communicate with serial port (ttyS0)

[Emile van Sebille]

"Shaun Schulze" <shaunschulze at yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.1025531703.8944.python-list at python.org...
> Hi
>
> I am running Debian/Linux kernel 2.4.17.
> I need to communicate between custom hardware and my
> python script via a serial port, eg. ttyS0, at
> 115.2kb/s.
> I would like to know how to receive and send data to
> and from the serial port. I would also like to know
> how to set the baud rate of the serial port to
> 115,2kb/s. If anyone has some examples it will also be
> much appreciated.
>

You'll find some pointers in the FAQ at:

http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw.py?query=serial+port&querytype=simple
&casefold=yes&req=search

Check as well on google -- ISTM there are now some additional options,
although the date on the faq entry is current...

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Emile van Sebille
emile at fenx.com

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