Alternatives of HyperTerm
paulchainkang
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Hello,
Hyperterm is horrible to use. Can you recommend alternatives for the RS232 terminal? Small and Freeware are preferred. Thanks in advance.
Paul Kang
Hyperterm is horrible to use. Can you recommend alternatives for the RS232 terminal? Small and Freeware are preferred. Thanks in advance.
Paul Kang
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I agree with your assessment of HT. It's hideous.
Until the Propeller IDE comes with its own terminal mode, I recommend the debug window in Parallax's PBASIC Editor/Compiler. It's easy to use, it's free, and you can download it from Parallax's website. You just have to remember to set it to an unused port when you're uploading Propeller code.
-Phil
http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002416/teraterm.html
No changes, modifications, etc. Just make it a standalone .exe?
In windows there's a nice Bray's terminal
bray.velenje.cx/avr/terminal/.
It's designed for stuff like communicating with micros. It's free as in beer.
In the avrfreaks forum the smileymicros guy (who wrote a book on programming avr's using avr-gcc / winavr) has posted his own terminal software programmed on the dotnet platform, which also has the purpose of communicating with micros. Don't really like the gui's aesthetic though . It's also free as in beer (maybe free as in speech, I don't know), and the source code is provided.
Try www.avrfreaks.net/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=34234 or http://www.smileymicros.com (I think Bray's terminal is in there too).
I found [url=mailto:Br@y]Br@y[/url]++ terminal from http://www.smileymicros.com/·has all I need.
Paul Kang
Its Ok for free distribution because it is provided as a sample·program when you purchase vb6 professional. Its also a great template if you want to create and customise your own comms program in vb6.
I have looked at some other free programs, and this one is the simplest by far.
Most com settings are easily changed, and the screen is not cluttered with unnecessary buttons.
I can email it to anybody that wants it. not sure how big the file is, but will let you know if / when you ask for it.
BTW, could'nt agree more with how clumsy HT is to use.
Cheers,
Chris
Western Australia.