@ sir Peter so you mean that it is correct (at least on the unpack() part)
when i run this program on IDLE , Python 2.3 (enthought edition), nothing is outputted on the shell, until i decide to close the shell, wherein it tells me if i would like to kill a process... import serial import string import time from struct import * ser = serial.Serial() ser.baudrate = 9600 ser.port = 0 ser ser.close() ser.open() command = 67 message_no = 1 total_data = 2 item = 10000 for item in range(10000, 30001, 250): data_hi, data_lo = divmod(item, 0x100) checksum = -(data_hi + data_lo + 0x46) & 0xff ser.write(pack('6B', command, message_no, total_data, data_lo, data_hi, checksum)) rx_data1=0 while (rx_data1 != 0x46): rx_data1 = ser.read(1) (rx_command) = unpack('1B', rx_data1) rx_data2=ser.read(9) (rx_msg_no, rx_no_databyte, temp1, temp2, pyra1, pyra2, voltage, current, rx_checksum) = unpack('9B', data) print rx_command, rx_msg_no, rx_no_databyte, temp1, temp2, pyra1, pyra2, voltage, current, rx_checksum ser.close() -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list