I'd like to show people the data my Arduino is sending through a serial connection. This can be great for interaction when I bring my Arduino with to show off some place. But of course, the won't likely have the Arduino IDE on their computer and I don't want to download and install some serial monitor software from the internet.
So is there an easy way to turn a command prompt window into a serial monitor very similar to the Arduino IDE serial monitor? Command prompt is easily accessible on Windows computers through the Accessories Start Menu folder, so that's why I thought it might be a good option.
I appreciate your help, but I don't know very much at all about command prompt and Arduino is as far as I know with serial connections. So I suppose this would only help me if there was a simple command I could type and I'd have serial data streaming in. But maybe my expectations are too high...
Assuming its XP (I don't think it made it into later versions) you could try HyperTerminal, you can run it by typing 'hypertrm' into either 'Run' or the command line. It takes some setting up and assumes you're talking to an old modem through the serial port.......
Hmm, thanks for the ideas so far. The portable software on a flash drive is a good idea (I do use PortableApps.com, for that matter). I'll look into that. Maybe I can turn one of your suggestions into an app. Any other ideas?
You can also use echo like below, but the arduino will be reset each time the com port is opened unless you defeat the auto reset. Also, using the command prompt you will not be able to receive data from the arduino.