theo v werkhoven renwferrets4mexs4allnl thu 28 feb 2008 vhdicqcdjjosuddenlinkmailcom listmates linux question phone system output call logs rs232 cable would like write script read data serial port input mysql table handle mysql interface read data serial port never tried interface directly one dont know tools involved take type tty configured read port thats im stuck one getty mgetty kind script write read serial port time call made received use loop seems kind process intensive data appear every create type buffer file data use cron periodically sweep data buffer stick mysql interesting problem go python really easy use module aptly called serial serial communication simple pydoc serial help package serial name serial file usrlibpython25sitepackagesserial__init__py description portable serial port access python wrapper module different platform implementations c20012002 chris liechti distributed free software license see licensetxt package contents serialjava serialposix serialutil serialwin32 egfrom homepage open named port 192008n1 1s timeout ser serialserialdevttys1 19200 timeout1 x serread read one byte serread10 read ten bytes timeout line serreadline read n terminated line serclose python also good support sorts databases easily write relatively small program get put data theo theo v werkhoven registered linux user 99872 httpcounterliorg icbm 52 13 26n 4 29 47e icq 277217131 suse 103 jabber qeihsijabberxs4allnl kernel 2622 see headers pgpgpg info claimer email receive become property disclaimers apply fri 08 aug 2008 071247 0100 opensuse howto read data serial port