Supported platforms

We have run Startline on

• Windows XP, Windows 7
• Mac OS 10.8
• Ubuntu

Windows installation

Python

Install ActiveState Python 2.7 32 bit from (http://www.activestate.com/activepython/downloads). You must use the 32 bit version as PyAudio does not support 64 bit python.

PyAudio

On Windows you'll need to install PyAudio. Download from (https://people.csail.mit.edu/hubert/pyaudio/). For Windows 8, you need the PyAudio binary from (http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#pyaudio). Make sure you choose the right build for your version of Python.

PySerial

To install PySerial, open a command prompt and type

pip install pyserial

Mac installation

Python

The Python 2.7 included with MacOS 10.8 works fine.

PyAudio

Install PyAudio from (https://people.csail.mit.edu/hubert/pyaudio/)

PySerial

Download PySerial from source (http://pyserial.sourceforge.net/pyserial.html#installation), extract the zip and type python setup.py install