SERIALVIEW(1) General Commands Manual SERIALVIEW(1)

serialview - Terminal emulator for uCsim

serialview -i <filename> -o <filename> -L n -a <pattern> -A <answer> -IOh

serialview is a simple terminal emulator which can be used with uCsim.

filename is the pipe to the controllers's serial input. Characters typed into the input panel will be written to this file.
filename is the pipe to the controllers's serial output. Content of this file is prosented on the output panel.
Use hexadecimal filter on input. Only hexadecimal characters are accepted in input panel. Two characters are combined into a hexadecimal code and value is written to the input pipe.
Use hexadecimal filter on output. Content of output pipe is presented as a hexadecimal dump. -L option can be used to set how many bytes are printed in one line.
pattern is a string which is recognized in output stream and automatically answered by sending an answer string (see -A option). String can be formatted as a C string, non-asci characters can be escaped in C style.
answer is a string which is sent when a pattern (see -a option) is detected in simulator's output. This answer string is written to the input pipe but not shown in the input panel.
Set line length of hexadecimal dump in output panel (default=8).
Show summary of options.

When no options are provided the input and output pipes are created in /tmp and named respectively in and out

sdcc(1), ucsim(1).

Timothy Hurman