#!/usr/bin/python import serial, string output = " " ser = serial.Serial('/dev/ttyUSB1', 9600, 8, 'N', 1, timeout=1) while True: while output != "": output = ser.read(4) print len(output) try: print int(output) except ValueError: print ":".join("{:02x}".format(ord(c)) for c in output) print output output = " "