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| author | cliechti <cliechti@f19166aa-fa4f-0410-85c2-fa1106f25c8a> | 2003-01-14 21:55:38 +0000 |
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| committer | cliechti <cliechti@f19166aa-fa4f-0410-85c2-fa1106f25c8a> | 2003-01-14 21:55:38 +0000 |
| commit | 4698b93cb9dc391bb8d06c6e5db5bb8c181c8a69 (patch) | |
| tree | cad1e84eaed1a31d62d05a31f20ed17b712b1bbe /README.txt | |
| parent | 871ec78048bb542748c9c1250b52c77672efba7e (diff) | |
| download | pyserial-4698b93cb9dc391bb8d06c6e5db5bb8c181c8a69.tar.gz | |
usb comment update, tnanks to Pascal Oberndoerfer
git-svn-id: http://svn.code.sf.net/p/pyserial/code/trunk/pyserial@70 f19166aa-fa4f-0410-85c2-fa1106f25c8a
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@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Requirements Installation ------------ Extract files from the archive, open a shell/console in that directory and -let Disutils do the rest: "python setup.py install" +let Distutils do the rest: "python setup.py install" The files get installed in the "Lib/site-packages" directory in newer Python versions. @@ -49,9 +49,14 @@ Python versions. Serial to USB adapters Such adapters are reported to work under Mac OSX and Windows. They are mapped to a normal COM port under Windows, but on Mac OSX they have -special device names like "/dev/cu.USA19QW11P1.1" either use these +special device names like "/dev/cu.USA19QW11P1.1" (built after this scheme: +/dev/[cu|tty].USA<adaptername><USB-part>P<serial-port>.1) either use these names for the serial ports or create a link to the common device names -like "ln -s /dev/cu.USA19QW11P1.1 /dev/cuaa0" +like "ln -s /dev/cu.USA19QW11P1.1 /dev/cuaa0" "ln -s /dev/cu.USA19QW21P1.1 +/dev/cuaa1" etc. +But be aware that the device file disappears as soon as you unplug the USB +adapter. + Short introduction |