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I installed pySterial as suggested here :
http://www.arduino.cc/playground/Interfacing/Python

and this is what I got in python. any idea what went wrong? any clue how I can still get my win-pc to talk to arduino in python?


Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Apr 18 2007, 08:51:08) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
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>>> import serial

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in <module>
    import serial
  File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\serial\__init__.py", line 13, in <module>
    from serialwin32 import *
  File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\serial\serialwin32.py", line 9, in <module>
    import win32file  # The base COM port and file IO functions.
ImportError: No module named win32file
>>>

[Reply #1 on:]

You need the win32all extension - see https://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/ for downloads.
Joe

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i know this is probably pretty stupid but where do I extract that into?

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Well I installed pyserial and I am still getting this:
>>> import serial

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#6>", line 1, in <module>
    import serial
  File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\serial\__init__.py", line 13, in <module>
    from serialwin32 import *
  File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\serial\serialwin32.py", line 9, in <module>
    import win32file  # The base COM port and file IO functions.
ImportError: No module named win32file

I just installed it via the .exe I can find it in C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\serial\
I then started python and entered
import serial
and that's where I am at

I using Python 2.5 under XP.

I know I am probably asking something like "how do I turn the lights on" while I am standing next to the light switch but I just can't get it to work.
Thanks in advance.

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Ok I got the win32api package now (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=78018)
so now I can import serial, but I am getting this:

 ser = serial.Serial('/dev/tty.usbserial',9600)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#2>", line 1, in <module>
    ser = serial.Serial('/dev/tty.usbserial',9600)
  File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\serial\serialutil.py", line 156, in __init__
    self.open()
  File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\serial\serialwin32.py", line 55, in open
    raise SerialException("could not open port: %s" % msg)
SerialException: could not open port: (3, 'CreateFile', 'The system cannot find the path specified.')

I guess I am making some progress but any help would be appreciated.

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holly **** batman it worked.
Well it took me a while but here is how it worked

after installing pyserial and win32api
>>> import serial
>>> ser = serial.Serial(6) //6 is the usb port that the arduino is plugged into
>>> ser.write('H')//got my LED to blink

Well praised be the internet and thanks to all the people that helped them. I hope this helps guys like me when they stumble across this problem.