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HARDWARIO Monitor

HARDWARIO Monitor is a graphical multiplatform computer program to configure and manage CHESTER devices.

Download HARDWARIO Monitor on GitHub project page.

After you start the application, you have connection options on the left side of the application to connect to the CHESTER using:

Console​

You need J-Link programmer to use this option. We use J-Link RTT (Real Time Transfer) to transfer logs and shell to the CHESTER.

Connect J-Link to the CHESTER using J-Link connected to the APP/BLE SWD connector.

Then click on the Attach button on the right side of the window.

You can import a batch of console commands with the 📄 Batch button on the right side of the window and select a text file with commands that will be sent to the CHESTER line by line. It can be for example used to deploy configuration on multiple units.

Console functions and shortcuts​

  • ꜛ up and ꜜ down arrows - go through the command history
  • Ctrl + R - Open list of last used commands. By typing parts of the commands, you can search this list.
  • Search - in the bottom right corner 🔍 click and enter text to search, hit enter. Key n searches forward, Shift + n searches backward, F5 or clicking on the Undo button in the right column disables search mode.

Bluetooth​

You can connect to the CHESTER Shell over Bluetooth. This is useful to use info show command to get firmware version or show/change device configuration using app config show commands.

If you cannot pair the device from the HARDWARIO Monitor application, you have to pair it with the system Bluetooth dialog first. Then go back to the HARDWARIO Monitor application and connect to the device again.

Flash​

You can flash firmware via the APP connector on the CHESTER mainboard with the J-Link USB device. Just copy the unique ID from the released firmware and it will be downloaded and flashed.

Logs​

HARDWARIO Monitor logs all the communication on your drive. This is useful if you would like to share complete logs with HARDWARIO in case of some troubleshooting.

It depends on your OS type and OS version where the logs are saved:

Windows​

C:/Users/<USER>/AppData/Roaming/HARDWARIO/HARDWARIO Monitor/hardwario-monitor-console.log
C:/ProgramData/HARDWARIO/HARDWARIO Monitor/hardwario-monitor-console.log

Linux​

~/.local/share/HARDWARIO/AppRun.wrapped/hardwario-monitor-console.log
~/.local/share/HARDWARIO/HARDWARIO Monitor/hardwario-monitor-console.log
/usr/local/share/HARDWARIO/HARDWARIO Monitor/hardwario-monitor-console.log
/usr/share/HARDWARIO/HARDWARIO Monitor/hardwario-monitor-console.log

macOS​

~/Library/Application Support/HARDWARIO/HARDWARIO Monitor/hardwario-monitor-console.log
/Library/Application Support/HARDWARIO/HARDWARIO Monitor/hardwario-monitor-console.log