Newbie: Python & Serial Port question

[Kinsley Turner]

python-list-bounces+kingsleyturner=westpac.com.au at python.org wrote on 
30/11/2005 07:48:39 PM:

> Am a python newbie. Does python have a native way to communicate with a
> PC serial port? I found that pyserial needs java.
> 
> I am using Linux..CentOS 4.2, to be exact, no java installed and
> zilch/no/none/maybe never experience of java too.
> 
> 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? Does anyone know of an existing software/python
> library/module for this?


You can't just open the serial port like a file?

Perhaps you'd need to set the correct port parameters
with some other app, but it should be do-able.


-kt



















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