From 4b523f34a4a9b259e40f498ec117ccfa9e473214 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aart van Halteren <aart.van.halteren@philips.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 12:50:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] start at random position in file

---
 smartmeter.rb | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/smartmeter.rb b/smartmeter.rb
index 666bc83..127a6c9 100644
--- a/smartmeter.rb
+++ b/smartmeter.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ def open_device
   rescue 
     p "Serialport Error - reverting to 'example_blurp.txt'"
     io_device = File.open("example_blurp.txt")
+    # start at random place in the file
+    io_device.seek(rand(1500), IO::SEEK_SET)
   end 
   return io_device
 end