Best approach and methods for serial communication (Python)

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Hi,
I am currently trying to create a simple instrument which opens a Serial connection to a specific COM port and baudrate. I am currently attempting to open the connection using PySerial, but I suspect it is not the best approach for OpenTap development.

Is there a way to do this with the “built-in” .Net/C# package interfaces?

If not, then let’s say I have a ComPort property(String, "COM3") from which I want to extract the value to enable in a
ser = serial.Serial()
connection as
ser.port = *extract*(ComPort)
Would there be a way to do this?

I am developing the Instrument in Python.

Any help is much appreciated!

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.NET supports serial ports. Here’s some pseudocode:

using System.IO.Ports;

var port = new SerialPort();

// here you should set the port's properties, like PortName, BaudRate, Parity, DataBits, StopBits, Handshake, ReadTimeout, WriteTimeout, etc.

port.Open();

port.Write("some command");
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I am using this approach but having issue setting the Handshake. As its a type and not sure how to typecast.

Br.
Martin