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I have looked there and found nothing. I was considering starting something.
So many years of programming I have forgotten more languages than I know.
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Docklight deals with non-printable characters just fine. In fact, I use it all the time to deal with M-Bus devices. Those are, as a matter of fact, absolutely unrelated to the whole concept of "printable characters". Meaning M-Bus is pure binary. A typical protocol header looks like 68h EBh EBh 68h 51h A9h 73h. I don't even know what of those are printable because DockLight allows me not to care.
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Didn't take that as an insult.
I don't have any choice though. I am working with a protocol that doesn't give a damn about human readability. It was optimized to be concise and that pretty much mandates binary-only.
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Looks reasonable. To bad it is limited to only TCP
So many years of programming I have forgotten more languages than I know.
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If you want to go old-school and just look at raw hex, stick with RealTerm. I've used it for years, it's open source. A bit wonky, but super powerful, supports scripting, dumping to a file, etc.
But recently, I just discovered Device Monitoring Studio. It's not expensive and extremely powerful. It plugs into your serial port driver so that you can see outgoing and incoming traffic, with hex display. You can color code your packets by protocol and create your own.
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I have used real term also. It is a good tool and you are correct about it being a bit wonky.
Device Monitor Studio looks interesting and has lots of features. I am sure it is worth it but at about $500 for the really useful package it is way out of my budget. The low end one would not work for me.
Connections Data Monitoring Logging and Analyzing Software[^]
So many years of programming I have forgotten more languages than I know.
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Some good suggestions. This is my fantasy of what the terminal conversation should look like.
(Note, I have picture but this forum will not let me include it. My picture has a lot more formatting for the non-printable characters and better colors. This is the best I could do here.)
STXsend some dataETX
NAK
STXsend temperatureETX
STX72FETX
ACK
So many years of programming I have forgotten more languages than I know.
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Does anyone know a good backup tool for windows 10?
My father in law wants to backup his documents onto a usb hard drive. (he doesn't want to put it in the cloud, so no dropbox or onedrive or the likes).
Basically it should just take a copy of his documents and images (about 6 GB or something) every month or so...
I could write something, but wanted to check first if something was already available.
the simpler the better.
thanks.
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Do you want automation or manual run?
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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automation would be preferred since I doubt he will think about pressing a button for manual launch (since he could just as easily copy/paste his data across )
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I bought a WD external that has code to auto backup. I know this is not free but it did provide storage.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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looks like an excellent candidate thanks!
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+5
/ravi
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What's wrong with built-in W10 backup?
modified 19-Nov-18 21:01pm.
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I would imagine that, because it's been updated by microsoft in recent years, it's bloated, buggy, and unintuitive to use.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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On the other hand, if it IS any good and you start to rely on it, they will discontinue it. Or they will change the features claiming 'no one wants to back up to their own hard drive' (that is SO yesterday), so they will surreptitiously redirect the back up to a cloud location which will continue to increase in price. Finally, they will close down their cloud service.
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You just can't hide from reality.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Take a look at windows file history - basically mirrors & versions files from specified directories to another location - I have mine set up to write to an SD card on my laptop and a nas drive....works like a charm for me and completely transparent....when you want to restore a file / folder, just go to the previous versions tab on props dialog
C# has already designed away most of the tedium of C++.
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Beaten to the punch![^]
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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