. The application itself is a portable binary file, so the installation process is just copying it to your favorite bin directory in your computer. Where to get it?Ĭoolterm Linux version can be downloaded from the author’s website. It comes in handy especially when you get non-printable characters like carriage return and linefeed. The other neat feature is the hexadecimal or ascii view with highlighting of currently selected character. The line feed mode is very useful for devices that implement protocols with timing constraints like AT commands. You can even select what exact combination of characters will be appended at the end of the line as a line feed marker. You can select whether to run it in raw mode where the characters are sent from the computer to the device connected on the other end of the serial link as soon as you type them, or in line feed mode where the character array is sent after you press the enter key. It has some features that other terminal applications dont have which makes it way cooler. ![]() Coolterm is a simple serial port terminal application written by Roger Meier in Xojo.
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