The communication lab package provides communication components for use in development.

What can I build with CommunicationLab?

The communication lab package provides communication components for use in development.


Our component libraries come in 3 versions a VCL - Firemonkey version (for Delphi / C++ Builder / RAD Studio 10.3 or higher), an MFC compatible Visual C++ version, and a .NET 4.0 supporting Visual Studio 2005 or higher.
 
The RAD Studio version is a set of native VCL and Firemonkey components of which all include now the powerful Mitov Runtime.
 
The Visual C++ version is a set of native Visual C++ classes (components).
 
The NET 4.0 (4.5 and higher compatible) version is a set of managed .NET components.  The .NET version has the same performance as the native versions, and supports all the Microsoft .NET languages including Visual Basic, C#, J#, F# and C++/CLI.
 
Due to the unique architecture of the OpenWire platform, the components are implemented the same way in Managed .NET and native Windows (32 and 64 bit) environments. The code to control a component from VB.NET, C++/CLI, C#, and J#, Visual C++ MFC, Delphi, and C++ Builder is almost identical. This allows the developers to migrate and share code between the different environments thus significantly improving the productivity.
 
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Communication components

CLComPort CLComPort

Com (Serial) Port component

CLPacket CLPacket

Packer component: Creates structured packages

CLUnpacket CLUnpacket

Unpacket : Extracts channel data from structured packages

CLTerminal CLTerminal

Text terminal component

CLClientSocket CLClientSocket

Client socket component

CLServerSocket CLServerSocket

Server Socket component

Converters

SLChangeRange SLChangeRange Changes the output range of the signal
SLDetectLevels SLDetectLevels Detects levels in the input signal
SLPair SLPair Pairs multiple data buffers together
SLMakeStructure SLMakeStructure

Combines elements into a strucrure

SLSplitStructure SLSplitStructure

Splits a structure into multiple elements

Custom Filters

SLGenericRealValue SLGenericRealValue User defined filter for Real values
SLGenericReal SLGenericReal User defined filter for Real data
SLGenericFilter SLGenericFilter User defined filter for Binary data
SLGenericRealMatrix SLGenericRealMatrix User defined generator for Real matrix data

Generic Filters

SLGenericReal SLGenericReal User defined filter for Real data
SLGenericFilter SLGenericFilter User defined filter for Binary data
SLGenericRealMatrix SLGenericRealMatrix User defined generator for Real matrix data
TLGenericFilter TLGenericFilter

User defined timing filter

Generic Generators

SLGenericGen SLGenericGen User defined generator for Binary data
SLGenericRealGen SLGenericRealGen User defined generator for Real data

Other

OpenWireStudio OpenWireStudio

Loads, executes, and exchanges data with OpenWire Studio projects

Signal Filters

SLGenericRealValue SLGenericRealValue User defined filter for Real values
SLGenericReal SLGenericReal User defined filter for Real data
SLGenericFilter SLGenericFilter User defined filter for Binary data
SLGenericRealMatrix SLGenericRealMatrix User defined generator for Real matrix data

Signal Generators

SLGenericRealValueGen SLGenericRealValueGen User defined generator for Real values
SLGenericGen SLGenericGen User defined generator for Binary data
SLGenericRealGen SLGenericRealGen User defined generator for Real data

Timing components

TLWatchDogTimer TLWatchDogTimer

Implements a Watch Dog Timer.

TLMainThredEvent TLMainThredEvent

Allows other threads to generate main thread notifications.

TLClockGen TLClockGen

Provides clock for other components.

TLThreadEvent TLThreadEvent

Use this component to execute code in a separated thread

TLStopWatch TLStopWatch

Use this component to implement a Stop Watch

TLFrequencyMeter TLFrequencyMeter

Use this component to implement a Frequency meter

TLCounter TLCounter

Use this component to implement a Counter

Transformations

SLAverageValue SLAverageValue

Use this component to average the input values

CommunicationLab: What's New

New in Version 8.0.0.153 (released on 2025-09-29)

  • Added Delphi/C++ Builder 13.0 Florence support
  • Improved 64 bit compatibility
  • Improved performance
  • Added ForGraphics and ForLockBits for IGPBitmap
  • Added TIGPVclCanvasHelper.IGPFont
  • Added TIGPFontHelper and TIGPVclFontHelper
  • Added support for property list values descriptions
  • Modified to use the new Make class method for creating objects and returning interface
  • Simplified collections usage
  • Improved MItov.TypeInfo
  • Improved JSON support
  • Improved Dynamic Type Info support
  • Improved Android support
  • Improved OpenWire Graphical Editor

New in Version 8.0.0.147 (released on 2025-05-24)

  • Improved performance
  • Improved UInt64 Designers support
  • Improved Int64 and UInt64 JSON support
  • Fixed bug when editong font names
  • Improved OpenWire Editor rendering

New in Version 8.0.0.142 (released on 2025-03-26)

  • Added IGPGraphicsPath.ForFigure
  • Added option to preserve Dynamic Element Types when when serializing

New in Version 8.0.0.141 (released on 2025-03-20)

  • Added RAD Studio 12.3 Athens support
  • Added support for the new 64 bit RAD Studio IDE

New in Version 8.0.0.140 (released on 2025-03-09)

  • Added FMX Terminal implementation
  • Improved String support for MakeStructure
  • Improved IGDIPlus image codecs support
  • Added IGPMatrixStore.Restore method
  • Added IGPGraphics.ForHDC
  • Added IGPGraphics ForSavedRenderingOrigin, ForSavedCompositingMode, ForSavedCompositingQuality, ForSavedTextRenderingHint, ForSavedContrast, ForSavedInterpolationMode, ForSavedSmoothingMode, ForSavedPixelOffsetMode, ForSavedTransform, and ForSavedClip
  • Added DivideBy, Bottom, and Right to TIGPRect and TIGPRectF
  • Added TIGPFMXBitmap class
  • Added TIGPFMXBitmapHelper, TIGPFMXGraphics, and TIGPFMXCanvasHelper class helpers
  • Added ForGraphics to TIGPVclBitmapHelper, and TIGPVclCanvasHelper
  • TJsonParser renamed to JsonParser
  • Initial migration to using Make instead of Create class methods for creating interfaced objects
  • Improved performance
  • Added component name highlighting in the property editor
  • Improved Sockets error handling
  • Added option to pass multiple patterns to ForFiles
  • Added support for hint images
  • Improved 64 bit support
  • Added support for paste multiple items
  • Added ForNames and ReadAnyString to IReader
  • Added IsConnectedByIDs with Set parameter
  • Improved C++ Builder Win64x compatibility
  • ClockPin renamed to ClockInputPin in some of the components
  • Improved HEX editor
  • Added IsConnected to the Socket and ComPort components
  • Improved String support for MakeStructure

New in Version 8.0.0.126 (released on 2024-08-19)

  • Improved Delphi 12 support
  • Improved Design time property and component editors
  • Improved TTLMainThreadEvent implementation
  • Improved support for Packing/Unpacking Structure and Packet elements
  • Added option to resize the buffers when loading from files

New in Version 8.0.0.120 (released on 2024-06-14)

  • Improved Delphi 12.0 support
  • Improved Persistent Collections Editor
  • Improved LiveBinding editor performance
  • Added Terminate for IShellProcess
  • Added TFileHelper with ContentEquals method
  • Improved compatibility with the Delphi 12.0 Modern Compiler
  • Added Unsigned buffer support
  • Improved performance
  • Improved Debugger Visualizers

New in Version 8.0.0.108 (released on 2024-02-21)

  • Improved C++ Builder support
  • Improved Design time Performance

New in Version 8.0.0.101 (released on 2023-12-06)

  • Added Delphi 12 support
  • Redesigned installation not requiring Admin privileges when compiling the libraries
  • Improved Performance
  • Added Sets support
  • Improved Mitov TypeInfo
  • Improved Dynamic Type Info
  • Improved Mitov Design Time API
  • Redesigned Persistent Collection Editor
  • Modernized Dialogs
  • Improved Win64 support
  • Improved Container Classes
  • Added TDirecory helper
  • Large number of bug fixes
  • Improved Property and Component Editors

New in Version 8.0.0. 77 (released on 2022-04-30)

  • Updated maintenance release for RAD Studio/Delphi 11.0/11.1 Alexandria with minor improvements

New in Version 8.0.0. 74 (released on 2022-04-25)

  • Updated maintenance release for RAD Studio/Delphi 10.4 Sydney with minor improvements

New in Version 8.0.0. 73 (released on 2022-04-20)

  • Updated maintenance release for RAD Studio/Delphi 10.3 Rio with minor improvements

New in Version 8.0.0. 69 (released on 2022-03-28)

  • Added support of indexed list collection enumebarbles
  • Improved MAC64 support
  • Improved OpenWire Graphical Editor
  • Improved performance

New in Version 8.0.0. 63 (released on 2022-03-09)

  • Updated maintenance release for RAD Studio/Delphi 10.4 Sydney

New in Version 8.0.0. 62 (released on 2022-03-07)

  • Updated maintenance release for RAD Studio/Delphi 10.3 Rio

New in Version 8.0.0. 59 (released on 2022-03-02)

  • Improved RAD Studio 11 compatibility
  • Improved RGBW and RGBWAlpha color support
  • Improved Execute Process implementation
  • Improved support for OpenWire State pins
  • Improved Structure and Packet components support
  • Added Clock Event elements in Make/Split Structure and Packet components

 

New in Version 8.0.0. 48 (released on 2022-01-28)

  • Added basic RGBW and RGBWAlpha support
  • Number os small design time bug fixes

New in Version 8.0.0. 43 (released on 2021-12-21)

  • Improved RAD Studio 11 compatibility
  • Improved Mitov.Runtime collections
  • Improved performance
  • Improved Dynamic Type Info support
  • Improved Visual Live Binding support
  • Improved elements editor
 

New in Version 8.0.0. 36 (released on 2021-10-11)

  • Added RAD Studio 11 support
  • Improved Performance
  • Improved Property Editors
  • Improved Debugger Visualizers
  • Added more Format Converters
  • Improved JSON support
 

New in Version 8.0.0. 27 (released on 2021-06-20)

  • Improved RAD Studio 10.4 Sydney support
  • Improved Dynamic Type Info implementation

New in Version 8.0.0. 21 (released on 2021-05-12)

  • Added RAD Studio 10.4 Sydney support
  • Improved Dynamic Type Info implementation

New in Version 8.0.0. 0 (released on 2020-11-26)

  • Added Visual Studio 2019 support
  • Redesigned Visual C++ support
  • Added Byte and Char visual live bindings
  • Significantly improved loading execution, and editing speed
  • Significantly improved JSON support
  • Improved IGDIPlus rendering performance
  • Modified to use interface class function methods instead of constructors
  • Redesigned pin path collection to significantly improve the speed
  • Redesigned to set pin and properties owner fields on creation
  • Improved pin information caching
  • CreateLock replaced by Create with Lock parameter
  • Improved FMX Design Time support
  • Improved FMX support

New in Version 7.8.3.72 (released on 2020-09-24)

  • Updated to RAD Studio 10.3 Rio Update 3
  • Added support for Boolean Buffers
  • Improved buffer visualizers
  • Added Audio and Video support to the Packet and Structure components
  • Added UnpackedOutputPin to the Split Structure and Unpacket components
  • Added Sockets Multicast support
  • Added experimental MQTT 5.0 support
  • Improved Unpacket implementation
  • Improved Visual Live Bindings
  • Significantly redesigned OpenWire Editor
  • Added initial Quaternion and 3D Point support
  • Added OSX64 support
  • Improved overall performance and stability
  • Added option to use Const anonymous methods for improved performance
  • Improved FMX compatibility and support
  • Simplified JSON API
  • Improved JSON implementation
  • Improved sockets implementation
  • Added Sockets Multicast support
  • Significantly improved Execute Process implementation
  • Added support TStrings reverse enumerators and Query interface trough class helper
  • Improved Dynamic Type Info implementation
  • Improved Property Collection and Component Collection editors
  • Improved Property editors

New in Version 7.8.2.288 (released on 2018-12-21)

  • Added RAD Studio 10.3 Rio support
  • Improved Dynamic Type Info implementation
  • Improved property editors

New in Version 7.8.2.271 (released on 2018-11-12)

  • Added Linux support
  • Added iOS support
  • Added RAD Studio 10.2 Tokyo support
  • Improved MAC, and Android compatibility
  • Added MQTT Client component
  • Added GetComPortInfos to the COM Port component
  • Added 8, and 16 bit integer and unsigned packet elements
  • Added OnValue events to the Unpacket elements
  • Added Added Server Socket
  • Improved Xon/Xoff support for the COM Port component
  • Improved bindings API
  • Pins converted to use the new Mitov.Runtime serialization
  • Added OWRequiredPinAttribute support
  • Added TOWIntToCardinalFormatConverter and TOWCardinalToIntegerFormatConverter
  • Added TOWRealToRealComplexFormatConverter
  • Added TOWRealListStatePin and TOWIntegerListStatePin
  • Added Execute Process
  • Added Command Line parsing and Process Execute
  • Added option to disable the design time extentions
  • Added Socket Binding
  • Redesigned JSON Serialization
  • Added TPeriodicThread
  • Added initial Dynamic Type Info implementation
  • Added GetIndexedSubProperty in the RTTI
  • Added GetType for TObject in the RTTI
  • Added support for both object and class in TMethodInfo.Invoke in the RTTI
  • Enchanced Query functionality
  • Added IPairCollection
  • IArrayWriter renamed to ISequentialWriter
  • IArrayReader renamed to ISequentialReader
  • Improved Serialization Readers
  • Added Reserialize
  • Improved design time property editors support
  • Added option to replace property collection items while keeping all compatible settings
  • Added filtering for property collections
  • Added support for categorized list property selection
  • Added TreeView filtering support
  • Updated to use the latest Delphi language features

New in Version 7.8.0.0 (released on 2016-05-03)

  • Added RAD Studio 10.1 Berlin support
  • Added Visual Live Binding property editors
  • Added Reset to Default property editors
  • Added Enum property editors
  • Added Class events property editors
  • Added Multi-Event property editors
  • Added Make/Split Structure components

New in Version 7.7.0.0 (released on 2015-10-28)

Communication Beta Release

  • Component for Serial Port
  • Component for creating structured packages
  • Component for unpacking structured packages
  • Client socket component
  • Text terminal
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These demos are executable after downloading.
Also see:   Demo source code downloads

CommunicationLab Examples

CommunicationLab Communication Lab

CommunicationLab: Frequently Asked Questions

CommunicationLab Installers

Firemonkey and VCL Installer: CommunicationLab 8.0.0.153 VCL and FireMonkey for 13.0 Florence
Updated on 2025-09-29, downloaded 7 times.
Firemonkey and VCL Installer: CommunicationLab 8.0.0.147 VCL and FireMonkey for 12.3 Athens
Updated on 2025-05-24, downloaded 368 times.
Firemonkey and VCL Installer: CommunicationLab 8.0.0.77 VCL and FireMonkey 32 & 64 bit support for 11.X Alexandria
Updated on 2022-05-01, downloaded 343 times.
Firemonkey and VCL Installer: CommunicationLab 8.0.0.74 VCL and FireMonkey 32 & 64 bit support for 10.4 Sydney Update 2
Updated on 2022-04-25, downloaded 232 times.
Firemonkey and VCL Installer: CommunicationLab 8.0.0.73 VCL and FireMonkey 32 & 64 bit support for 10.3 Rio Update 3
Updated on 2022-04-20, downloaded 238 times.
Visual C++ Installer: CommunicationLab 8.0.0.0 for Visual C++ MFC
Updated on 2020-11-26, downloaded 140 times.
.NET Installer: CommunicationLab 8.0.0.1 for Microsoft .NET 4.0 (4.5 and 4.6 compatible)
Updated on 2020-11-26, downloaded 514 times.
Legacy Firemonkey and VCL Installer: CommunicationLab 7.8.2.288 VCL and FireMonkey 32 & 64 bit support for 10.2 Tokyo and 10.3 Rio
Updated on 2018-12-22, downloaded 930 times.
Legacy Firemonkey and VCL Installer: CommunicationLab 7.8.2.0 VCL and FireMonkey 32 & 64 bit support for XE8 to 10.1 Berlin
Updated on 2016-06-06, downloaded 1378 times.
Legacy Firemonkey and VCL Installer: CommunicationLab 7.7.0.0 VCL and FireMonkey 32 & 64 bit support for XE7 to 10 Seattle
Updated on 2015-10-29, downloaded 733 times.

Demos

These demos are executable after downloading.   Also see: Demo source code downloads

 

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