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  • Ron Jackson

    #1

    Pyserial example program error: win32file.SetupComm reports 'Incorrectfunction.'

    I am using Python 2.5 on Windows XP. I have installed Pyserial and
    win32all extensions.

    When I try to run the example program scan.py (included below), or any
    other program using pyserial, as soon as it hits the statement:

    s = serial.Serial(i )

    I get the error:

    Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "C:\Python25\Do c\PySerial Examples\scan.p y", line 26, in <module>
    for n,s in scan():
    File "C:\Python25\Do c\PySerial Examples\scan.p y", line 17, in scan
    s = serial.Serial(i )
    File "C:\Python25\Li b\site-packages\serial \serialutil.py" , line 156,
    in __init__
    self.open()
    File "C:\Python25\li b\site-packages\serial \serialwin32.py ", line 57,
    in open
    win32file.Setup Comm(self.hComP ort, 4096, 4096)
    error: (1, 'SetupComm', 'Incorrect function.')

    What do I need to do to fix this? Thanks for the help!

    -- Ron


    The example program scan.py (from the pyserial examples folder):
    -----------------------------------------------
    #!/usr/bin/env python
    """Scan for serial ports.
    Part of pySerial (http://pyserial.sf.net) (C)2002-2003 <cliechti@gmx.n et>

    The scan function of this module tries to open each port number
    from 0 to 255 and it builds a list of those ports where this was
    successful.
    """

    import serial

    def scan():
    """scan for available ports. return a list of tuples (num, name)"""
    available = []
    for i in range(256):
    try:
    s = serial.Serial(i )
    available.appen d( (i, s.portstr))
    s.close() #explicit close 'cause of delayed GC in java
    except serial.SerialEx ception:
    pass
    return available

    if __name__=='__ma in__':
    print "Found ports:"
    for n,s in scan():
    print "(%d) %s" % (n,s)
  • Ron Jackson

    #2
    Re: Pyserial example program error: win32file.Setup Comm reports'Incorre ct function.'

    Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
    On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:14:39 -0800, Ron Jackson
    <Ron@Fascinatin gElectronics.co mdeclaimed the following in
    comp.lang.pytho n:
    >
    >
    >>I am using Python 2.5 on Windows XP. I have installed Pyserial and
    >>win32all extensions.
    >>
    >
    2.4 on XP Pro SP2...
    >
    >
    >>When I try to run the example program scan.py (included below), or any
    >>other program using pyserial, as soon as it hits the statement:
    >>
    >>s = serial.Serial(i )
    >>
    >
    >
    >>>>import serial
    >>>>for i in range(256):
    >
    ... try:
    ... print i,
    ... s = serial.Serial(i )
    ... print s.portstr
    ... s.close()
    ... except serial.SerialEx ception:
    ... print
    ...
    0 COM1
    1
    2 COM3
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10
    11
    and on and on...
    >
    >
    >>What do I need to do to fix this? Thanks for the help!
    >
    >
    Does the serial port module require a compile for use with 2.5?
    Well, with only one download since Python 2.2, guess not...
    >
    Something glitched in win32? Sorry, I don't know... However, since
    those are Python source files, you could always plug in some debugging
    lines around that win32 call to see what actually is there. Do you have
    any unnatural serial ports on the machine? (Like a USB<>serial
    converter?)
    Trying your program, I get the same error 'Incorrect function.':

    Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "<pyshell#9 >", line 4, in <module>
    s = serial.Serial(i )
    File "C:\Python25\Li b\site-packages\serial \serialutil.py" , line 156, in __init__
    self.open()
    File "C:\Python25\li b\site-packages\serial \serialwin32.py ", line 57, in open
    win32file.Setup Comm(self.hComP ort, 4096, 4096)
    error: (1, 'SetupComm', 'Incorrect function.')


    I tried PySerial on a laptop, also running XP Home SP2, and both the example
    program and the program you suggested work fine on the laptop.

    The desktop computer that is giving me the error doesn't have any unnatural
    serial ports on it currently. The laptop worked fine, either with a USB device
    emulating COMM6 present or with the USB device disconnected.

    I checked and both machines are running the same version of win32file, which is
    site-packages\win32\ win32file.pyd, 88 KB dated 9/22/2006.

    So my question is:

    Why would the statement win32file.Setup Comm(self.hComP ort, 4096, 4096)

    work just fine on one machine and not the other?

    win32file.pyd can't be opened like a .py file, and I don't know what the rather
    cryptic error 'Incorrect function.' is trying to tell me. Does anyone who is
    familiar with win32file have an idea what the problem is?

    Thanks for the help!

    -- Ron

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    • hg

      #3
      Re: Pyserial example program error: win32file.Setup Comm reports 'Incorrect function.'

      Ron Jackson wrote:
      Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
      >On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:14:39 -0800, Ron Jackson
      ><Ron@Fascinati ngElectronics.c omdeclaimed the following in
      >comp.lang.pyth on:
      >>
      >>
      >>>I am using Python 2.5 on Windows XP. I have installed Pyserial and
      >>>win32all extensions.
      >>>
      >>
      >2.4 on XP Pro SP2...
      >>
      >>
      >>>When I try to run the example program scan.py (included below), or any
      >>>other program using pyserial, as soon as it hits the statement:
      >>>
      >>>s = serial.Serial(i )
      >>>
      >>
      >>
      >>>>>import serial
      >>>>>for i in range(256):
      >>
      >... try:
      >... print i,
      >... s = serial.Serial(i )
      >... print s.portstr
      >... s.close()
      >... except serial.SerialEx ception:
      >... print
      >...
      >0 COM1
      >1
      >2 COM3
      >3
      >4
      >5
      >6
      >7
      >8
      >9
      >10
      >11
      >and on and on...
      >>
      >>
      >>>What do I need to do to fix this? Thanks for the help!
      >>
      >>
      >Does the serial port module require a compile for use with 2.5?
      >Well, with only one download since Python 2.2, guess not...
      >>
      >Something glitched in win32? Sorry, I don't know... However, since
      >those are Python source files, you could always plug in some debugging
      >lines around that win32 call to see what actually is there. Do you have
      >any unnatural serial ports on the machine? (Like a USB<>serial
      >converter?)
      >
      Trying your program, I get the same error 'Incorrect function.':
      >
      Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<pyshell#9 >", line 4, in <module>
      s = serial.Serial(i )
      File "C:\Python25\Li b\site-packages\serial \serialutil.py" , line 156, in
      __init__
      self.open()
      File "C:\Python25\li b\site-packages\serial \serialwin32.py ", line 57, in
      open
      win32file.Setup Comm(self.hComP ort, 4096, 4096)
      error: (1, 'SetupComm', 'Incorrect function.')
      >
      >
      I tried PySerial on a laptop, also running XP Home SP2, and both the
      example program and the program you suggested work fine on the laptop.
      >
      The desktop computer that is giving me the error doesn't have any
      unnatural serial ports on it currently. The laptop worked fine, either
      with a USB device emulating COMM6 present or with the USB device
      disconnected.
      >
      I checked and both machines are running the same version of win32file,
      which is site-packages\win32\ win32file.pyd, 88 KB dated 9/22/2006.
      >
      So my question is:
      >
      Why would the statement win32file.Setup Comm(self.hComP ort, 4096, 4096)
      >
      work just fine on one machine and not the other?
      >
      win32file.pyd can't be opened like a .py file, and I don't know what the
      rather cryptic error 'Incorrect function.' is trying to tell me. Does
      anyone who is familiar with win32file have an idea what the problem is?
      >
      Thanks for the help!
      >
      -- Ron

      I am now facing your problem ... on a machine that used to work fine.

      Have you figured it out ?

      Could it be a conflict between pyserial and pywin32 ?

      hg


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      • hg

        #4
        Re: Pyserial example program error: win32file.Setup Comm reports 'Incorrect function.'

        Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
        On Sat, 07 Apr 2007 11:36:05 +0200, hg <hg@nospam.orgd eclaimed the
        following in comp.lang.pytho n:
        >
        >>
        >I am now facing your problem ... on a machine that used to work fine.
        >>
        >Have you figured it out ?
        >>
        >Could it be a conflict between pyserial and pywin32 ?
        >>
        >
        The test still runs on my system -- which is still running the
        ActiveState 2.4.3 build*... So that probably clears M$ of any
        malfeasance (via various and sundry patches).
        >
        The closest a google search came up with was someone trying to
        control a serial port printer getting failures on setupcomm (and /not/
        via Python). I think the gist was that any port except the one the
        printer was connected to was okay.
        >
        So... Is there some device connected to the port in question?
        Possibly a device that has a system level driver (ie, a Windows printer
        entry) that might be preventing changes...
        >
        >
        >
        >
        >
        * Too many 3rd-party modules still aren't available in 2.5 versions
        for my tastes...
        --
        Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber KD6MOG
        wlfraed@ix.netc om.com wulfraed@bestia ria.com

        (Bestiaria Support Staff: web-asst@bestiaria. com)
        HTTP://www.bestiaria.com/

        My fault,

        I actually _had_ the issue with python 2.4

        I removed everything and reinstalled python 2.4.4, pywin( lastest) and
        pyserial (latest) ... the problem is gone.

        hg



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