VS Code serial port monitoring plug-in Serial Monitor

Initial use

Serial Monitor, the serial monitor, provides communication monitoring functions of serial port and TCP protocol. After searching and installing in the plug-in bar, press Ctrl+· to open the terminal. There will be an additional serial monitor tab in the terminal interface. After entering, you will see the following interface

In comparison, the serial port settings are relatively simple. Let’s use the TCP&UDP test tool to test its TCP monitoring function.

parameter settings

set up	illustrate	Optional
Monitor mode	Select serial port or TCP
view mode	View information format	text/hex
port	The serial port number of the connectable device	serial number
baud rate	Device baud rate	$\begin{array}{cccc}300& 1200& 2400& 4800\\ 9600& 19200& 38400& 57600\\ 74880& 115200& 230000& 250000\end{array}$
Host	Host address in TCP mode	IP address
port	host port number	TCP port number
line tail	Line break mode at the end of lines when sending messages	None, LF, CR, CRLF
Timestamp	Add time in front of received message	switch
autoscroll	Return message automatically scrolls	switch
Automatically reconnect	Automatically reconnect after disconnection	switch
Sent message echo	Show sent messages	switch

Click the gear icon to make more settings

set up	illustrate	Optional
data bits	Serial data bits	$5,6,7,8$
Stop bit	Serial port stop bit	$1,1.5,2$
parity check	parity check	None; odd number; even number; Mark; space;
DTR	Use DTR line	switch
RTS	Use RTS line	switch
Documentation	It can be opened after selecting the file directory. The received serial port information will be recorded in the file	switch
Switch Line Output (SWO)	In TCP mode, support SWO decoding	switch

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