coolzoom / SerialDebugMonitor

Python Serial Monitor with JSON parser to show data in seperate view

Python Serial Debug Monitor

This is a Serial Monitor written in Python.

This program by itself is not very different from many other serial monitor programs. It has been intentionally kept simple with a very open (MIT) license so that it can be taken apart and reused in other applications.

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/brainelectronics/SerialDebugMonitor.git

2. You may need wx widgets for python.

On Linux use this:

apt-get install python-wxgtk2.8

On Windows or Mac use pip:

pip install -U wxPython

Or folow the directions here: https://wiki.wxpython.org/How%20to%20install%20wxPython

3. To run the code you simply use:

python serialDebugMonitor.py

4. Since this program accesses COM ports you may increased privlidges to use this program. In Ubuntu you can create new rules for a specific device (recommended) or run as admin (not recommended).

Authors

• brainelectronics - JSON Decoder - brainelectronics
• Lesley Gushurst - Initial work - Volunteer Research Laboratories LLC

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details