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CoolTerm

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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.

For Mac

License model

  • FreeProprietary

Application type

Country of Origin

  • CH flagSwitzerland

Platforms

  • Mac  v1.4.0 supports AppleScript
  • Windows
  • Linux
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  1.  Portable
  2.  Serial-port
  3.  ASCII to Hex

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CoolTerm information

  • Developed by

    CH flagRoger Meier
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Free product.
  • Alternatives

    25 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about CoolTerm, and it has gotten 9 likes

CoolTerm was added to AlternativeTo by rogermeier on May 30, 2011 and this page was last updated Sep 9, 2022.

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Top Positive Comment
Nicolas
May 24, 2023
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The best portable Serial COM port utility. On Mac and Windows. Very cool design and easy configuration. HEX view is also a positive point.

What is CoolTerm?

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. The features of CoolTerm include:

  • Capability of multiple concurrent connections if multiple serial ports are available.
  • Display of received data in plain text or hexadecimal format.
  • Sending data via keypresses as well as a "Send String" dialog that supports data entry in plain text or hexadecimal format.
  • Sending data via copy-paste of text into the terminal window.
  • Sending of text files.
  • Capability of capturing received data to text files.
  • Local echo of transmitted data.
  • Local echo of received data (loop back to sender).
  • Hardware (CTS, DTR) and software flow control (XON).
  • Optical line status indicators.
  • Capability of manually toggling line states of certain handshaking signals when hardware flow control is disabled.
  • Configurable character and line delays.
  • Capability of saving and retrieving connection options.
  • and more...