Newbie: Python & Serial Port question

[Grant Edwards]

On 2005-11-30, Sanjay Arora <sanjay.k.arora at gmail.com> wrote:

> Am a python newbie. Does python have a native way to communicate with a
> PC serial port?

Yes.  Under Unix you can use os.open() os.read() os.write() and
the termios module.

> I found that pyserial needs java.

No it doesn't.

> I am using Linux..CentOS 4.2, to be exact, no java installed
> and zilch/no/none/maybe never experience of java too.

You don't need Java.

> I have an application where I want to resd logs from the
> serial port of an EPABX and log them to a postgreSQL database.
> What's the best way to do this using python?

Use pyserial and a database interface module.

> Does anyone know of an existing software/python library/module
> for this?

Sorry.

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