AccessPort

AccessPort is a lightweight software application whose purpose is to help developers and engineers view, monitor and analyze RS232 data or make use of an ASCII terminal for basic serial port communication and RS232 device configuration.

The advantages of being portable

Since this is a portable program, you can run it on your computer without having to go through installation steps. Plus, your Windows registry doesn’t get bloated with unnecessary entries.You may copy it on any USB flash drive or other devices and take it with you whenever you need to use a serial monitoring tool.

User-friendly interface

The program’s features come wrapped up in a clean and intuitive working environment. Although there’s no support for a help manual that could give you details about the function of each dedicated parameter, you may rely on tooltips for viewing short descriptions of the utility’s options.Thanks to its multi-tabbed layout, you can easily switch between the Terminal and Monitor parameters.

Monitoring options

AccessPort gives you the possibility to work with standard on-board ports, extension board ports or COM ports connected to computer through USB with the aid of a COM port emulator.It allows you to check out the communication port status, in and out data stream logs, as well as full history of sent and received commands and data.What’s more, you are given the freedom to transfer files, choose between ASCII or HEX display mode, and save current session (including sent and received information) to plain text file format.

Several configuration settings to play with

AccessPort comes with several features that help you alter the baud rate, configure the port settings in terms or port, baud rate, parity, data and stop bit, and buffer size, enable the auto sending mode, and automatically open the port when you run the application.Other notable settings worth being mentioned allow you to tweak the event control options (e.g. errors, break, ring indicator, CTS and DSR changes), hardware control settings (e.g. CTS and DSR output control), and timeout parameters (read and write timeouts). Additionally, you may specify the maximum size of the log file.

Bottom line

All in all, AccessPort delivers an intuitive environment for RS232 data analysis and comes with several handy features that are suitable for rookies and professionals alike.