# How to listen serial data without interruption

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-listen-serial-data-without-interruption/15709>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [October 19, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-listen-serial-data-without-interruption/15709 "2017-10-19T00:36:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-listen-serial-data-without-interruption/15709/2 "2017-10-19T14:40:36Z")

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This is actually a rather challenging task, requiring a background thread constantly listening to the serial port. You might find inspiration in this example: [clientserial.py](https://www.automation-pros.com/ignition/clientserial.py).

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