SerialTest

A versatile test tool running on Windows/Linux/macOS/Android.
Works as data transceiver/realtime plotter/shortcut/file transceiver.
Supports serial port, Bluetooth SPP client/server, Bluetooth LE client, TCP client/server, UDP.

中文介绍

Features

Cross-platform

• Supports Windows 7 and later
• Supports most Linux distros
• Supports macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) and later
• Supports Android 5.0 (Lollipop) and later

Serial port debugger

• Show all available serial ports with parameters. No need to check Device Manager or dmesg
• Set baud rate, data bits, stop bits, parity scheme, flow control and change them on the fly
• Modify DTR/RTS signals, Show CTS, DSR, DCD, RI(RNG)signals
• Save the parameters of the last connection
• Save connection parameters by port name or device ID then reuse them quickly
• (Android: support hardware serial port only, like /dev/ttyXXX)
• (Android: Workaround for USB serial devices)

Bluetooth SPP debugger

• Supports commonly used Bluetooth modules(HC-05, HC-06, JDY-34, ...)
• Supports communication between PC and smartphone
• Supports client mode and server mode
• The server can be connected by multiple devices. You can enable/disable the Tx/Rx function of them.
• Supports multiple local Bluetooth adapters (Experimental)
• Client: Supports specifying service UUID

Bluetooth LE debugger

• Show all services(primary and included services), characteristics and descriptors of connected device
• Specify different service for Rx/Tx

TCP

• Supports IPv4/IPv6
• Client：Supports spceifying local address and port
• Client：The remote address can be a IP address or a website
• Client：Supports storing connection parameters with user specified name then reuse them quickly
• Server：Supports listening on all NICs or specified NIC
• Server：The server can be connected by multiple devices. You can enable/disable the Tx/Rx function of them.

UDP

• Supports IPv4/IPv6
• Supports listening on all NICs or specified NIC
• Supports storing connection parameters with user specified name then reuse them quickly
• Change remote address and port on the fly

High performance

• Fast response：UI update is separated from Data reception. Disable "Realtime" option in "data" tab for higher speed
• Fast response：Time-consuming works run in dedicated threads
• Low memory cost：Received bytes to memory consumption is about 1:1, if the plot and "Realtime" option are disabled.

Data panel

• Show data in hexadecimal
• Show timestamp of received data
• Show packets split by timeout with timestamp
• Export raw data or selected text
• Add suffix behind each sending(\r, \r\n, string, hex data)
• Repeat
• Rich encoding support
  (UTF8/16/32, GB2312/GB18030, BIG5, KOI8-R, Shift_JIS, EUC-KR, ...... )
• Unescape user input
  （\r, \n, \t, \0, \123, \xFF, \uABCD, ...）
• Enable/disable echo
• Show sended/received data only

Realtime plotter

• Human-readable data format
• Drag or scroll the canvas by mouse
• Drag or scroll the canvas on touchscreen
• Showing the latest data or holding on
• Show up to 99 graphs
• Multiple X-axis mode
• Legends with customizable name and color
• Show/hide graphs
• Clear the canvas by specified data or "Clear" button
• Demos of STM32/Arduino/STC8

Control(shortcut) panel

• Send spedified data by one click
• Send a number quickly by slider
• Send data in hexadecimal
• Unescaping support
• Add prefix/suffix
• Import/Export the whole panel

File transceiver

• Calculate CRC32 checksum quickly
• Send with throttle
• Stop receiving after specified number of bytes
• CRC32 and file IO are handled in separated threads for better performance

Handy UI

• Show multiple panels with your preferred layout on a single window
• Show panel as separated windows
• PC: Stays on top
• PC: Opacity
• PC: Start multiple instances with different modes, which are shown on the title bar
• Check connection parameters and disconnect/reconnect on status bar
• Customize font
• Select language
• Change theme(dark theme)

Portable

• The app generates one single config file only
• Never touchs Windows Registry
• Use config file in current working directory or system default config directory
• Export/Import/Clear config
• Clear history
• Set maximum history count

Supports Android

• Small screen support: Force landscape mode
• Small screen support: Show sended/received data only
• Small screen support: Full screen mode
• Drag/Scale gesture support on Plotter
• Share text/file to SerialTest then send it

Previews

Data Panel	Plotter&Data(GIF)	Control Panel(GIF)	Serial Port, Dark Theme

Bluetooth, Windows	Serial Port, Android	TCP Client, Linux	TCP Server

more previews

Tutorials[WIP]

1.Connect
2.Send&Receive Data
3.Plot

Demos

You can write programs on MCU according to the demos in the demo/ folder
Demo README

Binaries for Windows, Android and macOS

You can download pre-built binaries and Android APK in release page.

You can also download them in SourceForge

The Android app is available on F-Droid as well.

Build on Linux

Steps

1. Install depencencies

# sudo add-apt-repository universe
sudo apt-get update
# sudo apt-get install git build-essential
sudo apt-get install qtbase5-dev qt5-qmake libqt5serialport5-dev qtconnectivity5-dev 

2. Get the source code

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/wh201906/SerialTest.git --depth=1
cd SerialTest
mkdir build && cd build

3. Choose how to import QCustomplot

Use QCustomPlot source file（recommended）

You need to download QCustomPlot archive, extract the qcustomplot.cpp and qcustomplot.h in the /src folder(replace the existing qcustomplot.h), then build.

wget https://www.qcustomplot.com/release/2.1.1/QCustomPlot-source.tar.gz
tar -xzf QCustomPlot-source.tar.gz
cp qcustomplot-source/qcustomplot.* ../src

Use QCustomPlot library

If the qcustomplot.cpp doesn't exist in the src/ folder, the qmake will try to find the library file(xxx.so/xxx.dll) in the building directory(where you call the qmake command) and the default library directory.

4. Build and run

export QT_SELECT=qt5
qmake ../src
make -j4 && make clean
./SerialTest 

Install from the Linux software repository

Flathub

flatpak install flathub io.github.wh201906.serialtest
# run this app
flatpak run io.github.wh201906.serialtest

Arch Linux

# Install the release
yay -S serialtest

# Install the development version
yay -S serialtest-git

Translation

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Change Log

Change Log

License

The src/qcustomplot.h and the files in src/qdarkstyle/ are licensed under the same licenses as their respective projects.
The source code in src/ is licensed under GPL 3.0.
The source code in demo/(excluding dependencies), translations, documents and other parts of this project are licensed under MIT.