[PythonCE] serial port access

2006-06-20 Thread Benjamin McBride
Hi All, I need to access the serial port for my PPC application. I have been unable to locate information on this. I'm using Python 2.4.3 and PPC 2003. Previously I've used pyserial, but it appears that pyserial does not work on Windows CE. Thanks for any suggesti

Re: [PythonCE] serial port access

2006-06-20 Thread Gonzalo Monzón
Hi Benjamin, You can use ctypes for direct access to serial ports via windows apis (openfile, readfile, writefile...) Note that manufacturers can have specific implementations, even they must agree to PPC implementation, but you can found small differences. http://www.codeproject.com/system/si

Re: [PythonCE] serial port access

2006-06-20 Thread Benjamin McBride
I've got ctypes installed. However, I have not been able to find any examples of how I might use ctypes for serial port access. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, Ben On 6/20/06, Gonzalo Monzón <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Benjamin, > > You can use ctypes for direct access to ser

Re: [PythonCE] serial port access

2006-06-20 Thread Gonzalo Monzón
Have you read the ctypes docs? http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/ctypes/tutorial.html You have to read the Microsoft docs too, search what dynamic libraries to use and what functions to call. Study the example I posted, you have to call these functions using ctypes: (openfile, readfile,

Re: [PythonCE] serial port access

2006-06-20 Thread Benjamin McBride
Thanks Gonzalo for your help. I have read both the ctypes and microsoft documentation. My understanding is that I need to use the CreateFile API function from the coredll to get a handle to the comm port. When I use ctypes: >>> windll.coredll.CreateFile I get an AttributeError saying the Creat