require "rubygems" require "bundler/setup" require "active_record" require "serialport" require "state_pattern" project_root = File.dirname(File.absolute_path(__FILE__)) Dir.glob(project_root + "/app/models/*.rb").each{|f| require f} Dir.glob(project_root + "/app/helpers/*.rb").each{|f| require f} connection_details = YAML::load(File.open('config/database.yml')) ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(connection_details) if __FILE__ == $0 #params for serial port port_str = "/dev/ttyUSB1" #may be different for you baud_rate = 9600 data_bits = 7 stop_bits = 1 parity = SerialPort::EVEN sp = SerialPort.new(port_str, baud_rate, data_bits, stop_bits, parity) # Make reading blocking sp.read_timeout = 0 #just read forever while true do printf("%c", sp.getc) end sp.close #see note 1 end