serial.tools.list_ports_posix Namespace Reference

Functions
def	popen
def	read_line
def	re_group
def	usb_sysfs_hw_string
def	usb_lsusb_string
def	describe
def	hwinfo
def	comports

Variables
tuple	plat = sys.platform.lower()

Function Documentation

def serial.tools.list_ports_posix.comports

(

)

scan for available ports. return a list of device names.

Definition at line 120 of file list_ports_posix.py.

def serial.tools.list_ports_posix.describe

(

device

)

\
Get a human readable description.
For USB-Serial devices try to run lsusb to get a human readable description.
For USB-CDC devices read the description from sysfs.

Definition at line 82 of file list_ports_posix.py.

def serial.tools.list_ports_posix.hwinfo

(

device

)

Try to get a HW identification using sysfs

Definition at line 100 of file list_ports_posix.py.

def serial.tools.list_ports_posix.popen

(

argv

)

Definition at line 9 of file list_ports_posix.py.

def serial.tools.list_ports_posix.re_group	(		regexp,
			text
	)

search for regexp in text, return 1st group on match

Definition at line 42 of file list_ports_posix.py.

def serial.tools.list_ports_posix.read_line

(

filename

)

help function to read a single line from a file. returns none

Definition at line 32 of file list_ports_posix.py.

def serial.tools.list_ports_posix.usb_lsusb_string

(

sysfs_path

)

Definition at line 66 of file list_ports_posix.py.

def serial.tools.list_ports_posix.usb_sysfs_hw_string

(

sysfs_path

)

given a path to a usb device in sysfs, return a string describing it

Definition at line 52 of file list_ports_posix.py.

Variable Documentation

tuple serial.tools.list_ports_posix.plat = sys.platform.lower()

Definition at line 30 of file list_ports_posix.py.