Re: How to communicate via USB "port"

2007-04-18 Thread Tim Roberts
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Can someone explain how I would read the data from the USB "port"? I >don't know if it matters, but I am trying to read the data from a GPS >plugged in to the USB port. USB is a "protocol" bus. It isn't like a serial port, where you can just start

Re: How to communicate via USB "port"

2007-04-18 Thread jkn
Have a look for PyUSB - there are (confusingly) two different packages called pyUSB. one interfaces to FTDI chips connected to a USB port: http://bleyer.org/pyusb/ The other uses libusb to interface to devices generally under windows: http://pyusb.berlios.de/ HTH jon N -- htt

Re: How to communicate via USB "port"

2007-04-18 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2007-04-18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can someone explain how I would read the data from the USB "port"? You can't. There's no such thing from a SW point of view. ;) > I don't know if it matters, but I am trying to read the data > from a GPS plugged in to the USB port.

Re: How to communicate via USB "port"

2007-04-18 Thread Paul McGuire
On Apr 18, 12:54 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can someone explain how I would read the data from the USB "port"? I > don't know if it matters, but I am trying to read the data from a GPS > plugged in to the USB port. > > Thank you, > Robin Just a guess, but can you use pyse

How to communicate via USB "port"

2007-04-17 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can someone explain how I would read the data from the USB "port"? I don't know if it matters, but I am trying to read the data from a GPS plugged in to the USB port. Thank you, Robin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list