serial_port_tester is a Python GUI program for testing or monitoring the serial port signals.

Links:

• home: https://github.com/ponty/serial_port_tester
• documentation: http://ponty.github.com/serial_port_tester

Features:

• Python serial back-end: pySerial library (2.6)
• following signals can be controled: RTS, DTR
• following signals can be monitored: DSR, CTS, RI, DCD

Installation

General

• install Python
• install pip
• install pySerial
• install TraitsUI
• add user to dialout group

Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install python-pip
sudo apt-get install python-traitsui python-traits
sudo apt-get install python-serial 
sudo pip install -U pyserial   # 2.6 is needed