| ============ |
| pyParallel |
| ============ |
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| .. note:: This module is in development (since years ;-) |
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| Overview |
| ======== |
| This module encapsulates the access for the parallel port. It provides backends |
| for Python running on Windows and Linux. Other platforms are possible too but |
| not yet integrated. |
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| This module is still under development. But it may be useful for developers. |
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| (C) 2001-2003 Chris Liechti <cliechti@gmx.net> |
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| Here is the `project page on SourceForge`_ and here is the `SVN repository`_. |
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| .. _`project page on SourceForge`: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyserial/ |
| .. _`SVN repository`: http://sourceforge.net/svn/?group_id=46487 |
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| Features |
| -------- |
| * same class based interface on all supported platforms |
| * port numbering starts at zero, no need to know the port name in the user program |
| * port string (device name) can be specified if access through numbering is inappropriate |
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| Requirements |
| ------------ |
| * Python 2.2 or newer |
| * "Java Communications" (JavaComm) extension for Java/Jython |
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| Installation |
| ------------ |
| Extract files from the archive, open a shell/console in that directory and let |
| Distutils do the rest: ``python setup.py install`` |
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| The files get installed in the "Lib/site-packages" directory in newer Python versions. |
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| The windows version needs a compiled extension and the giveio.sys driver for |
| Windows NT/2k/XP. The extension module can be compiled with distutils with |
| either MSVC or GCC/mingw32. |
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| It is released under a free software license, see LICENSE.txt for more details. |
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| Short introduction |
| ================== |
| :: |
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| >>> import parallel |
| >>> p = parallel.Parallel() # open LPT1 |
| >>> p.setData(0x55) |
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| Examples |
| -------- |
| Please look in the SVN Repository. There is an example directory where you can |
| find a simple terminal and more. |
| http://pyserial.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pyserial/trunk/pyparallel/examples/ |
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| References |
| ---------- |
| * Python: http://www.python.org/|http://www.python.org |
| * Jython: http://www.jython.org/|http://www.jython.org |
| * Java@IBM http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/ (JavaComm links are on the download page for the respective platform jdk) |
| * Java@SUN http://java.sun.com/products/ |