title: Python pyserial - windows error (2)
body: <p>I'm trying to use the pyserial library to connect my arduino to python, but I keep getting an error. I have my arduino connected and the serial for the arduino program is not running. I keep getting this error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "&lt;pyshell#0&gt;", line 1, in &lt;module&gt;
      j = arduino()
    File "C:\Users\Dhruv and Anuj\Documents\Dhruv K. Patel\Python Files\bitSnake_source\bitSnake\glove_input.py", line 9, in __init__
      ser = serial.Serial(port, 9600)
    File "C:\Python32\lib\site-packages\serial\serialwin32.py", line 38, in __init__
      SerialBase.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
    File "C:\Python32\lib\site-packages\serial\serialutil.py", line 282, in __init__
      self.open()
    File "C:\Python32\lib\site-packages\serial\serialwin32.py", line 66, in open
      raise SerialException("could not open port %r: %r" % (self.portstr, ctypes.WinError()))
  serial.serialutil.SerialException: could not open port 'COM1': WindowsError(2, 'The system cannot find the file specified.')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here's my arduino code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>int speed = 10;
  
  const int thumb = 2;
  const int index = 3;
  const int middle = 4;
  const int ring = 5;
  const int pinky = 6;
  
  String out;
  
  
  void setup(){
    pinMode(thumb,INPUT);
    pinMode(index,INPUT);
    pinMode(middle,INPUT);
    pinMode(ring,INPUT);
    pinMode(pinky,INPUT);
    Serial.begin(9600);
  }
  
  void loop(){
    boolean repeat = true;
    if(repeat == true){
      if(digitalRead(thumb) == HIGH){
        Serial.write(1);
        Serial.println(1);
        repeat = false;
      }
      if(digitalRead(index) == HIGH){
        Serial.write(2);
        Serial.println(2);
        repeat = false;
      }
      if(digitalRead(middle) == HIGH){
        Serial.write(3);
        Serial.println(3);
        repeat = false;
      }
      if(digitalRead(ring) == HIGH){
        Serial.write(4);
        Serial.println(4);
        repeat = false;
      }
      if(digitalRead(pinky) == HIGH){
        Serial.write(5);
        Serial.println(5);
        repeat = false;
      }
    }
    if(repeat == true){
      Serial.write(0);
      Serial.println(0);
    }
    delay(10);
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And my python code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>import serial
  from serial import *
  port = 0
  
  class arduino:
  
      def __init__(self):
          #serial.tools.list_ports()
          ser = serial.Serial(port, 9600)
          self.port = str(port)
  
      def read(self):
  
          return ser.readline()
  
      def close(self):
  
          ser.close()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any help would be great, thanks!!</p>