fledgling rpc for some automated tasks.. works great so far.

rpc_cli.py

import xmlrpclib, time
server = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:8000',allow_none=True)
print(server.system.listMethods())
server.capture(time.time())
server.tx("/1Z5000R")

rpc_serv.py

import cv2, cv, serial
import numpy as np
from SimpleXMLRPCServer import SimpleXMLRPCServer
from SimpleXMLRPCServer import SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler



class Camera():
  def __init__(self):
    self.cap = cv2.VideoCapture(0)
  def capture(self, name):
    flag, ret = self.cap.read()
    cv2.imwrite("{0}.jpg".format(name), ret)
  def finish(self):
    self.cap.release()

class Motor():
  def __init__(self):
    self.ser = serial.Serial("/dev/ttyUSB0") #usb->rs438
  def rx(self, size): #read from motor db9
    ret_msg= self.com.readline()
    self.ser.flushInput()
    return ret_msg
  def tx(self, message):  #write to motor port
    self.ser.flushInput()
    self.ser.write(message+"\r\n")
class Analyzer(Motor, Camera):
  pass
# RPC methods start here ----------->
# Restrict to a particular path.
# not sure why this is important, but it  says to do it in the documentation

class RequestHandler(SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler):
    rpc_paths = ('/RPC2',)

# instantiate server
server = SimpleXMLRPCServer(("localhost", 8000),
                            requestHandler=RequestHandler,allow_none=True)
server.register_introspection_functions()

#server.register_function(cam, 'cam')
#better off as a class
server.register_instance(Analyzer, allow_dotted_names=True)


server.serve_forever() #justserverthings