Feature Request: Dedicated serial port connection settings

[nntantidakis]

Summary of the new feature/enhancement

It would be awesome if you could add tabs like ssh connection, Telnet connection and Serial port connection.

For example

This is the list now on my PC, Imagine 3 new tabs with there 3 new options

Moreover, if you decide to implement the previous request, see if its easy to "remember" past connections, or better to save them with name, to show as tabs with the predefined connection details(of ssh and telnet)

EDIT___

There is a way to make this happen though, but its not solid and easy to implement. You can install openSSH from optional features, and then add a new profile

It works... I leave this feature request open in order for you to decide if you want to implement it without the need to add new profile, or add it as a How-To guide if you think that's the best way to do this.

[DHowett-MSFT]

This will best be handled by some combination of #555 and #626.

[DHowett-MSFT]

@hassanuz might be interested in this.

[DHowett-MSFT]

This is something you can do today with a bit of finagling; we'll be looking at what it means to remember SSH connections. The main point of contention is that we're not a dedicated SSH client like putty and secureCRT are. Perhaps the Terminal isn't the right place for it?

[pilcherd]

I would like the ability to have a Serial Port terminal too.

I.e. open with baud rate/COM port settings etc.

I know it feels so 1980's but in some fields there are many people who use it. Putty supports a basic serial terminal so it's not that outside of the norm.

For all terminals, would like to be able to log terminal output to a file in different formats (raw/text) too.

[timoline]

IMHO, WT would be the perfect place for these kind of connections.
All in one solution

[nntantidakis]

pilcherd serial port connection is not 1980's. I mainly work with Wemos,Arduino etc and using serial port is extremely common. And the most frustating part of every program that reads serial connection is the fact that if the device disconnects, it closes the reader and they do not keep searching when the device will come online again for it to reopen automatically... So if you implement serial port terminal, please make it in a way that if your terminal detects a disconnection, not to close the tab-window but to inform the user that the device was disconnected,and reconnect automatically when the COM port becomes available again.

Also for logging to text you can use pipes, for example ping 8.8.8.8 > test.txt

You should know that if you also implement the following feature you will attract lots of users that work mainly with esp microcontrollers.

[pilcherd]

@nntantidakis I use serial ports in embedded device and instrumentation development daily. My point was not that people don't use it today, but rather than most people will undervalue the importance of it for a select industries. For most it feels an old or little used technology, but in the age of IoT it's growing in demand again.