MicroRidge Free ComTestSerial Communications Test Program Measurement Collection Specialists Connect Any Gage into Any Software ComTestSerial Free serial communications test program Download ComTestSerial for free, use it and give it to anyone who has a need for a serial communications test program! MicroRidge manufactures a variety of serial interface devices. We had a need for a fast, effective and easy-to-use serial test communications program. We developed ComTestSerial to meet that need, and are offering it free of charge to anyone who has a need for a test program to help them understand the output of their serial device. Version 3.1.0.131 released November 15, 2018 Important Distribution Notes: • ComTestSerial can be installed on as many computers as needed. • You can also give ComTestSerial to anyone who has a need for a serial communications test program.
Mar 26, 2018 - nfortunately, Hyperterminal is not included with Windows 7 but you can still control your serial devices with alternate methods. How to: Install Windows 10 How to Install adb on Windows 7, 8 and 10 Fix: Cannot install.
• You cannot modify the ComTestSerial program file in any manner. • Unless you have written permission from MicroRidge, you cannot distribute ComTestSerial with any other software or hardware that is being sold or licensed. ComTestSerial was developed by and is the property of MicroRidge Systems, Inc., Sunriver, Oregon. Copyright 2004-2018 MicroRidge Systems, Inc.
All rights reserved. Why do you need ComTestSerial? When you cannot get communications between your serial device and your application, you typically need to perform the following troubleshooting steps. These steps are general troubleshooting guidelines.
Our experience has shown us that you can save hours and even days worth of troubleshooting if you first get an understanding of the operation of your serial device using a test program such as ComTestSerial. • Connect your serial device to a serial communications test program such as ComTestSerial. • Press the send button on your serial device to send information to ComTestSerial or send a command from ComTestSerial to your serial device.
• Find the manual for your serial device to determine what the baud rate and communications parameters should be (yes, I know we all hate to read the manual!). • If you have multiple serial ports on your PC, change the serial port within ComTestSerial to determine which serial port your device is connected to. • Refer to the Help Troubleshooting Section in ComTestSerial for additional suggestions. ComTestSerial Features • Much friendlier and easier to use than the HyperTerminal Program included with Windows. • Install on as many computers as needed. • Give it to anyone else who needs it.
• Supports COM1 to COM200. • Supports baud rates from 300 to 115.2K. • Supports all of the commonly used communication parameters. • Set printer and screen font sizes. • 12 user definable buttons for defining commands to send to your serial device.
• Displays all characters including control and extended characters. • LED status indicators showing state of handshake lines and display parameters. • Very fast screen updates. Supported Operating Systems ComTestSerial has been tested on Windows XP through Windows 10 When installing ComTestSerial, you should have Administrative Rights enabled.||||||||| Copyright © 20 19 MicroRidge Systems, Inc.
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Configuring and Using Hyperterminal Configuring and Using Hyperterminal with Serial Devices Hyperterminal is a communications program that is included free with Windows 95 and later. Although the program has some quirks, it's handy for sending data to serial displays. This tip sheet shows how to configure the program, and lists some known peculiarities. Hyperterminal's publisher,, offers free and low-cost upgrades to the program, as well as more advanced communication software. It's very likely that most or all of the issues listed here will be solved by downloading a new release from their.
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NOTE: If you just want to demo our serial displays, try our free Windows serial-sender utility. Download the program. Setting up Hyperterminal In a normal installation of Windows 95 or later, Hyperterminal is automatically installed under Programs:Accessories, so you access it as follows: • Click Start • Select Programs • Select Accessories • Select Hyperterminal folder • Select Hypertrm.exe Upon launching Hyperterminal, you'll be given the opportunity to name and assign an icon to your settings.
You may choose any name/icon. Afterwards, a series of dialog boxes will appear. Enter the following settings: Phone Number • Click the drop-down arrow by Connect Using • Select Direct to COM1 (or 'direct to' the port you intend to use) • Click OK COM1 Properties, Port Settings • Bits per Second: select 9600 (or desired baud rate) • Data Bits: select 8 • Parity: select None • Stop Bits: select 1 • Flow Control: select none • Click OK Advanced • Select Defaults • Click OK • Click OK This will get you into the main Hyperterminal window.
There are still a few more settings to make. Pull down the File menu and select Properties.
Properties Dialog • Click Settings tab • Check Terminal Keys • Set Emulation to Auto Detect • Click ASCII Setup button • Under ASCII Sending, check Echo typed characters locally • Under ASCII Receiving, check Append line feeds to incoming line ends • Click OK • Click OK Using Hyperterminal Once you've configured the program, make sure to save your configuration for reuse. If you launch the program using your configuration icon, your settings will be loaded automatically. With the settings listed above, anything you type into the Hyperterminal window will be sent out the serial port. You can also send most control characters by holding down the Ctrl key and typing the appropriate letter. For example, control-L (formfeed) is recognized by our BPP-, BGX-, VFD-, and SGX-series displays as a clear-screen instruction. Hold Ctrl and type L to clear the LCD screen.
You can also use an old DOS trick to send particular ASCII values that may not have control-key equivalents. Hold down the Alt key and type the decimal ASCII value on the keyboard's numeric keypad (not the number keys along the top of the keyboard), then release Alt. Precede the number with a 0 (zero). For example, to send ASCII 133, press and hold Alt, type 0 1 3 3 on the keypad, then release Alt.
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Don't leave out the 0 (zero) preceding the number! If you do, the actual value sent can be changed in odd ways. For example, ASCII 14 sent as Alt-down 1 4 Alt-up works fine, but ASCII 15 sent as Alt-down 1 5 Alt-up gets translated to ASCII 164. The smart customer who pointed out the necessity of the leading zero speculates that it has to do with Windows' conversion of character codes to the DOS character set. Corrupted Config Files Saved configurations can be corrupted in odd ways. The most obvious symptom is that typing the same character three times in a row causes the third instance of the character to be sent incorrectly. In other cases, the terminal program fails to work altogether.