WinHexCom

WinHexCom is a lightweight Windows application whose purpose is to help you work with a straightforward protocol analyzer that offers support for ASCII and hexadecimal display features.

The tool gives you the possibility to debug only two communication ports but you can run multiple instances of the program in order to debug four or more ports. It requires at least one standard PC serial communication adapter for RS232, RS422 or RS485. USB Serial RS232 adapters are also supported.

WinHexCom comes in a lightweight and portable package which can be deployed on your system by simply running the EXE file. If you want to get rid of the app from your system, you may quickly delete the items that you have downloaded.

Good news is that the utility doesn’t leave any configuration data in your system and add registry entries, so you can run it without administrative privileges. Plus, you may store it on any USB flash drive or other devices and take it with you.

WinHexCom reveals a clean interface which integrates a well-organized set of features. Although there’s no support for a help manual, the program’s features are intuitive if you are an advanced user. Rookies may need to invest some extra time and effort in order to understand the function of each parameter.

The application gives you the possibility to set up two communication ports. You may pick the port type and alter the speed, data and stop bits, parity, as well as flow.

What’s more, you can switch between hexadecimal, ASCII, ANSI and HDLC display mode, select the protocol for the file transfer, log files, work with a checksum calculator, pick the frame type, as well as send messages.

All things considered, WinHexCom comes with a decent feature pack for helping you debug a protocol and view data in different modes using straightforward options.