TannerRayMartin · December 28, 2017 11:47 · Dec 28, 2017
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+__author__ = 'Tanner Ray Martin'
+
+#this is for python 3, for python 2: change input to raw_input
+import serial
+
+#serial is the main module used and needs to be installed
+
+import time
+
+'''
+I have a cisco 2960-s series switch hooked up to a laptop through a serial port so think of 'ser' as 'switch'
+'''
+
+#creating your serial object
+ser = serial.Serial(
+    port = 'COM3', #COM is on windows, linux is different
+    baudrate=9600, #many different baudrates are available
+    parity='N',    #no idea
+    stopbits=1,
+    bytesize=8,
+    timeout=8      #8 seconds seems to be a good timeout, may need to be increased
+    )
+
+#open your serial object
+ser.isOpen()
+
+#in this case it returns str COM3
+print(ser.name)
+
+#first command (hitting enter)
+command = '\r\n'
+
+#convert str to binary (commands sent to switch must be binary)
+command = str.encode(command)
+
+#send the command to the switch
+ser.write(command)
+
+#wait a sec
+time.sleep(0.5)
+ser.inWaiting()
+
+#get the response from the switch
+input_data = ser.read(225) #(how many bytes to limit to read)
+
+#convert binary to str
+input_data = input_data.decode("utf-8", "ignore")
+
+#print response
+print(input_data)
+
+#create a loop
+while 1:
+    #enter your own command
+    command = input(':: ') 
+
+    #type 'exit' to end serial session with the switch
+    if command == 'exit':
+        ser.close()
+        exit()
+
+    else:
+        #convert command to binary
+        command = str.encode(command + '\r\n')
+
+        #send command
+        ser.write(command)
+
+        #set response variable (empty binary str)
+        out = b''
+
+        #take a short nap
+        time.sleep(.5)
+
+        #while response is happening (timeout hasnt expired)
+        while ser.inWaiting() > 0:
+
+            #trying to read one line at a time (100 bytes at a time)
+            out = ser.readline(100)
+
+            #converting response to str
+            out = out.decode("utf-8", "ignore")
+
+            #printing response if not empty
+            if out != '':
+                print(out)
+
+            #repeat until timeout
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