Connect to routers, servers, firewalls, industrial control and IoT devices with ease.
See every byte received in raw hex format allowing you to work with devices lacking a text-based interface. A new send panel allows you transmit data in hex format too.
Serial is now a full featured SSH client with a comprehensive built-in identity manager and the ability to organize and group your favorite hosts.
Serial now includes comprehensive support for Telnet, including the RFC2217 extension for remote serial port control supported by many serial device servers. Serial supports raw TCP sockets as well.
Serial is a full-featured terminal emulator supporting Xterm, VT102, and ANSI terminal controls. This allows you to navigate the menu-driven interfaces found in many routers, firewalls and switches and use text based programs including emacs, vi, and nano as if you were connected over the network.
Serial includes built-in, reliable support for almost every serial device on the market, sparing you the hassle of finding, installing, and updating drivers.
A System Admin's best friend.
Granted, most system administroators out there these days probably didn't start out using serial connections every day, setting up VT terminals, or trying to get a serial console working on a Sun 2/120. But guess what? Serial ports and the need for a good termal program haven't gone away! Imagine that.
For me, as a (you probably guessed it) systems admin this tool is indespensible. Sure, I could get all kinky and rig up a shell-based terminal program, or use one of the various tricks to get a serial connection to a router, switch, firewall, server, or other device. But why, when a program this elegant and functional is out there. It works, and it works well. It's handled every task, every connection, and every adaptor I've thrown at it, even some *really* old USB->Serial daptors I first used on my G4 Cube 20 years ago.
It's clean, easy-to-use, and well-designed. I'm also visually-impaired, but I have zero issues using it. My hat is off to the developer, this is what all well-crafted software should be like.
I usually don't wax so enthusiastic about software, but this package has gotten me out of so many jams that it's not funny. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit and we all had to go remote suddenly, I hooked a few serial adaptors onto the iMac on my desk and was able to keep an eye on our then aging firewall, core switch, and a few other things that I might've needed (or did need, as it turns out!) access to.
So, if you're looking at the price tag and wondering, "Hey, I have to pay for this, is it worth it?" worry no more. It is. — BasenjiBuddy
Marvelous
Have been trying for a week to flash Firmware to my Creality CR10S V2 Pro 3D printer. Once I had USB C to USB Mini B cable without any adapters this App facilitated the process in a very straight forward manner. — Vcpat
NetEng/CLI Junkie's Dream!
If you work on networking gear you WILL LOVE THIS! It buffers what you are pasting, so that you can paste huge amounts of text, and it will paste one line at a time, and wait for the terminal to respond before entering in the next line! No more having to paste 5-10 lines at a time so that the switch/firewall/routers buffers don’t overload!
Love it!!! — Fthvcg
Supports devices from FTDI, Silicon Labs, Prolific, TI, Microchip, and many more.
Save time by storing frequently used settings for use with multiple devices.
Capture timestamps for received data.
Reliable break support enables password recovery, Cisco ROM monitor mode and more.
Supports XMODEM, YMODEM, ZMODEM and Kermit for file transfers and firmware uploads.
Manual or automatic logging for auditing or debugging purposes.
Access non-standard baud rates.
Connect to Bluetooth Serial (SPP) and some Bluetooth Smart devices.
Version 2.0.17 — 21.7 MB — Release Notes
Free demo is fully functional for 7 days.
Requires macOS El Capitan (10.11) or later.
Compatible with macOS Monterey (12.0) and runs natively on both Apple and Intel Processors.