workaround when using miniterm on older installations of the library

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/pyserial/examples/miniterm.py b/pyserial/examples/miniterm.py
index 7290783..aaef8e4 100644
--- a/pyserial/examples/miniterm.py
+++ b/pyserial/examples/miniterm.py
@@ -133,7 +133,12 @@ REPR_MODES = ('raw', 'some control', 'all control', 'hex')
 
 class Miniterm:
     def __init__(self, port, baudrate, parity, rtscts, xonxoff, echo=False, convert_outgoing=CONVERT_CRLF, repr_mode=0):
-        self.serial = serial.serial_for_url(port, baudrate, parity=parity, rtscts=rtscts, xonxoff=xonxoff, timeout=1)
+        try:
+            self.serial = serial.serial_for_url(port, baudrate, parity=parity, rtscts=rtscts, xonxoff=xonxoff, timeout=1)
+        except AttributeError:
+            # happens when the installed pyserial is older than 2.5. use the
+            # Serial class directly then.
+            self.serial = serial.Serial(port, baudrate, parity=parity, rtscts=rtscts, xonxoff=xonxoff, timeout=1)
         self.echo = echo
         self.repr_mode = repr_mode
         self.convert_outgoing = convert_outgoing