COMTool

Anyone working in development can attest that their work entails receiving numerous types of messages from the terminals, especially when working with different equipment and manufacturers that have their own protocols. This is why finding the right tool for testing and debugging cannot be stressed enough.

COMTool is a lightweight, portable utility that acts as a serial debug tool and that can lend you a hand in the development phase.

As previously mentioned, the application is portable so all you need to do is grab the app, decompress the archive and launch the executable to get started. The tool supports two types of connections, namely Serial and TCP UDP. Regardless of what you select, make sure to fill in the required information to set up the connection and then proceed to do the testing.

The app comes with a user-friendly and simple interface that packs the settings on the left side and has a bigger panel where you can check out the details of the connection. The aforementioned settings can be customized for sending and receiving, so you fill in the required information based on the specifications of your project.

According to the developer, the application can automatically detect the serial and can even remember the last selected support. Other noteworthy features of the tool include, but are not limited to auto linefeed, CR LF(\r\n) or LF(\n) support, protocol with customizable encoding and decoding method support, scheduled auto send, send history and select send again and multiple character encode support.

In the eventuality that you are looking for a simple utility to help you with various testing and debugging operations when working with ports and serials, then perhaps you can consider giving COMTool a try.