Hercules is great utility if you are working with the serial and Ethernet devices & interfaces.
General useful parts :
· Serial port terminal (COM5 and higher support)
· TCP/IP Client terminal (similar to "Telnet")
· TCP/IP Server "terminal"
· UDP "terminal"
For HW group devices only :
· UDP Config utility (IP, Port, MASK, GW setting)
· Test mode (TCP/IP terminal with TEA authorization support and NVT (Network virtual Terminal) parser for remote I/O pins control.