Scripts using the 'Tera Term Language'.

File transfer protocols (Kermit, XMODEM, YMODEM, ZMODEM, B-PLUS, and Quick-VAN).

VT100 emulation and selected VT200/300 emulation.

TCP/IP (telnet, SSH1, SSH2) connections.

There were several plug-ins like IPv6 and transparency support developed by different users however they did not address all the issues and could not be distributed as a new version of TeraTerm as this would require permission from Teranishi san who was not easy to reach. The program got compatibility issues with the latest versions of Windows, was lacking SSH2 protocol support, etc. It has been popular among engineers in Japan and all over the world for many years, but not being developed since 1998 it slowly started to become out of date. It was released as freeware and won the 'Online software grand prize 97' competition held by the Japanese tool portal Madonomori in 1997. He was the one who put in place the 'backbone' off the application that allows him to develop it further today - over a decade later. The original author of the app was Takashi Teranishi.

Tera Term, also known by the abbreviation `TT' was created in 1994 in Japan. Tera Term is often used to automate tasks related to remote connections initiated from PC.

Among many other features, it also has built-in Macro scripting language. Tera Term is the terminal emulator for Microsoft Windows, that supports serial port, telnet, and SSH connections.

Tera term serial macro examples