# Help needed to fix Serial in Python Mode

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/help-needed-to-fix-serial-in-python-mode/13431>\
**Category:** Processing.py\
**Created:** [August 17, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/help-needed-to-fix-serial-in-python-mode/13431 "2019-08-17T14:08:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![villares](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/villares/32/3166_2.png) [@villares](https://discourse.processing.org/u/villares)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/help-needed-to-fix-serial-in-python-mode/13431/1 "2019-08-17T14:08:40Z")

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I use Processing Python Mode in my classes, I really love this stuff. I also use Arduino with Firmata (Serial based) communication to integrate it with Processing.

Serial is broken in Python Mode for quite a while now (maybe a year?) and I’m looking for people who might be able to help with it:

> <https://github.com/jdf/Processing.py-Bugs/issues/245>

I have seen Python implementations of Firmata (pyFirmata) and Serial comms mentioned elsewhere, but I’m not sure I can make it work with Jython (Processing Python Mode).

Any ideas? Help!

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**Author:** ![villares](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/villares/32/3166_2.png) [@villares](https://discourse.processing.org/u/villares)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/help-needed-to-fix-serial-in-python-mode/13431/2 "2019-09-16T15:53:04Z")

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Looks like it’s working again!

(there is this issue on Win64 still: [https://github.com/jdf/Processing.py-Bugs/issues/227](https://github.com/jdf/Processing.py-Bugs/issues/227))