nRF Connect Desktop - serial terminal?

[Joost Voorhaar]

I just updated my "nRF Connect for Desktop" to version v4.0.0. Spotted this new plugin: "Serial Terminal".

Wait... what?

'Is this the long overdue serial terminal that actually uses a "nRF52 Connectivity" device so that we can actually read/write NUS?' I thought... That sure got my hopes up!

So, I installed it. Disappointment. It's just is a serial terminal, not unlike PuTTY or TeraTerm, is that right? The nRF52 dongle continuously spits out "/~" and that's it.

Or is there more to it? Does the dongle accept kind'a AT commands? (spoiler: nope)

May I respectfully ask: is there a NUS terminal in the making? And what is the idea behind this plugin if I may be so bold?

[droidecahedron]

I think the plugin was to have serial terminal within the development environment without having to open additional windows. or look for third party terminals.

I've been using a second DK as my "nus terminal" 

[Kenneth]

droidecahedron said:

I think the plugin was to have serial terminal within the development environment without having to open additional windows. or look for third party terminals.

Correct.

[Joost Voorhaar]

Okay, that's clear, thanks. However... how am I supposed to set up the connection between this terminal software and a remote device that has NUS peripheral enabled? Can you explain like I'm 5 or so?

[Kenneth]

Joost Voorhaar said:

Okay, that's clear, thanks. However... how am I supposed to set up the connection between this terminal software and a remote device that has NUS peripheral enabled?

I saw the below comment, which is the only one I can think of also:

droidecahedron said:

I've been using a second DK as my "nus terminal" 

So you need to build the central NUS example for a DK, then you can for instance hook this DK to a PC and run a terminal window (e.g. serial terminal, putty or teraterm) to send and receive serial data to the NUS peripheral.

Kenneth