On 22 Jun 2006 08:18:08 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >So I ordered a mini SSC II (the servo controller), in order to >control some servos from the computer. I was hoping to use python to >do the control but have two questions... > >1) How should I write to the serial port with python? I found the >module "pyserial": >http://pyserial.sourceforge.net/ >on the python cheeseshop, and it looks solid but I thought you might >have a better suggestion. > >2) To control the servos I have to send the SSC II a string of 3 >numbers, 3 bytes long (so 3 numbers in the range 0 - 255, each as a >single byte, one after another). In C I'd do this by sending 3 >char's, as they're only 1 byte, but i'm not exactly sure how to do it >in Python.
Maybe a little off topic, but I've got a page below with some mini ssc control info. http://www.geocities.com/zoomkat/index.htm -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list