deamon.py: 'module' object has no attribute 'fork'

Hello,

in "deamon.py" (by the way: this should be spelled "daemon", not "deamon" in the whole package ;-) I have a problem when I try to run the whole package under Windows XP (even after a lot of adjustments for Windows):

C:\heatpumpMonitor>python heatpumpMonitor.py start
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "heatpumpMonitor.py", line 130, in <module>
    main()
  File "heatpumpMonitor.py", line 126, in main
    deamon.startstop(config.getLogFile(), config.getPidFile())
  File "C:\heatpumpMonitor\deamon.py", line 109, in startstop
    deamonize(stdout,stderr,stdin,pidfile,startmsg)
  File "C:\heatpumpMonitor\deamon.py", line 38, in deamonize
    pid = os.fork()
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'fork'

In "deamon.py" I had modified in line 24 from '/dev/null' (for Linux) to '>null' (for Windows) like this:

def deamonize(stdout='>null', stderr=None, stdin='>null', pidfile=None, startmsg = 'started with pid %s' ):

In addition I adjusted all paths, i.e. away from Linux like things like /etc/, or /var/ to the subdirectories I have under "heatpumpMonitor".

If someone has an idea how (if at all I could use the daemonized stuff under Windows, please let me know.
Or maybe I could (after which adjustments?) let the scripts run in foreground (instead of daemonized)?
I assume that under Windows the whole concept of daemons, pids etc. does not work at all, but I have no clue how I would need to adjust the python scripts of this package.

Thanks for any help - kind regards,
alphaomega

PS:
The basic script "protocol.py" now works, because I have now correctly chosen: serialDevice="\\.\COM5"
(instead of: "/dev/ttyS0" or "/dev/ttyUSB0")