• Download Serial Port JSON Server
• Connect to Host
• Scan for Hosts

You need to install and run the Serial Port Json Server on the machine that has the serial port connected to your device.

Typically you will install the server on your localhost as this Serial Port Widget first looks there for a webocket connection.

Optionally you may run the Serial Port JSON Server on another host and directly connect to the IP address by typing it in below. This is handy if you're running the server on a Raspberry Pi or Beagle Bone Black for example.

In case you don't know the IP address of your machine running the server, there is a port scan feature available below to quickly scan your entire subnet for available servers. Most home networks are on the 192.168.1.* subnet so try scanning with that address first.

If you already have the server downloaded, you may just need to launch it from the command line.

Connect to a local or remote host here.

Connect to localhost (ws://localhost:8989/ws)
Connect to localhost over SSL On v1.92 or greater (wss://localhost:8990/ws)

Scan your local subnet

Downloads

Latest releases of Serial Port JSON Server can now be found on Github releases page.

https://github.com/chilipeppr/serial-port-json-server/releases

Binary builds are available for all major platforms including Windows 32-bit/65-bit, ARM (Raspberry Pi, OrangePi, BeagleBone, CHIP), Intel Edison, Linux 32-bit / 64-bit, and Mac OSX.