Settings Reference

All settings are prefixed with logscope. and can be set in VS Code’s settings.json or through the Settings UI.

Connection Settings

Setting	Type	Default	Description
logscope.transport	"rtt" | "uart"	"rtt"	Transport mode for reading log data
logscope.autoConnect	boolean	false	Automatically connect to the last-used device on startup
logscope.lastDevice	string	""	Last connected device serial number (set automatically)
logscope.parser	"zephyr" | "nrf5" | "raw"	"zephyr"	Log format parser

RTT Settings

Setting	Type	Default	Description
logscope.nrfutil.path	string	"nrfutil"	Path to nrfutil binary
logscope.rtt.pollInterval	number	50	RTT poll interval in milliseconds
logscope.jlink.device	string	"Cortex-M33"	Target device name for J-Link
logscope.jlink.interface	"SWD" | "JTAG"	"SWD"	Debug interface type
logscope.jlink.speed	number	4000	J-Link connection speed in kHz
logscope.jlink.rttSearchRanges	string	"0x20000000 0x80000"	RTT control block search range

UART Settings

Setting	Type	Default	Description
logscope.uart.baudRate	number	115200	Serial baud rate
logscope.uart.lastPort	string	""	Last used serial port (set automatically)

Display Settings

Setting	Type	Default	Description
logscope.logWrap	boolean	false	Wrap long log messages
logscope.timeFormat	"24h" | "12h"	"24h"	Time format for the Local Time column
logscope.maxEntries	number	100000	Maximum log entries to keep in memory

Watch Patterns

Setting	Type	Default	Description
logscope.watchPatterns	array	[]	Watch patterns to match against incoming log lines

Each watch pattern object has these fields:

Field	Type	Required	Description
name	string	Yes	Display name for the pattern
pattern	string	Yes	Text to match (substring or regex)
regex	boolean	No	Treat pattern as a regular expression (default: false)
module	string	No	Only match entries from this module (case-insensitive)
color	string	No	Hex color for the marker (e.g., "#ff9800"). Auto-assigned if omitted.

Example

"logscope.watchPatterns": [
  {
    "name": "Errors",
    "pattern": "failed|error|timeout",
    "regex": true,
    "color": "#f44336"
  },
  {
    "name": "Heartbeat",
    "pattern": "Heartbeat"
  }
]