Realterm News http://www.i2cchip.com Realterm News en-gb mirabyte Feed Writer Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:17:20 +1300 Version 2.0.0.70 http://www.i2cchip.com/realterm/Realterm_2.0.0.70_setup.exe Scanports has been changed so it no longer tries to open all ports on NT and later OS. This eliminates slow startup when you have Bluetooth ports, and also shows all found ports with the registry name appended.

eg "3 = \VCP0"

This will make it easier to identfy special ports such as USB adaptors.

There have been significant changes to port scanning in this version, so there may be problems especially with old Windows versions which have not been tested

2.0.0.70

  • Adding ports from registry to comport combobox in form "4 = \VCP0". Sorted by com number 
  • When a port of style \VCP doesn't exist, it no longer tries it as telnet port

ChangeLog

]]> Sat, 01 May 2010 00:37:11 +1200 Version 2.0.0.69 http://www.i2cchip.com/realterm/Realterm_2.0.0.69_setup.exe 2.0.0.69

  •  Fix to pass quoted strings on command line through to FIRST instance
  • No longer shows Spy driver donate dialog after driver installation.
  • Change various send string drop downs to use TerminalHex font to display all 8 bit values
  • added printerport driver files to dlportio.dll install section

ChangeLog

]]> Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:24:29 +1300 Updated Version 2.0.0.68 http://www.i2cchip.com/realterm/Realterm_2.0.0.68_setup.exe 2.0.0.68

  • Mask MSB added for Steve Mayall
  • Work begun on hexcsv formatting

2.0.0.67

  • Make data triggers work in stand-alone mode to make testing easier. (previously only in ActiveX mode)
  • Improve I2C scan to use ":" to make more reliable scanning smbus devices with timeout

2.0.0.66

  • Fix error box from registry key reads on some systems
  • Added HEXCSV commandline param to set the format string
  • Change timing of scanports form display - seems to have sped up scanning

ChangeLog

]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:13:29 +1300 V2.0.0.65 http://www.i2cchip.com/realterm/Realterm_2.0.0.65_setup.exe For users of USB serial ports you now have the ability to use the name of the device. This is great because USB comports change COM number depending which USB hub you plug them into. Instead you can use the registry name. For example an I2C2PC adaptor can have the port set to "\VCP0", and my modem is "\AgereModem5"

  •    Virtual Comports (USB): Comport can be given using Key instead of the com number.
      The key names are in the registry list of comm devices at HKLM\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\SERIALCOMM
              eg an I2C2PC adaptor will be \VCP0, regardless of which port it is attached to
  •   Display the port registry entries on the scanports dialog...
  •   HEXCSV2DEC commandline utility added to Realterm installer
  •   Add Channel to MAX127 I2C ADC control, fix range&sign bit
  •   Add DataTriggerSet routine to setup trigger conditions from COM/ActX interface
]]> Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:38:01 +1300 New utility converts CSV files with hex data to decimal data http://www.i2cchip.com/realterm Release 2.0.0.65 includes the first release of the HEXCSV2DEC utility. This commandline utility will convert the uppercase hex fields of a CSV file to decimal. Floats, Quoted strings and explicit decimal numbers are passed through. This makes it easier to use data files collected from devices that output ascii hex data formats. Look in the programs directory. It is a commandline utility Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:19:05 +1300 V2.0.0.64 http://www.i2cchip.com/realterm
  • Add COLOR commandline parameter to set terminal colors
  • Caption is now also used to set the title displayed on startbar when minimised
  • lengthen tooltip time, by request 2.5s -> 3.5s
  • Added I2C Scan Bus function to I2C tab.
  • Added I2C Control Register support

    • ChangeLog

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