New App: CoolTerm for Mac and Windows
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 2:57 pm
CoolTerm 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.
The features of CoolTerm include:
The features of CoolTerm include:
- Capability of multiple concurrent connections if multiple serial ports are available.
- Display of received data in textual or hexadecimal format.
- Sending data via keypresses as well as a "Send String" dialog that support data entry in textual or hexadecimal format.
- Sending data via pasting of text into the terminal window.
- Sending of text files.
- Capability of recording received data to text files.
- Local echoing of transmitted data.
- Local echoing of received data (loop back to sender).
- Hardware (CTS, DTR) and software flow control (XON).
- Optical line status indicators.
- Capability of manually toggling RTS and DTR signals when hardware flow control is disabled.
- Capability of loading and saving connection options.