Initial implementation

smartmeter.rb

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+require "rubygems"
+require "bundler/setup"
+require "active_record"
+require "serialport"
+
+project_root = File.dirname(File.absolute_path(__FILE__))
+Dir.glob(project_root + "/app/models/*.rb").each{|f| require f}
+
+connection_details = YAML::load(File.open('config/database.yml'))
+ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(connection_details)
+
+# Open connection to serial port
+ser = SerialPort.new("/dev/ttyUSB1", 9600, 7, 1, SerialPort::EVEN)
+
+# read until newline
+response = ser.readline("\r")
+response.chomp!
+print "#{response}\n"