flipdot-send.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Send stuff to the landscape flipdot panel
from socket import *
from time import sleep

FD_ADDRESS = ('192.168.1.132', 1234)
SLEEP_S = 1.5
TEXT = ["1  flipdot", "2   hacker", "3  space", "4  kassel"]

while True:
    for st in text:
        s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM)
        s.sendto(bytes(st.encode("ASCII")), FD_ADDRESS)
        s.close()
        sleep(SLEEP_S)