Remove '\r' from serial datastream

smartmeter.rb

@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(connection_details)
 
 # # Open connection to serial port
 ser = SerialPort.new("/dev/ttyUSB1", 9600, 7, 1, SerialPort::EVEN)
-# 
+lines = ""
+for i in 0..22
+ lines = lines+ser.readline("\n").gsub(/\r/, '')
+end
+
 # # read until newline
 # response = ser.readline("\r")
 # response.chomp!
@@ -21,8 +25,8 @@ ser = SerialPort.new("/dev/ttyUSB1", 9600, 7, 1, SerialPort::EVEN)
 
 sync = Synchronizer.new
 #lines = File.read("example_blurp.txt")[rand(1500)..-1]
-lines = ser.readpartial(4096) # read max 4k of data
 p "There are #{lines.length} characters"
+p lines
 while (!lines.nil? && lines.length > 0)
   lines = sync.handle_byte_stream(lines)
   #p lines