Status Bar contains brief information about serial port, status of signal lines as well as interface usage hint. Mentioned items could be grouped into following items ordered from the left to the right side of Status Bar:
Hint
To get short information about program interface, place mouse pointer over particular menu, toolbar etc.
IRP
Represents a counter of passed IRPs (Input/output Request Packets)
Read
Displays a number of bytes read from serial port
Written
Displays a number of bytes written to serial port
Serial port control information
This is a string of 4 or 5 items, separated by dash:
Defines serial port baudrate. Possible values are: 110, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, 14400, 19200, 38400, 56000, 57600, 115200, 128000 and 256000. By default, 110 value is taken.
Defines data lengths in a packet. Possible values are: 5, 6, 7 and 8. Default value is 7 bits.
Defines parity is one of the following values: (E)ven, (O)dd, (M)ark, (S)pace, or (N)one. By default (N)one is taken.
Defines a number of stop bits. Possible values are: "1", "1,5" and "2". Default value is "1".
Defines flow control value. Possible values are: Hardware (P), Xon/Xoff (X) and None. Default value is None.
Serial/modem control lines state.
- RTS - Request to Send line indicator
- CTS - Clear to Send line indicator
- DSR - Data Send Ready line indicator
- DCD - Data Carrier Detect line indicator
- DTR - Data Terminal Ready line indicator
- RI - Ring line indicator
The gray circle stands for undetermined state. The red circle stands for low line level and green circle stands for high line level.