Is it possible to make the serial monitor do "cursor up", so that data can be re-printed on the same line as before ?
I have searched the reference and found nothing that helps, even the ASCII table is devoid of many of the control characters.
EDIT: I guess what I'm asking is "does the serial monitor support ANSI/VT100 Terminal Control Escape Sequences ?
No. Just use another terminal program; a little inconvenient as you usually have to close the port before uploading.
Yes, I have just figured that out, and downloaded "Terminal V1.93b - ... - by Br@y++"
However it cannot see my serial port.
I have a bluetooth connection to my arduino, and when I installed the ports it came in as Ports 8 & 9... I was told to use the lower number in the IDE, and everything works exactly as it should, uploading and serial monitoring.
However, the Terminal program can only see port 9 : even though I have closed the IDE that was connected to it.
Device Manager shows port 8, and the pictures show current situation with no IDE running.
I have also restarted Terminal.exe, but it still cannot see port 8.....
Very confused now....
I forgot to attach the pictures in my last post
Np idea, maybe try RealTerm or PuTTy. That user interface looks antique.
sterretje:
That user interface looks antique.
Might be down to me running "Windows Classic" theme in Win 7 Pro
I don't think the Br@y terminal program supports VT-100 control codes. Teraterm does.
jremington:
I don't think the Br@y terminal program supports VT-100 control codes. Teraterm does.
Teraterm also fails to open COM8
PuTTY does, now just got to see if I can control cursor movements
I use Teraterm and have used all the ANSI functions including text colours. You must have a com issue with your computer, as most terminal programs don't do the serial interface natively, they request a connection from the OS.
aarg:
I use Teraterm and have used all the ANSI functions including text colours. You must have a com issue with your computer, as most terminal programs don't do the serial interface natively, they request a connection from the OS.
I got Teraterm working, it appears as though it won't open COM8 unless there's data on it, so can't be connected until the remote device is on. This is not insurmoutable....
Then I went into settings to change fore/back colours and a smaller font, and the acquisition stopped working, so I restarted Teraterm, and it cannot now connect to COM8, even though my remote device is sitting quite happily transmitting data.
Oh joy !
Maybe time to show some code and tell us which Arduino you're using.
I think it's your computer that is having problems, not Arduino. In my experience, com programs can find a serial port as soon as it is recognized and/or installed by Windows.