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"""This is the communication macro module"""
__docformat__ = 'restructuredtext'
__all__ = ["get", "put"]
from sardana.macroserver.macro import *
import array
[docs]class put(Macro):
"""Sends a string to the communication channel"""
param_def = [
['communication channel', Type.ComChannel,
None, 'the communication channel'],
['data', Type.String, None, 'data to be sent']
]
[docs] def run(self, comch, data):
name = comch.getName()
nb = comch.write(data)
o = str(nb) + " bytes sent to " + name
self.output(o)
[docs]class get(Macro):
"""Reads and outputs the data from the communication channel"""
param_def = [
['communication channel', Type.ComChannel,
None, 'the communication channel'],
['maximum length', Type.String, -1, 'maximum number of bytes to read']
]
[docs] def run(self, comch, maxlen):
name = comch.getName()
data = comch.command_inout("read", maxlen)
datastr = array.array('B', data).tostring()
self.output("'" + datastr + "'")
self.output(data)