A crude platform temperature logger for printers running Makerbot s3g based firmware

logplatform.py

# Platform temp logger

# DO NOT RUN THIS PROGRAM WHILE PRINTING-- THIS IS DEISGNED FOR HBP TEMP TESTING
# USING THE PREHEAT FUNCTION AND NOT DESIGNED TO BE RUN WHILE PRINTING!

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from threading import Timer
from time import sleep
from time import time
import serial
import sys

# From: https:#gist.github.com/alexbw/1187132
# Simple repeating timer implementation
class RepeatingTimer(object):
	"""
	USAGE:
	from time import sleep
	def myFunction(inputArgument):
		print(inputArgument)
	
	r = RepeatingTimer(0.5, myFunction, "hello")
	r.start(); sleep(2); r.interval = 0.05; sleep(2); r.stop()
	"""
 
	def __init__(self,interval, function, *args, **kwargs):
		super(RepeatingTimer, self).__init__()
		self.args = args
		self.kwargs = kwargs
		self.function = function
		self.interval = interval
 
	def start(self):
		self.callback()
		
	def stop(self):
		self.interval = False
		
	def callback(self):
		if self.interval:
			self.function(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
			Timer(self.interval, self.callback, ).start()

# configure the serial connections (the parameters differs on the device you are connecting to)
ser = serial.Serial(
    port='/dev/tty.usbmodemfd121',
    baudrate=115200, timeout=None)

# Send a "version" packet and then flush the input as a way to synchonize the stream
ser.flushInput()
version_packet = "\xD5\x03\x00\x00\x64\x04"
ser.write(version_packet)
ser.read(1) # since timeout=None, this will wait for a response
ser.flushInput() # flush the rest.    

# This function will be called periodically to take a temp reading and output it to file
def takeHBPReading(starttime):
    ser.flushInput();
    request = "\xD5\x03\x0A\x00\x1E\xE8"   
    ser.write(request)
    response = ser.read(2+3+1)
    readtime = time();
    if (len(response) == 6):
        array = map(ord, response);
        #print array
        if (array[0] == 0xD5 and array[1] == 0x03 and array[2] == 0x81):
            temp = array[3] + (array[4]<<8);
            timestamp = readtime-starttime
            print "%f %d" % (timestamp, temp)
            sys.stdout.flush()  # I like to > this out to file and then 'tail -f' it.
        else:
            print("Unexpected Response 1", array)
            ser.flushInput()
    else:
        print "Unexpected Response 2"
        ser.flushInput()

# Setup the repeating timer to take BHP readings
# The parameter is the start time (used as offset for time stamps)
r = RepeatingTimer(10.0, takeHBPReading, time())
r.start();