Limit Windows to python 3.7 and above

README.md

@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@
 
 ### Major features
 
-* __Python 3.5+__ compatible.
+* __Python 3.5+__  compatible for Linux and macOS.
     * **Implements [PEP 492](https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0492/)**
     * **Applications developed with version 1.x of pymata_aio are backward compatible without modification.**
+* __Python 3.7+__  compatible for Windows.
 * **Implemented using the high efficiency Python [asyncio](https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio.html) library.**
 * **Choose From 3 Included APIs**
      * **pymata_core** - a pure asyncio method call API.

pymata_aio/private_constants.py

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class PrivateConstants:
     SYSEX_REALTIME = 0x7F  # MIDI Reserved for realtime messages
 
     # reserved for PyMata
-    PYMATA_VERSION = "2.33"
+    PYMATA_VERSION = "2.34"
 
     # each byte represents a digital port
     #  and its value contains the current port settings

pymata_aio/pymata_core.py

@@ -80,9 +80,19 @@ def __init__(self, arduino_wait=4, sleep_tune=0.0001, log_output=False,
 
         :returns: This method never returns
         """
-        # check to make sure that Python interpreter is version 3.5 or greater
+        # check to make sure that Python interpreter is version 3.5 or greater for
+        # linux and mac and version 3.7 for Windows
         python_version = sys.version_info
-        if python_version[0] >= 3:
+
+        if sys.platform == 'win32':
+            if python_version[0] >= 3:
+                if python_version[1] >= 7:
+                    pass
+                else:
+                    print(
+                        "ERROR: Python 3.7 or greater is required for use of this program with Windows.")
+        # version 3.5 or greater for linux/mac
+        elif python_version[0] >= 3:
             if python_version[1] >= 5:
                 pass
             else:

setup.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='pymata-aio',
-    version='2.34',
+    version='2.35',
     packages=['pymata_aio', 'utilities'],
     install_requires=['pyserial', 'websockets'],
     entry_points={