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| author | cliechti <cliechti@f19166aa-fa4f-0410-85c2-fa1106f25c8a> | 2004-07-28 00:52:06 +0000 |
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| committer | cliechti <cliechti@f19166aa-fa4f-0410-85c2-fa1106f25c8a> | 2004-07-28 00:52:06 +0000 |
| commit | b0e063dec09b03b4b537f1402e394d36214bd879 (patch) | |
| tree | a06625fffa6c9713e279d72d2ca5e5fe47128680 /README.txt | |
| parent | 6dfddc39558bb6d2227103e179113231f2ce597d (diff) | |
| download | pyserial-b0e063dec09b03b4b537f1402e394d36214bd879.tar.gz | |
release 2.1
git-svn-id: http://svn.code.sf.net/p/pyserial/code/trunk/pyserial@122 f19166aa-fa4f-0410-85c2-fa1106f25c8a
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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ It is released under a free software license, see LICENSE.txt for more details. Project Homepage: pyserial.sourceforge.net -(C) 2001-2003 Chris Liechti <cliechti@gmx.net> +(C) 2001-2004 Chris Liechti <cliechti@gmx.net> Features @@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ ser = serial.Serial( timeout=None, #set a timeout value, None to wait forever xonxoff=0, #enable software flow control rtscts=0, #enable RTS/CTS flow control + writeTimeout=None, #set a timeout for writes ) The port is immediately opened on object creation, if a port is given. @@ -143,6 +144,10 @@ timeout=None #wait forever timeout=0 #non-blocking mode (return immediately on read) timeout=x #set timeout to x seconds (float allowed) +Options for write timeout: +writeTimeout=x #will rise a SerialTimeoutException if the data + #cannot be sent in x seconds + Methods of Serial instances --------------------------- open() #open port @@ -171,15 +176,19 @@ PARITIES #list of valid parities STOPBITS #list of valid stop bit widths New values can be assigned to the following attribues, the port -will be reconfigured, even if it's opened at that time: +will be reconfigured, even if it's opened at that time (port will be +closed and reopened to apply the changes): port #port name/number as set by the user baudrate #current baudrate setting bytesize #bytesize in bits parity #parity setting stopbits #stop bit with (1,2) -timeout #timeout setting +timeout #read timeout setting xonxoff #if Xon/Xoff flow control is enabled rtscts #if hardware flow control is enabled +writeTimeout #write timeout setting + +These attribues also have corresponding getX and setXX methods. Exceptions ---------- @@ -200,6 +209,10 @@ bytesize: serial.SEVENBITS serial.EIGHTBITS +Xon/Xoff characters: + serial.XON + serial.XOFF + Tips & Tricks ------------- - Some protocols need CR LF ("\r\n") as line terminator, not just LF ("\n"). @@ -209,7 +222,7 @@ Tips & Tricks some platforms. Look at the tools from Roger Binns: http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/bitpim/comscan/ -- When packagin a project with py2exe, it will likely print a warning about +- When packaging a project with py2exe, it will likely print a warning about missing modules 'javax.comm'. This warning is uncritical as the module is used in the Jython implementation that is not used but packaged. |