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Python Socket with Multiprocessing and Pickle issue

I am having a Pickle issue with SSL client to server communication using multiprocessing.
I have an SSL client that connects to the server:
SSLClient.py
import socket
import struct
import ssl
import copyreg
from os import path
import socket
import os
from pathlib import Path
from loguru import logger as log
from utils.misc import read_py_config
from datetime import datetime
from cryptography.fernet import Fernet
fernetkey = '1234567'
fernet = Fernet(fernetkey)
class SSLclient:
license = None
licenseencrypted = None
uuid = None
def __init__(self):
try:
path = Path(__file__).parent / "/lcl" #get unique license key
with path.open() as file:
self.licenseencrypted = file.read().rstrip()
self.license = fernet.decrypt(str.encode(self.licenseencrypted)).decode('ascii')
self.host, self.port = "127.0.0.1", 65416
except Exception as e:
log.error("Could not decode license key")
def connect(self):
self.client_crt = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'key/c-.crt')
self.client_key = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'key/ck-.key')
self.server_crt = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'key/s-.crt')
self.sni_hostname = "example.com"
self._context = ssl.create_default_context(ssl.Purpose.SERVER_AUTH, cafile=self.server_crt)
self._context.load_cert_chain(certfile=self.client_crt, keyfile=self.client_key)
self._sock = None
self._ssock = None
## ---- Client Communication Setup ----
HOST = self.host # The server's hostname or IP address
PORT = self.port # The port used by the server
try:
self._sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
self._ssock = self._context.wrap_socket(self._sock, server_side=False, server_hostname=self.sni_hostname)
self._ssock.connect((HOST, PORT))
log.info("Socket successfully created")
except socket.error as err:
log.error("socket creation failed with error %s" %(err))
return False
log.info('Waiting for connection')
return True
def closesockconnection(self):
self._ssock.close()
def checkvalidsite(self):
#check if site is active
jsonobj = {
"uuid": self.license,
"ipaddress" : self.external_ip,
"req": "checkvalidsite"
}
send_msg(self._ssock, json.dumps(jsonobj).encode('utf-8'))
active = False
while True:
Response = recv_msg(self._ssock)
if not Response:
return False
if Response is not None:
Response = Response.decode('utf-8')
Response = json.loads(Response)
req = Response['req']
if req == "checkvalidsite":
active = Response['active']
self.info1 = Response['info1']
self.info2 = Response['info2']
return active
# ---- To Avoid Message Boundary Problem on top of TCP protocol ----
def send_msg(sock: socket, msg): # ---- Use this to send
try:
# Prefix each message with a 4-byte length (network byte order)
msg = struct.pack('>I', len(msg)) + msg
sock.sendall(msg)
except Exception as e:
log.error("Sending message " + str(e))
def recv_msg(sock: socket): # ---- Use this to receive
try:
# Read message length and unpack it into an integer
raw_msglen = recvall(sock, 4)
if not raw_msglen:
return None
msglen = struct.unpack('>I', raw_msglen)[0]
# Read the message data
return recvall(sock, msglen)
except Exception as e:
log.error("Receiving message " + str(e))
return False
def recvall(sock: socket, n: int):
try:
# Helper function to receive n bytes or return None if EOF is hit
data = bytearray()
while len(data) < n:
packet = sock.recv(n - len(data))
if not packet:
return None
data.extend(packet)
return data
except Exception as e:
log.error("Receiving all message " + str(e))
raise Exception(e)
I then have a server that is Multithreaded and accepts the connection and communicates with the client.
Server.py
import socket
import os
from socket import AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, SO_REUSEADDR, SOL_SOCKET, SHUT_RDWR
import ssl
from os import path
from _thread import *
import struct # Here to convert Python data types into byte streams (in string) and back
import traceback
from threading import Thread
import json
import mysql.connector as mysql
import time
from loguru import logger as log
import threading
from cryptography.fernet import Fernet
fernetkey = '12213423423'
fernet = Fernet(fernetkey)
threadLocal = threading.local()
# ---- To Avoid Message Boundary Problem on top of TCP protocol ----
def send_msg(sock: socket, msg): # ---- Use this to send
try:
# Prefix each message with a 4-byte length (network byte order)
msg = struct.pack('>I', len(msg)) + msg
sock.sendall(msg)
except Exception as e:
log.error("Error send_msg " + str(e))
def recv_msg(sock: socket): # ---- Use this to receive
try:
# Read message length and unpack it into an integer
raw_msglen = recvall(sock, 4)
if not raw_msglen:
return None
msglen = struct.unpack('>I', raw_msglen)[0]
# Read the message data
return recvall(sock, msglen)
except Exception as e:
log.error("Receiving message " + str(e))
return False
def recvall(sock: socket, n: int):
try:
# Helper function to receive n bytes or return None if EOF is hit
data = bytearray()
while len(data) < n:
packet = sock.recv(n - len(data))
if not packet:
return None
data.extend(packet)
return data
except Exception as e:
log.error("Receiving all message " + str(e))
raise Exception(e)
# ---- Server Communication Setup
class Newclient:
def __init__(self):
self.addr = None
self.conn = None
self.uuid = None
class Server:
def __init__(self):
self.HOST = '127.0.0.1' # Standard loopback interface address (localhost)
self.PORT = 65416 # Port to listen on (non-privileged ports are > 1023)
self.ThreadCount = 0
self.threads = []
self.sock = None
def checkvalidsite(self, uuid, ipaddress, cursor, db_connection):
sql = "select * from myexample where uuid ='" + uuid + "'"
cursor.execute(sql)
results = cursor.fetchall()
active = False
for row in results:
active = row["active"]
siteid = row["info1"]
clientid = row["info2"]
return active, siteid, clientid
def Serverthreaded_client(self, newclient):
conn = newclient.conn
try:
while True:
# data = conn.recv(2048) # receive message from client
data = recv_msg(conn)
uuid = None
ipaddress = None
req = None
if not data :
return False
if data is not None:
data = json.loads(data.decode('utf-8'))
uuid = data['uuid']
req = data['req']
if uuid is not None and req is not None:
newclient.uuid = uuid
cursor, db_connection = setupDBConnection()
if req == "checkvalidsite":
ipaddress = data['ipaddress']
active, info1, info2 = self.checkvalidsite(uuid, ipaddress, cursor, db_connection)
data = {
"req": "checkvalidsite",
"uuid": uuid,
"active": active,
"info1" : info1,
"info2" : info2
}
if not data:
break
# conn.sendall(str.encode(reply))
send_msg(conn, json.dumps(data).encode('utf-8'))
log.info("Server response sent")
#conn.close()
closeDBConnection(cursor, db_connection)
else:
#send no message
a=1
except Exception as e:
log.warning(str(e))
log.warning(traceback.format_exc())
finally:
log.info("UUID Closing connection")
conn.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
conn.close()
#conn.close()
def Serverconnect(self):
try: # create socket
self.server_cert = path.join(path.dirname(__file__), "keys/server.crt")
self.server_key = path.join(path.dirname(__file__), "keys/server.key")
self.client_cert = path.join(path.dirname(__file__), "keys/client.crt")
self._context = ssl.create_default_context(ssl.Purpose.CLIENT_AUTH)
self._context.verify_mode = ssl.CERT_REQUIRED
###self._context.load_cert_chain(self.server_cert, self.server_key)
self._context.load_cert_chain(certfile=self.server_cert, keyfile=self.server_key)
###self._context.load_verify_locations(self.client_cert)
self._context.load_verify_locations(cafile=self.client_cert)
self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM, 0) ###<-- socket.socket() ???
log.info("Socket successfully created")
except socket.error as err:
log.warning("socket creation failed with error %s" %(err))
try: # bind socket to an address
self.sock.bind((self.HOST, self.PORT))
except socket.error as e:
log.warning(str(e))
log.info('Waiting for a Connection..')
self.sock.listen(3)
def Serverwaitforconnection(self):
while True:
Client, addr = self.sock.accept()
conn = self._context.wrap_socket(Client, server_side=True)
log.info('Connected to: ' + addr[0] + ':' + str(addr[1]))
log.info("SSL established. Peer: {}".format(conn.getpeercert()))
newclient = Newclient()
newclient.addr = addr
newclient.conn = conn
thread = Thread(target=self.Serverthreaded_client, args =(newclient, ))
thread.start()
self.threads.append(newclient)
self.ThreadCount += 1
log.info('Thread Number: ' + str(self.ThreadCount))
def startserver():
server = Server()
server.Serverconnect()
server.Serverwaitforconnection()
serverthread = Thread(target=startserver)
serverthread.daemon = False
serverthread.start()
The server accepts the connection with SSL then waits for a message. It investigates the message command, executes the respective function and returns the data from the database as a response (checkvalidsite in this example).
All good so far (as far as I can tell).
I also have the main program that calls the SSLClient and connects.
Main program
remoteclient = SSLclient()
successfulconnection = remoteclient.connect()
siteactive = remoteclient.checkvalidsite()
So far all is well. However I also have the main program reading in frames from multiple cameras. Can be 20 cameras for example. In order to do this I created multiprocessing to deal with the camera load. Each camera or two cameras per, are assigned to a processor (depending on the number of cores in the machine).
(code below has been stripped out to simplify reading)
x = range(3, 6)
for n in x:
processes = multiprocessing.Process(target=activateMainProgram, args=(queue1, queue2, queue3, queue4, remoteclient, ))
processes.start()
When I try pass the remoteclient (SSLClient) as an argument I get the error:
cannot pickle 'SSLContext' object
I then (after reading online) added the code to the SSLClient:
def save_sslcontext(obj):
return obj.__class__, (obj.protocol,)
copyreg.pickle(ssl.SSLContext, save_sslcontext)
but then I get the error:
cannot pickle 'SSLContext' object
There are 2 options I experimented with:
Trying to get the pickle working (which would be ideal) as the processes themselves each need to communicate with the server. So the processes need to call functions from the SSLClient file. But I cannot get over the pickle issue and can't find a solution online
I then placed the remoteclient = SSLClient code outside the main function. Hoping it would run first and then be accessible to the processes. This worked, however what I learnt was that when a process is called (as it does not share memory) it reprocesses the entire file. Meaning if I have 10 processes each with 2 cameras then I would have 10 connections to the server (1 per process). This means on the server side I would also have 10 threads running each connection. Though it works, it seems significantly inefficient.
Being a noob and self taught in Python I am not sure how to resolve the issue and after 3 days, I figured I would reach out for assistance. If I could get assistance with the pickle issue of the SSLClient then I will have one connection that is shared with all processes and 1 thread in the server to deal with them.
P.s. I have cobbled all of the code together myself and being new to Python if you see that I am totally going down the wrong, incorrect, non-professional track, feel free to yell.
Much appreciated.
Update:
If I change the SSLClient code to:
def save_sslcontext(obj):
return obj.__class__, (obj.protocol,)
copyreg.pickle(ssl.SSLContext, save_sslcontext)
Then I get the error:
[WinError 10038] An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket
Not sure what is better..

pyserial doesn't accept port from script

I have a nice little script, which should give me the open serial port in def serial_port(): Which is '/dev/ttyACM0' as usual. However my next function def connect_phone(): doesn't accept this as an input (giving me an serial.serialutil.SerialException:, but only when its typed manually. Does anyone get whats the issue here?
the complete script is this:
import sys
import glob
import serial
import time
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
def connect_phone():
ser = serial.Serial("'"+serial_ports()[0]+"'", #'/dev/ttyACM0', (this is the problem here)
460800,
timeout=5,
xonxoff = False,
rtscts = False,
bytesize = serial.EIGHTBITS,
parity = serial.PARITY_NONE,
stopbits = serial.STOPBITS_ONE)
ser.write(bytes('AT+CGMI' + '\r\n'))
ser.timeout = 1
ser.write('AT+CGMM' + '\r\n')
ser.timeout = 1
time.sleep(2)
ser.write('AT+CNMI=?\r') #checks whether mobile phone can receive delivery reports
response = ser.read(999)
return response
print("'"+serial_ports()[0]+"'")
time.sleep(1)
print(connect_phone())

Opening 2 serial ports simultaneously in python (one tx one for rx)

I am making a throughput test for a bluetooth link, and I need to send data through a serial port to one bluetooth device which will then transport that data wirelessly to another bluetooth device. The other device will then complete the circuit by sending the data back to the host PC via a different serial port.
The problem seems to be when I attempt to open up 2 different instances of PySerial, the program simply hangs. I have isolated it down to running vs. hanging when I comment out one of the two serial port instantiations. Anyone see a problem with how I'm doing this? If so, what is the proper way to do this? See code below:
#/usr/bin/python
import serial
import time
import sys
DEFAULT_BAUD = 115200
SEND_SIZE = 100
def addPath(file):
pth, fl = os.path.split(__file__)
return os.path.join(pth, file)
def is_number(s):
try:
int(s, 16)
return True
except:
return False
class SerialReader():
def __init__(self, portRx, portTx):
self.portTx = portTx
self.portRx = portRx
self.start_time__sec = time.time()
self.interval__sec = 0
self.buffer = []
self.sendtext = ''.join([str(i) for i in range(SEND_SIZE)])
# send first batch of data
self.portTx.write(self.sendtext)
def didDataArrive(self):
# Read port
self.buffer.extend(list(self.portRx.read(1024)))
# Step through the buffer byte and byte and see if the tick text
# is at the front.
while len(self.buffer) >= len(self.sendtext):
if self.buffer[:len(self.sendtext)] == self.sendtext:
# Discard the tick text
self.buffer = self.buffer[len(self.sendtext):]
# Record time
snapshot__sec = time.time()
self.interval__sec = snapshot__sec - self.start_time__sec
self.start_time__sec = snapshot__sec
# send more data
self.portTx.write(self.sendtext)
return True
else:
self.buffer.pop(0)
return False
def main(port1, port2, baudrate1 = DEFAULT_BAUD, baudrate2 = DEFAULT_BAUD):
try:
import serial
except:
traceback.print_exc()
print "="*60
print "You need to install PySerial"
print "Windows: easy_install pyserial"
print "Mac/Linux: sudo easy_install pyserial"
try:
s1 = serial.Serial(port1, baudrate1, timeout = 0.1)
s2 = serial.Serial(port2, baudrate2, timeout = 0.1)
print "Loading serial ports"
except:
print "Serial port error"
exit()
plot_stop = False
dataread = SerialReader(s2, s1)
try:
while plot_stop == False:
if dataread.didDataArrive():
print dataread.interval__sec
except KeyboardInterrupt:
print "Keyboard Interrupt"
plot_stop = True
finally:
print "Closing"
s1.close()
s2.close()
if __name__ == '__main__':
if (len(sys.argv) < 3):
print "Usage: python extract_data.py phonelink_serialport phonelinkclient_serialport [baudrate1] [baudrate2]"
else:
main(*sys.argv[1:])
If I remove one of the following lines (doesn't matter which one), the python script runs (although it eventually crashes because in the code it eventually tries to reference both ports). If I leave these lines in, the program seems to just hang (it just seems to sit there and run indefinitely):
s1 = serial.Serial(port1, baudrate1, timeout = 0.1)
s2 = serial.Serial(port2, baudrate2, timeout = 0.1)

Exception IP6 has no attribute

I'm programming in python and i have a problem, indeed when i throw my script it end some seconds after when he detect an IP6 packet. Apparently i have to filter packets and take only IP4 packet to avoid this problem and i would like to know how can i use it with the library dpkt if possible as i started.
I tried something but i'm a beginner and it don't work as you can see in this line:
#Select Ipv4 packets because of problem with the .p in Ipv6
if ip.p == dpkt.ip6:
return`
The error encountered say: "AttributeError: 'IP6' object has no attribute 'p'". This is the traceback:
This is my code if you want to have a look :)
Thanks for your time :)
import pcapy
import dpkt
from threading import Thread
import re
import binascii
liste=[]
listip=[]
piece_request_handshake = re.compile('13426974546f7272656e742070726f746f636f6c(?P<reserved>\w{8})(?P<info_hash>\w{20})(?P<peer_id>\w{20})')
piece_request_tcpclose = re.compile('(?P<start>\w{12})5011')
class PieceRequestSniffer(Thread):
def __init__(self, dev='eth0'):
Thread.__init__(self)
self.expr = 'udp or tcp'
self.maxlen = 65535 # max size of packet to capture
self.promiscuous = 1 # promiscuous mode?
self.read_timeout = 100 # in milliseconds
self.max_pkts = -1 # number of packets to capture; -1 => no limit
self.active = True
self.p = pcapy.open_live(dev, self.maxlen, self.promiscuous, self.read_timeout)
self.p.setfilter(self.expr)
#staticmethod
def cb(hdr, data):
eth = dpkt.ethernet.Ethernet(str(data))
ip = eth.data
#Select only TCP protocols
if ip.p == dpkt.ip.IP_PROTO_TCP:
tcp = ip.data
#Select Ipv4 packets because of problem with the .p in Ipv6
if ip.p == dpkt.ip6:
return
else:
try:
#Return hexadecimal representation
hex_data = binascii.hexlify(tcp.data)
except:
return
handshake = piece_request_handshake.findall(hex_data)
if handshake:
print "-----------handsheck filtered-------------"
liste.append(handshake)
print "\n"
#for element in zip(liste,"123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"):
# print(element)
def stop(self):
self.active = False
def run(self):
while self.active:
self.p.dispatch(0, PieceRequestSniffer.cb)
sniffer = PieceRequestSniffer()
sniffer.start()

Finally i found the good way to do it, the line is not:
if ip.p == dpkt.ip6:
return
But:
if eth.type == dpkt.ethernet.ETH_TYPE_IP6:
return

How do I recover from a serialException using pySerial

I have an application that reads and transmits data to a device connected via USB. I'm using pySerial to facilitate this communication. Everything works fine until the USB cable is unplugged from the PC and an exception is thrown. Once the cable is plugged back in, I can't seem to recover and reconnect to my device. The only way for me to recover is to close down the application and unplug and plug the cable in again. Any help in understanding what's going on would be much appreciated.
This is basic test code that I'm useing to help me understand the process.
# Class used to communicate with USB Dongle
import serial
import time
import sys
class LPort:
def __init__(self, port=0):
"initialize the LPort class"
self.error = ""
self.traffic = ""
self.dest = None
if port == None:
self.simulation = True
else:
self.simulation = False
self.port = port # serial port we should use
self.reset()
self.time = time.time()
def reInit(self):
self.close()
def reset(self):
"flush port, reset the LPort, initialize LPort"
if self.simulation:
r = "LPort simulator"
else:
self.port.flushInput()
self.port.flushOutput()
self.fail = False
self.command("/H1")
self.dest = None
r = "reset"
self.error = ""
self.traffic = ""
return r
def status(self):
"return accumulated status info, reset collection"
s = self.error
self.error = ""
return s
def data(self):
"return accumulated traffic data, reset collection"
s = self.traffic
self.traffic = ""
return s
def set_dest(self, addr):
"set the destination address (if necessary)"
if addr != self.dest:
self.dest = addr
self.command("/O")
r = self.command("/D%02X" % addr)
if r != "*":
self.dest = None
self.error += r
else:
r = True
return r
def checksum(self, bytes):
"calculate the CRC-8 checksum for the given packet"
crc_table = [
# this table is taken from the CP rectifier code
0x00,0x07,0x0E,0x09,0x1C,0x1B,0x12,0x15,0x38,0x3F,
0x36,0x31,0x24,0x23,0x2A,0x2D,0x70,0x77,0x7E,0x79,
0x6C,0x6B,0x62,0x65,0x48,0x4F,0x46,0x41,0x54,0x53,
0x5A,0x5D,0xE0,0xE7,0xEE,0xE9,0xFC,0xFB,0xF2,0xF5,
0xD8,0xDF,0xD6,0xD1,0xC4,0xC3,0xCA,0xCD,0x90,0x97,
0x9E,0x99,0x8C,0x8B,0x82,0x85,0xA8,0xAF,0xA6,0xA1,
0xB4,0xB3,0xBA,0xBD,0xC7,0xC0,0xC9,0xCE,0xDB,0xDC,
0xD5,0xD2,0xFF,0xF8,0xF1,0xF6,0xE3,0xE4,0xED,0xEA,
0xB7,0xB0,0xB9,0xBE,0xAB,0xAC,0xA5,0xA2,0x8F,0x88,
0x81,0x86,0x93,0x94,0x9D,0x9A,0x27,0x20,0x29,0x2E,
0x3B,0x3C,0x35,0x32,0x1F,0x18,0x11,0x16,0x03,0x04,
0x0D,0x0A,0x57,0x50,0x59,0x5E,0x4B,0x4C,0x45,0x42,
0x6F,0x68,0x61,0x66,0x73,0x74,0x7D,0x7A,0x89,0x8E,
0x87,0x80,0x95,0x92,0x9B,0x9C,0xB1,0xB6,0xBF,0xB8,
0xAD,0xAA,0xA3,0xA4,0xF9,0xFE,0xF7,0xF0,0xE5,0xE2,
0xEB,0xEC,0xC1,0xC6,0xCF,0xC8,0xDD,0xDA,0xD3,0xD4,
0x69,0x6E,0x67,0x60,0x75,0x72,0x7B,0x7C,0x51,0x56,
0x5F,0x58,0x4D,0x4A,0x43,0x44,0x19,0x1E,0x17,0x10,
0x05,0x02,0x0B,0x0C,0x21,0x26,0x2F,0x28,0x3D,0x3A,
0x33,0x34,0x4E,0x49,0x40,0x47,0x52,0x55,0x5C,0x5B,
0x76,0x71,0x78,0x7F,0x6A,0x6D,0x64,0x63,0x3E,0x39,
0x30,0x37,0x22,0x25,0x2C,0x2B,0x06,0x01,0x08,0x0F,
0x1A,0x1D,0x14,0x13,0xAE,0xA9,0xA0,0xA7,0xB2,0xB5,
0xBC,0xBB,0x96,0x91,0x98,0x9F,0x8A,0x8D,0x84,0x83,
0xDE,0xD9,0xD0,0xD7,0xC2,0xC5,0xCC,0xCB,0xE6,0xE1,
0xE8,0xEF,0xFA,0xFD,0xF4,0xF3]
for i in range(len(bytes)):
b = int(bytes[i])
if i == 0: chksum = crc_table[b]
else: chksum = crc_table[chksum ^ b]
return chksum
def command(self, cmd):
"transmit distinct commands to unit, and accept response"
if self.simulation:
r = "*"
else:
try:
self.port.write(cmd + chr(13))
except serial.serialutil.SerialTimeoutException:
r = "/TO"
return r
except:
print "Unexpected error:", sys.exc_info()[0]
r = "/Unknown"
return r
r = ""
eol = False
while True:
c = self.port.read(1)
if not c:
r = "/FAIL " + r + " " + cmd
self.error = r
break
else:
r += c
ordc = ord(c)
if ordc == 13 or ordc == 42:
break
return r
def checkRawDataForErrors(self, raw, errors = []):
errorCodes = {'/SNA':'Slave Not Acknowledging',
'/I81':'Busy, Command Ignored',
'/I88':'Connection Not Open',
'/I89':'Invalid Command Argument',
'/I8A':'Transmit Not Active',
'/I8F':'Invalid Command',
'/I90':'Buffer Overflow',
'/DAT':'Data Error',
'/BADPEC':'Bad PEC Value',
'/NO_MRC':'No Master Read Complete Signal',
'/FAIL':'General Failure',
'/LEN':'Data Length Error'}
for ekey, eval in errorCodes.items():
if ekey in raw:
errors.append(eval)
return errors
# self-testing module
if __name__ == "__main__":
com = serial.Serial(port=4, baudrate=115200, timeout=1, xonxoff=0)
if com:
port = LPort(com)
print port
time.sleep(5)
port = LPort(com)
print "/V =", port.command("/V")
print "/V", port.data(), port.status()
print "/O =", port.command("/O")
print "/O", port.data(), port.status()
print "/A =", port.command("/A")
print "/A", port.data(), port.status()
print "/L =", port.command("/L")
print "/L", port.data(), port.status()
com.close()
else:
print "cannot open com port"
UPDATE:
The following is the code around the creatfile() in serialwin32.py which returns the following message:
serial.serialutil.SerialException: could not open port COM5: [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified.
self.hComPort = win32.CreateFile(port,
win32.GENERIC_READ | win32.GENERIC_WRITE,
0, # exclusive access
None, # no security
win32.OPEN_EXISTING,
win32.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL | win32.FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED,
0)
if self.hComPort == win32.INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE:
self.hComPort = None # 'cause __del__ is called anyway
raise SerialException("could not open port %s: %s" % (self.portstr, ctypes.WinError()))

Assuming your device is well-behaved, all you must do is this:
close your serial port (serial.Serial instance)
find the COMX name of your port again
open the serial port
The 2nd part is problematic because Windows tries to be clever. In your case the following happens:
USB device is connected and is assigned name COM2
Your program opens the device
USB disconnects
USB reconnects quickly before your program noticed that device died
Windows sees that COM2 is busy and assigns a different name to this USB device
(optional) your program closes the device
your program tries to open COM2 again, but there's no hardware at that name
The are way to get around Windows being clever -- you can specifically assign fixed COMX name to this device in Device Manager, COM ports, your port, advanced options.
Another option is to detect device dying very fast and closing the file handle. If you are lucky then by the time device reconnects original COM2 is free again.
Yet another option is to use a USB-serial converter from another manufacturer that uses another driver. Somehow COMX letter assignment is driver-specific. Better drivers may give you a stable name.

I've come across this problem as well. Sometimes my program has locked up when the device is plugged in again.
NB. I have fixed the COMx name of the port as mentioned by #qarma
I've rearranged my program so that as soon as an exception is thrown from the read() or write() methods of Serial I stop calling those methods.
I then have a function which periodically retries opening the port to try to detect when the device has been plugged in again.
This function creates a new instance of Serial with the same parameters as the original and tries to open it:
def try_to_open_new_port(self):
ret = False
test = serial.Serial(baudrate=9600, timeout=0, writeTimeout=0)
test.port = self.current_port_name
try:
test.open()
if test.isOpen():
test.close()
ret = True
except serial.serialutil.SerialException:
pass
return ret
A return of True indicates that the port is present once again.