Re: /dev/ttyUSB0 communication - shell script - Watchport/H

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 2009-09-01 07:42, Tomek Kruszona wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
> > I just Googled "linux listen to serial port", and got several
> > interesting hits.
> >
> > From reading those links, this Python snippet *might* work:
> >
> > import sys
> > f = open('/dev/ttyUSB0', 'r')
> > try:
> >     while 1:
> >         l = f.readline()
> >         print l
> > except:
> >     f.close
> I'll try it, but I still need to send commands to this sensors. tty port
> should be also properly configured... I've found ckermit software and
> picocom which looks promising. We'll see :)

Ah.  Your original post only mentioned *monitoring* the "weather 
machine".

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