I’ve long wanted to build a terminal and testing application for my products. Using the exceptional QT Creator, I was able to cook one up in a relatively short period of time!
This application was built using the QT Terminal example program, so it will work for the ARC Triggerscope 2, 16, and Triggerscope 3 products, as well as the ARCLED.
In addition, anyone using an Arduino or other serial-based device may find it useful. You can find the program on my Github.
I am aware that the vast majority of end users rely on Windows for control of devices, so if you read this and have an interest in a compiled x64 version, I’d be interested to know.
Over time I plan on expanding this application to include full configuration over delay timing, sequencing, and other functions.
One of the downsides to using OSX for my primary operating system is that most of the major imaging programs are windows-only. To compound the trouble, many of these programs, like NIS Elements, use the “HASP” license manager to communicate with a security key in order to fight piracy. So, you have to have this USB security key installed onto your system, but when attempting to use the key from a virtual machine, like Parallels or Virtualbox, you’ll see a “USB Device Unavailable” error message displayed in the VM window. To avoid this, I use the following command found at