put serial_port in blocking read

2013-07-17 12:44:26 +02:00
parent fa4dc7d31c
commit 8e7fd64701
2 changed files with 5 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/smartmeter.rb
+++ b/smartmeter.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ def open_device
  begin
    # Open connection to serial port
    io_device = SerialPort.new("/dev/ttyUSB1", 9600, 7, 1, SerialPort::EVEN)
+    # Make reading blocking
+    io_device.read_timeout = 0
  rescue 
    p "Serialport Error - reverting to 'example_blurp.txt'"
    io_device = File.open("example_blurp.txt")