pyParallel [in developement] ============================ Overview -------- This module encapsulates the access for the parallel port. It provides backends for Python running on Windows and Linux. Other platforms are possible too but not yet integrated. This module is still under developement. But it may be useful for developers. The windows version needs a compiled extension and the giveio.sys driver for Windows NT/2k/XP. It uses ctypes to access functions in a prebuilt DLL. It is released under a free software license, see LICENSE.txt for more details. (C) 2001-2005 Chris Liechti cliechti@gmx.net Homepage: http://pyserial.sf.net Features -------- * same class based interface on all supported platforms * port numbering starts at zero, no need to know the port name in the user program * port string (device name) can be specified if access through numbering is inappropriate Requirements ------------ * Python 2.2 or newer * "Java Communications" (JavaComm) extension for Java/Jython Installation ------------ Extract files from the archive, open a shell/console in that directory and let Disutils do the rest: python setup.py install The files get installed in the "Lib/site-packages" directory in newer Python versions. Short introduction ------------------ >>> import parallel >>> p = parallel.Parallel() #open LPT1 >>> p.setData(0x55) Examples -------- Please look in the CVS Repository. There is an example directory where you can find a simple terminal and more. http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/pyserial/pyparallel/examples/ References ---------- * Python: http://www.python.org * Jython: http://www.jython.org * Java@IBM http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/ (JavaComm links are on the download page for the respecive platform jdk) * Java@SUN http://java.sun.com/products/