-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 shawn bright wrote: > Hey there all, > > I have a gps device that talks to the computer over a serial port. > i am using the pyserial module and getting values in.
Here are the relevant bits of a serial to tcp/ip app that I use. Most likely you have the wrong baudrate set. If it is an older GPS device the baudrate will be 4800, newer devices allow you to set it to higher speeds, 9600 being standard. Check the device settings to make sure that it doesn't have any weird parity settings too. 8 bits, No Parity, 1 stop bit is common. import sys import serial port = "/dev/ttyS0" baud = 9600 ser = serial.Serial() ser.port = port ser.baudrate = baud try: ser.open() except: sys.stderr.write("Error opening serial port %s\n" % (ser.portstr) ) sys.exit(1) ser.setRtsCts(0) while 1: # Read from serial port, blocking data = ser.read(1) # If there is more than 1 byte, read the rest n = ser.inWaiting() if n: data = data + ser.read(n) sys.stdout.write(data) - -- - ---[Office 68.7F]--[Outside 51.0F]--[Server 103.2F]--[Coaster 70.0F]--- - ---[ TACOMA WSF (366772760) @ 47 36.3260 -122 23.1697 ]--- Software, Linux, Microcontrollers http://www.brianlane.com AIS Parser SDK http://www.aisparser.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Remember Lexington Green! iD8DBQFJDcl3Iftj/pcSws0RAs2+AJ91ynHgzdXDfVpbh37iM7XITnDI7wCeNON8 qxyWcuc5opuOpeRCJ6cWr+o= =fPs4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor