--- a/scannr.py
+++ b/scannr.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 import threading
 from pydispatch import dispatcher
 import wave
+import serial
+#python -m serial.tools.miniterm -p COM20 -e -b 115200 --cr
 
 filename = "demo.wav"
 MIN_LENGTH = 90000
@@ -20,7 +22,9 @@
 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2559746/getting-error-while-converting-wav-to-amr-using-ffmpeg
 """
     print 'Worker for '+filename
-    
+    ser.write("GLG\r")   
+    line = ser.readline()   # read a '\n' terminated line
+    print line
     return
 
 def filenameMaker():
@@ -45,8 +49,11 @@
 
 dispatcher.connect( filenameMaker, signal='SND_STARTED', sender=dispatcher.Any )
 dispatcher.connect( worker, signal='FILE_CREATED', sender=dispatcher.Any )
+
+ser = serial.Serial('COM20', 112500, timeout=1) 
+
 print "Scannr started..."
 while True:
     print "ready to record"
     record_to_async_file()
-    
+ser.close()