COMTool – serial debug tools

COMTool is a cross platform serial debug tool.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Reliable stability, no UI freeze.
• Multiple language support.
• Configs save and auto load(auto save settings when exit).
• Multiple character encode support(ASII,GBK(Chinese),UTF-8,UTF-16 etc.)
• Multiple language support.
• Multiple connection type support, and support add connection plugin:
  • Serial port.
    • Serial auto detect, and remember last selected support.
    • Serial offline auto reconnect support.
    • Port baudrate(any value) bytesize parity stopbits flow control etc. settings.
    • rts & dtr control by hand.
  • TCP/UDP support, include client and server mode.
  • SSH client support.
• Plugin support, built-in plugin:
• dbg plugin, support basic send receive debug operation.
  • Basic send/receive data (ascii and hex).
    • Send and receive data count.
• Clear received data area.
  • Auto linefeed.
    • Scheduled auto send.
  • Send history and select send again.
  • Custom most usage data items and one click to send.
  • CR LF(\r\n) or LF(\n) support.
  • Key shortcuts like Ctrl+Enter to send etc.
  • Receive and send record support add timestamp and save log to file.
  • Send file.
  • Unix terminal style color support(e.g.\x1b[33;42mhello\x1b[0mhello2).
  • Escape character support, like \r \n \t \x etc.
• Protocol plugin, customize your own protocol:
  • Customize encoding and decoding method.
  • Customize shortcut key.
  • Escape character support, like \r \n \t \x etc.
• Terminal plugin, basic terminal interaction.
• Graph plugin:
  • Support dynamically add graph widgets, add graph widgets you need.
  • Display line chart in realtime, support customize protocol header(support escape characters).
  • Customable button to send data, support shortcut key.

Website: github.com/Neutree/COMTool
Support:
Developer: Neucrack
License: GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0

COMTool is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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