In oil/gas industry, RS-232 (and RS-485 multi-drop) - a very old communication standard is still relevant. Instead of using "Universal Serial Bus (USB)" or other contemporary data communication standards, RS-232 remains popular.

Many of the oil/gas devices such as “Ultrasonic Flowmeter” and “Water in Oil Monitor” utilize simple multi-row LED/LCD display with an onboard simple keypad to perform device configuration. These devices usually equip with RS-232 connections for transferring logged data to the desktop computer. This feature is critical especially for devices with small on-board memory.

A Windows desktop application, implemented with RS-232 communication protocol, is created to offer the following features:

• To configure the device using a beautiful UI.
• To capture logged data and export it to Excel file.
• To display logged data graphically

• With a more sophisticated desktop UI, the user can configure the device without making mistakes, as all data are validated before transmitted to the device using the RS-232 interface.
• You will not lose any logged data due to limited onboard memory. Furthermore, data are in a popular Excel format that you can easily manipulate and charting.
• When you are on the field, you can use the application to display real-time charts.