BotSense.bsSerial Python Module

The bsSerial module under the BotSense python package provides python applications an interface to communicate with proxied serial devices. The underlining compiled extension module _bsSerial.so library provides the provides the shim between python calling conventions and the C libbsclient_serial.[a,so] library.

See also

BotSense.bsSerial

Example:

#
# Example use of BotSense.bsSerial Module
#

import sys

import BotSense.BotSenseTypes as bsTypes
import BotSense.BotSenseError as bsError
import BotSense.BotSenseServer as bsServer
import BotSense.bsSerial as bsSerial

# create a BotSense client 
cli = bsTypes.BsClient('myserial')

# connect to the bsProxy server at the given IP address and default port
try:
  bsServer.ServerConnect(cli, serverHostName="192.168.0.34")
except bsError.BotSenseError, inst:
  print inst
  sys.exit(8)

# open a virtual connection to a proxied serial device
try:
  hndVConn = bsSerial.SerialReqOpen(cli, "/dev/ttyUSB0", baudRate=115200)
except bsError.BotSenseError, inst:
  print inst
  sys.exit(8)
print "Example: established virtual connection %d" % (hndVConn)

# write some data
try:
  n = bsSerial.SerialReqWrite(cli, hndVConn, "hello dude\n")
except bsError.BotSenseError, inst:
  print inst
  sys.exit(8)
print "Example: %d bytes written" % (n)

# close the virtual connection
try:
  bsSerial.SerialReqClose(cli, hndVConn)
except bsError.BotSenseError, inst:
  print inst
  sys.exit(8)

# close the connection to the bsProxy server
try:
  bsServer.ServerDisconnect(cli)
except bsError.BotSenseError, inst:
  print inst
  sys.exit(8)

# delete the client
del cli