new_contents: import serial
  import sys
  import glob
       
  
  def serial_ports():
      """ Lists serial port names
  
          :raises EnvironmentError:
              On unsupported or unknown platforms
          :returns:
              A list of the serial ports available on the system
      """
      if sys.platform.startswith('win'):
          ports = ['COM%s' % (i + 1) for i in range(256)]
      elif sys.platform.startswith('linux') or sys.platform.startswith('cygwin'):
          # this excludes your current terminal "/dev/tty"
          ports = glob.glob('/dev/tty[A-Za-z]*')
      elif sys.platform.startswith('darwin'):
          ports = glob.glob('/dev/tty.*')
      else:
          raise EnvironmentError('Unsupported platform')
  
      result = []
      for port in ports:
          try:
              s = serial.Serial(port)
              s.close()
              result.append(port)
          except (OSError, serial.SerialException):
              pass
      return result
  
  
  #print "-----------------"
  #print serial_ports()
  #print "-----------------"
  
  
  
  #ser = serial.Serial(device, baud, timeout=0)
  #ser.nonblocking()
  #print 'Opened %s, baud %d' % (device, baud)
  
  #ser.write('\r\n!\r\necho off\r\n')
  #time.sleep(1)
  #serial.flushInput()
  
  
  def sendCommandsFromUser():
      #for baud in (9600, 19200, 38400, 57600):
      for baud in (9600,):
          print "baud:", baud
          #ser = serial.Serial('/dev/tty.usbmodem12341', 19200, timeout=1)  # open serial
          ser = serial.Serial('/dev/tty.usbmodem12341', baud, timeout=1)  # open serial
          print(ser.name)         # check which port was really used
          ser.nonblocking()
  
          # loop to collect input
          while(True):
              s = raw_input()
              print "string:", s
              ser.write(s + "\r\n")     # write a string
              #ser.write(s)
              ser.flush()
  
              while ser.in_waiting > 0:
                  print "read:", ser.read()
  
          ser.close()
  
  
  
  def sendCommand():
  
      baud1 = 9600
      print "baud:", baud1
      #ser = serial.Serial('/dev/tty.usbmodem12341', 19200, timeout=1)  # open serial
      ser = serial.Serial('/dev/tty.usbmodem12341', baud1, timeout=1)  # open serial
      print(ser.name)         # check which port was really used
      ser.nonblocking()
  
      # loop to collect input
      s = "f"
      print "string:", s
      ser.write(s + "\r\n")     # write a string
      #ser.write(s)
      ser.flush()
  
      while ser.in_waiting > 0:
          print "read:", ser.read()
  
      ser.close()
  
  
  sendCommand()
  
  
  
subject: send to serial test