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.
Features include display of received data in text or hexadecimal format, support for multiple concurrent connection (if multiple serial ports are available), the ability to send data in text or hexadecimal format, local echo, hardware (CTS, DTR) and software flow control (XON), logging of received data
What's New
Version 1.4.1.3.162:
Improved handling of exceptions if preferences or connection settings can not be read or written.
Checking serial port for nil in the transmit thread to avoid NilObjectException exceptions. Not clear if this fixes the issue a few users have seen.
Improved exception handling when serial port adapters are added or removed from the system while CoolTerm is running.
Fixed a bug in the circular receive buffer that could cause an OutOfBoundsException when reading data.
Improved handing of OutOfMemoryExceptions when attempting to set the receive buffer size to a value larger than the amount of memory available on the user's system.
Version 1.4.1.3.162:
Improved handling of exceptions if preferences or connection settings can not be read or written.
Checking serial port for nil in the transmit thread to avoid NilObjectException exceptions. Not clear if this fixes the issue a few users have seen.
Improved exception handling when serial port adapters are added or removed from the system while CoolTerm is more...
Great app. After finding out that Zterm did not work with Snow Leopard and my USB to Serial adapter, I found out about CoolTerm... I use it to configure Cisco devices, and so far it's been working great.
The only problem I found was that I can't recall previous entered commands by pressing the up arrow key.
If this feature was added, then I'd give it 5 stars.
You hit it on the head. The up arrow happens to be necessary for me. I liked everything else about it, but I'll be stuck using screen for a while longer.
Version 1.2.0 support the Up/Down arrows to recall previously typed commands. Set the Terminal Mode to "Line Mode" via the connection settings. This will enable the up/down arrows to recall previous commands and it will give you a popup menu with previous commands as well.
Great little app. Does what it says and useful for those who need this sort of thing. There are still lots of pure serial devices out there, and so for Mac types to try prototyping things this is a great help.
[Version 1.0]
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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.
Features include display of received data in text or hexadecimal format, support for multiple concurrent connection (if multiple serial ports are available), the ability to send data in text or hexadecimal format, local echo, hardware (CTS, DTR) and software flow control (XON), logging of received data to text files, and more. Written in REALBasic.
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mr-rebo reviewed on 23 Nov 2011
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I look forward to trying it out.
Maybe I will find myself with even fewer reasons to dual-boot my Mac.
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ixulian reviewed on 09 Sep 2009
The only problem I found was that I can't recall previous entered commands by pressing the up arrow key.
If this feature was added, then I'd give it 5 stars.
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etj reviewed on 21 May 2009
VenoMKO rated on 12 Oct 2011