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This module encapsulates the access for the serial port. It provides backends for Python running on Windows, Linux, BSD (possibly any POSIX compilant system) and Jython. The module named "serial" automatically selects the appropriate backend.
It is released under a free software license, see LICENSE.txt for more details.
(C) 2001-2003 Chris Liechti cliechti@gmx.net
The project
page on SourceForge and here is the CVS
repository and the Download
Page.
The homepage is on http://pyserial.sf.net
same class based interface on all supported platforms
access to the port settings trough Python 2.2 properties
port numbering starts at zero, no need to know the port name in the user program
port string (device name) can be specified if access through numbering is inappropriate
support for diffrent bytesizes, stopbits, parity and flow control with RTS/CTS and/or Xon/Xoff
working with or without receive timeout
file like API with "read" and "write" ("readline" etc. also supported)
The files in this package are 100% pure Python. They depend on non standard but common packages on Windows (win32all) and Jython (JavaComm). POSIX (Linux, BSD) uses only modules from the standard Python distribution)
The port is set up for binary transmission. No NULL byte stripping, CR-LF translation etc. (which are many times enabled for POSIX.) This makes this module universally useful.
Python 2.2 or newer
win32all extensions on Windows
"Java Communications" (JavaComm) extension for Java/Jython
Extract files from the archive, open a shell/console in that
directory and let Distutils do the rest:python setup.py
install
The files get installed in the "Lib/site-packages" directory.
There is also a Windows installer, but for developers it may be interesting to get the source archive anyway, because it contains examples and the readme.
Open port 0 at "9600,8,N,1", no timeout
>>> import serial
>>> ser = serial.Serial(0) #open first serial port
>>> print ser.portstr #check which port was realy used
>>> ser.write("hello") #write a string
>>> ser.close() #close port
Open named port at "19200,8,N,1", 1s timeout
>>> ser = serial.Serial('/dev/ttyS1', 19200, timeout=1)
>>> x = ser.read() #read one byte
>>> s = ser.read(10) #read up to ten bytes (timeout)
>>> line = ser.readline() #read a '\n' terminated line
>>> ser.close()
Open second port at "38400,8,E,1", non blocking HW handshaking
>>> ser = serial.Serial(1, 38400, timeout=0, ... parity=serial.PARITY_EVEN, rtscts=1) >>> s = ser.read(100) #read up to one hunded bytes ... #or as much is in the buffer
Get a Serial instance and configure/open it later
>>> ser = serial.Serial() >>> ser.baudrate = 19200 >>> ser.port = 0 >>> ser Serial<id=0xa81c10, open=False>(port='COM1', baudrate=19200, bytesize=8, parity='N', stopbits=1, timeout=None, xonxoff=0, rtscts=0) >>> ser.open() >>> ser.isOpen() True >>> ser.close() >>> ser.isOpen() False
Be carefully when using "readline". Do specify a timeout when opening the serial port otherwise it could block forever if no newline character is received. Also note that "readlines" only works with a timeout. "readlines" depends on having a timeout and interprets that as EOF (end of file). It raises an exception if the port is not opened correctly.
Do also have a look at the example files in the examples directory in the source distribution or online in CVS repository .
Please look in the CVS Repository. There is an example directory
where you can find a simple terminal and
more.
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/pyserial/pyserial/examples/
ser = serial.Serial(
port=None, #number of device, numbering starts at
#zero. if everything fails, the user
#can specify a device string, note
#that this isn't portable anymore
#if no port is specified an unconfigured
#an closed serial port object is created
baudrate=9600, #baudrate
bytesize=EIGHTBITS, #number of databits
parity=PARITY_NONE, #enable parity checking
stopbits=STOPBITS_ONE, #number of stopbits
timeout=None, #set a timeout value, None for waiting forever
xonxoff=0, #enable software flow control
rtscts=0, #enable RTS/CTS flow control
)The port is immediately opened on object creation, if a port is given. It is not opened if port is None.
Options for read timeout:
timeout=None #wait forever
timeout=0 #non-blocking mode (return immediately on read)
timeout=x #set timeout to x seconds (float allowed)
open() #open port
close() #close port immediately
setBaudrate(baudrate) #change baudarte on an open port
inWaiting() #return the number of chars in the receive buffer
read(size=1) #read "size" characters
write(s) #write the string s to the port
flushInput() #flush input buffer, discarding all it's contents
flushOutput() #flush output buffer, abort output
sendBreak() #send break condition
setRTS(level=1) #set RTS line to specified logic level
setDTR(level=1) #set DTR line to specified logic level
getCTS() #return the state of the CTS line
getDSR() #return the state of the DSR line
getRI() #return the state of the RI line
getCD() #return the state of the CD line
Read Only:
portstr #device name
BAUDRATES #list of valid baudrates
BYTESIZES #list of valid byte sizes
PARITIES #list of valid parities
STOPBITS #list of valid stop bit widths
New values can be assigned to the following attribues, the port will be reconfigured, even if it's opened at that time:
port #port name/number as set by the user
baudrate #current baudrate setting
bytesize #bytesize in bits
parity #parity setting
stopbits #stop bit with (1,2)
timeout #timeout setting
xonxoff #if Xon/Xoff flow control is enabled
rtscts #if hardware flow control is enabled
serial.SerialException
parity:
serial.PARITY_NONE
serial.PARITY_EVEN
serial.PARITY_ODDstopbits:
serial.STOPBITS_ONE
serial.STOPBITS_TWObytesize:
serial.FIVEBITS
serial.SIXBITS
serial.SEVENBITS
serial.EIGHTBITSPython: http://www.python.org
Jython: http://www.jython.org
win32all: http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/ and http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePython/win32all.html
Java@IBM http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/ (JavaComm links are on the download page for the respecive platform jdk)
Java@SUN http://java.sun.com/products/
Older versions are still available on the Download Page. pySerial 1.21 is compatible with Python 2.0 on Windows, Linux and several un*x like systems, MacOSX and Jython.