numberFormatButtons.addButton(ui->rbASCII,  NumberFormat_ASCII);

    QObject::connect(&numberFormatButtons, SIGNAL(buttonToggled(int, bool)),

                     this, SLOT(onNumberFormatButtonToggled(int, bool)));

    // setup parity selection buttons

    parityButtons.addButton(ui->rbNoParity, (int) QSerialPort::NoParity);

    parityButtons.addButton(ui->rbEvenParity, (int) QSerialPort::EvenParity);

    parityButtons.addButton(ui->rbOddParity, (int) QSerialPort::OddParity);

    QObject::connect(&parityButtons,

                     SELECT<int>::OVERLOAD_OF(&QButtonGroup::buttonClicked),

                     this, &MainWindow::selectParity);

    // setup data bits selection buttons

    dataBitsButtons.addButton(ui->rb8Bits, (int) QSerialPort::Data8);

    dataBitsButtons.addButton(ui->rb7Bits, (int) QSerialPort::Data7);

    dataBitsButtons.addButton(ui->rb6Bits, (int) QSerialPort::Data6);

    dataBitsButtons.addButton(ui->rb5Bits, (int) QSerialPort::Data5);

    QObject::connect(&dataBitsButtons,

                     SELECT<int>::OVERLOAD_OF(&QButtonGroup::buttonClicked),

                     this, &MainWindow::selectDataBits);

    // setup stop bits selection buttons

    stopBitsButtons.addButton(ui->rb1StopBit, (int) QSerialPort::OneStop);

    stopBitsButtons.addButton(ui->rb2StopBit, (int) QSerialPort::TwoStop);

    QObject::connect(&stopBitsButtons,

                     SELECT<int>::OVERLOAD_OF(&QButtonGroup::buttonClicked),

                     this, &MainWindow::selectStopBits);

    // setup flow control selection buttons

    flowControlButtons.addButton(ui->rbNoFlowControl,

                                 (int) QSerialPort::NoFlowControl);

    flowControlButtons.addButton(ui->rbHardwareControl,

                                 (int) QSerialPort::HardwareControl);

    flowControlButtons.addButton(ui->rbSoftwareControl,

                                 (int) QSerialPort::SoftwareControl);

    QObject::connect(&flowControlButtons,

                     SELECT<int>::OVERLOAD_OF(&QButtonGroup::buttonClicked),

                     this, &MainWindow::selectFlowControl);

    // init port signals

    QObject::connect(&(this->serialPort), SIGNAL(error(QSerialPort::SerialPortError)),

                     this, SLOT(onPortError(QSerialPort::SerialPortError)));

    // init skip byte button

    skipByteRequested = false;

    QObject::connect(ui->pbSkipByte, &QPushButton::clicked,

                     this, &MainWindow::skipByte);

    loadPortList();

    loadBaudRateList();

    ui->cbBaudRate->setCurrentIndex(ui->cbBaudRate->findText("9600"));

    // set limits for axis limit boxes

    ui->spYmin->setRange((-1) * std::numeric_limits<double>::max(),

                         std::numeric_limits<double>::max());

    ui->spYmax->setRange((-1) * std::numeric_limits<double>::max(),

                         std::numeric_limits<double>::max());

    // init data arrays and plot

    numOfSamples = ui->spNumOfSamples->value();

    numOfChannels = 1;

    dataX.resize(numOfSamples);

    for (int i = 0; i < dataX.size(); i++)

    {

        dataX[i] = i;

    }

    // init channel data and curve list

    for (int i = 0; i < numOfChannels; i++)

    {

        channelsData.append(DataArray(numOfSamples, 0.0));

        curves.append(new QwtPlotCurve());

        curves[i]->setSamples(dataX, channelsData[i]);

        curves[i]->setPen(makeColor(i));

        curves[i]->attach(ui->plot);

    }

    // init number format

    if (numberFormatButtons.checkedId() >= 0)

    {

        selectNumberFormat((NumberFormat) numberFormatButtons.checkedId());

    }

    else

    {

        selectNumberFormat(NumberFormat_uint8);

    }

    // Init demo mode