Sio serial module install problem with ActiveState

[Conrad]

OK, I'm posting on top, spank me. Many thanks to Peter
and Gary for their help, and to Chris for writing
pyserial, which is working just fine for what I'm
doing - it took two lines to change my code, because
I was already using file-type .write() methods to
pump the data out - so I added an import, and changed
my open statement, and it just worked. (once I killed
the evil VB program that apparently opens the serial
port and just hangs on to it forever!)

Thanks again,

Conrad


Years ago, Nostradamus predicted that on Mon, 14 Jul 2003 22:38:57 +0000,
Conrad would write, saying:

> Greetings,
> 
> I have a need to print from Win98SE to a little 
> serial label printer provided by United Parcel, so 
> based on Mark Hammond's recommendation in 
> 'Programming on Win32' I decided to try the Sio 
> module at http://starship.python.net/crew/roger/
> 
> My problem:
> 
> The Sio installer dies looking for:
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\2.2\InstallPath
> 
> I am using ActiveStates Python 2.2.2 build 224 on Win98SE.
> 
> ActiveState apparently does do registry setup, for example,
> the HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\SOFTWARE tree contains the
> \Python\PythonCore\2.2\InstallPath keys. I re-installed
> Python, thinking I had blown the registry, but the keys
> that Sio wants are never set.
> 
> FWIW, PyPGSQL, wxPython, and the egenix MxBase packages all 
> find Python on machines with ActiveState and install OK. 
> I don't know what they are checking on install.
> 
> Can anyone suggest a fix/workaround for someone who is just 
> a bit befuddled by registries, or did I perhaps grab the 
> wrong Sio? ( I got SioModule22.EXE at 171184 bytes from:
> http://starship.python.net/crew/roger/ )
> 
> BTW, this serial printer is apparently pretty much a 'dump
> and go' type device - the only thing the printer seems to
> be capable of returning is a 4-byte error code after a special
> error report command is sent to the printer - other than that,
> all of the data and commands seem to move downstream only,
> with no return from the printer expected. Is Sio overkill for
> this, i.e. is there some incredibly simple "open a serial port
> under Win32 for write only" command I'm missing in the basic
> Python stuff?
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Conrad