UI Tour
The elements of the Termethos interface
One window, four zones: the toolbar, the dashboard, the trace and the command line. Here's what each part does.
01 Toolbar
- Connection management
- Pick a saved connection, create a new one, edit it, then connect or disconnect.
- Trace controls
- Pause the trace and clear the trace area while your firmware keeps talking.
- Show/hide and clean dashboard
- Toggle the dashboard to make room for the trace, or reset every field in one click.
- Advanced settings
- The red cog opens the advanced settings editor, where you set custom baud rates, commands, hotkeys and UI options.
02 Workspace
- Dashboard
- A grid of 24 fields that your firmware updates with
@{index:value}. The last field that changed is highlighted. - Field
- One dashboard slot, with its index on the left and its current value on the right.
- Trace area
- Everything your device prints. Colored levels, boxed text and alternating rows keep it readable.
- Command history
- Every command you've sent, so you can see what you did and send it again.
03 Bottom bar
- Command input
- Type a command and press Enter to send it to the serial port.
- Clear command history
- The eraser button next to the input empties the history list.
- Show command console
- The button at the right end of the input shows the command console.
- Status bar
- Shows the connection state (for example
Connected: COM3) and the number of trace lines.