Terminal & Serial Port Programs
Terminal & Serial Port Programs for OS X
Terminal & Serial Port Programs
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ZOC
Terminal Emulator and Telnet/SSH Client. Serial port interface. Commercial. Macintosh OS X and Windows.
Zterm
Can edit HDD/SDD disk devices or partitions in raw up to exabyte sizes, but tested only to 1 PetaByte files :-). Macintosh OS X (Intel only), and Linux.
CoolTerm
Free terminal for serial ports. Supports standard and Hex display. Basic AppleScript support. Macintosh OS X, Raspberry Pi, Linux, and Windows.
MacWise
MacWise allows a Macintosh to be used as a terminal – connected to a host computer directly, by modem, local area network or over the Internet with telnet or ssh secure shell. The emulators support video attributes such as dim, reverse, underline, 132-column modes, protected fields and graphic characters sent from the host computer, as well as enhanced Viewpoint mode.
Macintosh OS X only.
Screen
Built into OS X. Linux and UNIX only.
http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/screen.1.html
See this site for instructions:
http://www.tigoe.net/pcomp/resources/archives/avr/000749.shtml
Here is a short AppleScript to make terminal double clickable:
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20061109133825654
TermKit alpha
TermKit is a re-imagined next generation Terminal and a set of unix tools that try to bridge the gap between CLI and GUI. The app can display and manipulate any kind of content a modern HTML5 browser can handle. Macintosh OS X (Intel only), and Linux.
http://mac-and-i.blogspot.com/2011/05/termkit-next-generation-terminal-and.html
AVR Tools
A GUI for AVR Dude. Also includes a terminal for serial port communications. Macintosh OS X only.
http://www.w7ay.net/site/Applications/AVR%20Tools/index.html
goSerial
Free and easy serial port interface. Macintosh OS X only.
PuTTY
If you are a die-hard PuTTY fan, here are instructions for building it on OS X. Macintosh OS X only.
http://www.dotresults.com/2009/10/28/how-to-install-putty-on-os-x/
dataComet
Terminal Emulator and Telnet/SSH Client. Serial port interface. Macintosh OS X only.
SecureCRT
Terminal Emulator and Telnet/SSH Client. Serial port interface. Macintosh OS X, Linux, and Windows.
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Introduction to FTDI bitbang mode
Tutorial for using the FTDI bit bang mode. Macintosh OS X, Linux, and Windows.
http://hackaday.com/2009/09/22/introduction-to-ftdi-bitbang-mode/
On this page you will find a link to a RealStudio class for FTDI’s D2XX driver to use bit bang mode.
Serial Tools
It includes a basic Terminal Emulator, a Protocol Analyzer and a serial port monitor to watch for connections and removals of serial ports. Allows control of RTS and DTR. A Raw mode that displays ASCII control characters (less than 0x20 or greater or equal to 0x7f) will be printed as two hex digits in between angle brackets. Free. Macintosh OS X only.
http://www.w7ay.net/site/Applications/Serial%20Tools/index.html
This is also now available on the App Store as SerialTools (no space).
SyncTERM
Open source. Telnet, RLogin, SSH, RAW, modem, and direct serial connections. Macintosh OS X, UNIX, Linux, and Windows.
Terminal & Serial Port Programs for iOS
Get Console
A hardware RS-232 to iPhone/iPad connector adapter with software. iPhone and iPad.
Redpark Serial Cables
Redpark makes a family of serial cables and a SDK for developing products with RS-232 serial I/O in the iPhone/iPad.
http://www.redpark.com/c2db9.html
Catalog:
BlueSnap DB9-M6A Wireless RS232 Adapter
Wireless to RS-232 serial.
Hardware
You may also want to visit my USB to Serial Port Adapters, chips and adapters page.
You may also want to visit my USB to Serial Port Adapters, chips and adapters page.
SigmaTerm
SSH, Telnet, RLOGIN, and serial. Emulates ANSI, VT100, VT102, VT220, VT220-8, VT320, VT320-8, VT420, Linux Console, SCO-ANSI, IBM 3101, 3151, TeleVideo 925, 950, WYSE, XTerm-color. Macintosh OS X only.
C-Kermit
Open source. Telnet, RLogin, SSH, RAW, modem, and direct serial connections. Includes its own scripting language. Mac OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, AIX, AIX with gcc, Solaris 10 with cc, Solaris 10 with gcc, irix63, and Windows.
oTerminal
An universal terminal program for ethernet communication via TCP/IP. Support for ASCII, Hex, and binary formats. Available from Apple's App Store. Macintosh OS X only.
Minicom
A command line terminal emulator.
http://alioth.debian.org/projects/minicom/
Here are instructions for building it on OS X:
http://www.xappsoftware.com/wordpress/2012/01/16/how-to-install-minicom-on-mac-os-x-snow-leopard/
Also from Debian:
Best Emulation Lite
Macintosh OS X only.
Available from the Mac App Store
iUARTAssistant
Macintosh OS X only.
Available from the Mac App Store
iSerialTerm
Single consol. Macintosh OS X only.
Available from the Mac App Store
Serial 2
Terminal emulation, download protocols, advanced serial port naming. Offers an alternate FTDI driver as well as many other physical drivers built-in. Includes HEX display, SSH, telnet, and raw support. Supports arbitrary baud rates. Time stamping and logging. Macintosh OS X only.
iSerialTerm Pro
Multiple ports may be open. Macintosh OS X only.
Available from the Mac App Store
SerialPort
ASCII and HEX support. Many languages supported. On the App Store. Macintosh OS X only.
MicroMate
Supports non-standard baud rates (if hardware supports). Includes HEX display. $6.99 on App Store. Macintosh OS X only.
CuteCom
Free terminal for serial ports. Supports time stamping. Download the archive and follow the readme file’s instructions. Macintosh OS X, Raspberry Pi, Linux, and Windows.
http://cutecom.sourceforge.net/
Cmake and Qt must be installed first. If you don’t have it, see:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32185079/installing-cmake-with-home-brew/33628202
SerialPort Debug Assistant Pro
Many options easily adjustable. On the App Store. Macintosh OS X only.
ES-246 1 Port RS232 Ethernet to Serial Adapter
Ethernet to RS-232 serial.
https://www.brainboxes.com/product/ethernet-to-serial/db9/es-246