Tuesday, February 16, 2016

CoolTerm used in cancer research

Saroj P. Mathupala, Sam Kiousis, and Nicholas J. Szerlip from the University of Nebraska Medical Center have built an Arduino based sensor module for continuous oxygen measurement in portable hypoxia chambers. CoolTerm was used for cataloging. Read the full article here.

CoolTerm v1.4.6 Released

CoolTerm 1.4.6 is now available for download and includes some feature enhancements as well as bug fixes. Here is what's new:
NEW/CHANGED FEATURES:
  • Added the option to automatically start file capture upon loading connection settings.
  • Added option to append new data to auto capture files.
  • Added option to filter ANSI escape sequences. If this option is enabled, ANSI sequence characters will be filtered in ASCII view mode.
  • Added preference option to enable condensing the line spaces in plain text view mode (not available in Universal Binary builds).
  • [Win][Linux] Added code to ensure that only one instance of CoolTerm is running on the system at the same time
  • Added code to ensure that a connection settings file can only be opened once.
  • Added preference option to show or hide the toolbar.
  • Added UTF-8 support for plain text view.
  • Updated preferences dialog to display extended character set.
  • [Win] Added support for AltGr key combinations on certain international keyboards.
  • Added shortcut (Mac: CMD-I, Win/Linux: CTRL-I) to Connection/Options... menu.
  • Changed relative timestamp format from HH:MM:SS:sss to HH:MM:SS.sss to be consistent with established timestamp conventions.
IMPROVEMENTS:
  • Removed CTRL+Alt+S short cut for "File/Save as default" to avoid AltGr+S triggering the short cut.
  • [Win][Linux] Changed code to use platform specific default text encoding for the plain text window to allow displaying bytes larger than 0x7f.
  • UI Tweaks to harmonize the look of the GUI between platforms.
  • Updated Help Text with instructions on how to remove the serial port name from settings files.
BUG FIXES AND STABILITY IMRPOVEMENTS:
  • [Linux] Updated AutoScroll code to behave the same as it does on Mac and Windows.
  • Fixed bug that didn't properly update the text of the Connection/Connect_Disconnect menu when switching between terminal windows.
  • [Mac] Fixed bug where the text encoding of strings returned from AppleScript commands was not defined.