Python serial chat script for Arduino

Usage: ./arduino_chat.py <device> <speed> [word]*

Author: lyriarte

arduino_chat.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import serial, sys
+
+if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+	print "Usage:", sys.argv[0], "<device> <speed> [word]*"
+	exit()
+
+device = sys.argv[1]
+speed = 9600
+chatscript = []
+if len(sys.argv) >= 3 :
+	speed = int(sys.argv[2])
+if len(sys.argv) > 3 :
+	chatscript = sys.argv[3:]
+	chatscript.append("")
+
+tty = serial.Serial(device, speed)
+istr = ""
+while (len(chatscript) > 0):
+	istr += tty.read()
+	if (len(istr) >= 2 and istr[len(istr)-2:] == ": "):
+		print istr
+		ostr = chatscript.pop(0)
+		print ostr
+		tty.write(ostr)
+		istr = ""
+
+try:
+	while True:
+		istr += tty.read()
+		if ((len(istr) >= 2 and istr[len(istr)-2:] == ": ") or (istr[len(istr)-1] == "\n")):
+			print istr
+			istr = ""
+except KeyboardInterrupt:
+		pass
+print istr
+
+
+
+