UART monitor PC

[Gerbert]

Hi, 

we are now using nRF Toolbox -> Logger tool on our phone to monitor Thingy91 application information via UART/BLE.

Now we would to monitor/log the same information on our Window PC (in order to collect historical information), using Teraterm/Putty for example.  

What would be the best tooling/solution? 

Thanks

[Charlie]

Hi Paul,

You can have a try with nRF Connect for Desktop -> Serial Terminal APP, and it can show logs from nRF9160 on Thingy91.

Best regards,

Charlie

[Gerbert]

Hi Charlie,

thanks. Thing is we like to connect via bluetooth. nRF Connect only shows local COM ports.

[Charlie]

Hi Paul,

We do not have something exactly same on PC.nRF Connect for Desktop -> Bluetooth Low Energy app can read out NUS anyway, do you think you can use this app directly?

Otherwise, you have to develop your ow app by referring to https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/pc-nrfconnect-ble.

The above solutions need a Nordic BLE dongle plug in to your PC( see https://docs.nordicsemi.com/bundle/nrf-connect-ble/page/index.html), if you want to use BLE hardware within your PC, you need to refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/samples/microsoft/windows-universal-samples/bluetoothle/.

Best regards,

Charlie

[Gerbert]

Hi Charlie,

Bluetooth Low Energy could be usefull. Only NUS data is logged as hex. We prefer to get the output as readable string format.

[Charlie]

Hi Paul,

Unfortunately, this is what it has now for general usage.

I see there is a feature request https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/pc-nrfconnect-ble/issues/261.

Please give comments and I will ping developer to draw attention about this request.

Best regards,

Charlie