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RS485 Utility Suite

Talk to any RS485 device — configure, poll and log.

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Our role

Product design · Desktop application · Licensing system

Platforms

Windows desktop · RS485 / serial

Timeline

Delivered · Commercial product

Overview

A Windows utility suite for engineers working with RS485 devices. It connects over any COM port, sends and schedules commands, polls nodes and logs every frame — turning tedious serial debugging into a point-and-click workflow. It ships in single-node (Communicator) and multi-node (MultiNode) variants.

The challenge

Serial debugging is painful

Bringing up RS485 hardware usually means hand-crafting hex frames in a raw terminal and eyeballing responses one at a time.

No repeatable test workflow

Engineers had no easy way to save command sets, poll on an interval, or keep an audit log of what was sent and received.

Our approach

01

A command list, not a terminal

Define named commands with data and auto-calculated checksums, toggle them on or off, and send with a single click.

02

Automated polling & statistics

Poll selected commands on a configurable interval, with live TX/RX frame and error counters showing link health at a glance.

03

Full logging & licensing

Every frame is timestamped and saved to disk, and the app ships as a proper commercial product with trial and activation built in.

Key features

Any COM port & baud

Connect to any RS485 adapter with configurable node addressing.

Reusable command list

Named commands with data and automatic checksums.

Interval polling

Continuous polling with live TX/RX and error statistics.

Serial logging

Timestamped, saveable logs of every frame.

Single & multi-node

Communicator and MultiNode variants for one or many devices.

Licensed product

Built-in trial period and activation.

Screens

Communicator — command list & polling
Communicator — command list & polling
MultiNode — many nodes at once
MultiNode — many nodes at once
Licensing & activation
Licensing & activation

Any device

RS485 over COM

Multi-node

One to many

Commercial

Licensed product

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.NETWPFSystem.IO.PortsCustom licensing

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