Casey Bralla wrote: > I'd like to read ASCII data from a serial port, but (once again) I'm having > trouble getting started. (Can't seem to find the basic level of docs to > get going <sigh>) > > I'd like to use only standard "built-in" modules if possible. > > Could somebody offer a simple code-snippet to get me started reading from a > serial port? > While it isn't built in, the standard solution to these problems is the excellent "pyserial" module.
Google is your friend, and since pyserial is the first hit on a search for "python serial port" I would recommend you remember that in future ... that's why there's no URL in this message : Googling yourself will help the lesson sink in. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC www.holdenweb.com PyCon TX 2006 www.python.org/pycon/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list