Many embedded applications include a serial connection for displaying messages, sending commands or checking status. In order to interact with such a connection a terminal utility is required. The **Terminal View** in Code Composer Studio can be used for this.
## Video ##
## Opening ##
To open this tool go to the **View** menu and select **Terminal**.

This will open the view in your workspace.

## Connecting ##
Click on the **Open Terminal** button on the toolbar.

This will open a dialog box where you can configure your connection.

Typically you will configure the terminal for a serial connection.

This is an image of a terminal connected to the portable demo that comes with the CC13x0 SimpleLink SDK.

## Multiple Connections ##
It is possible to open multiple terminals by clicking on the

This will open another terminal view and bring up the settings dialog box.