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I have a python script that turns my samsung TV on. Some of the fine folks here helped me out and its been working great. I even wrote about it on my blog: http://knightcinema.com/2015/09/08/samsu...onnection/

After re-configuring some wiring my serial controller sometimes stops working. I found a script that restarts it and it works well, but its not in python. Im not totally sure of the language, maybe c++.

I would like to only run it if the serial communication fails. This is the error:

Code:
kodi@server:~/data/scripts$ ./tvon.py

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "./tvon.py", line 4, in <module>

    ser = serial.Serial(port='/dev/ttyUSB0', baudrate=9600, timeout=1)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/serial/serialutil.py", line 261, in __init__

    self.open()

  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/serial/serialposix.py", line 278, in open

    raise SerialException("could not open port %s: %s" % (self._port, msg))

serial.serialutil.SerialException: could not open port /dev/ttyUSB0: [Errno 5] Input/output error: '/dev/ttyUSB0'

I would be happy if it ran every time, it happens almost instantly.

Thanks in advanced for any help.

This is the python script. I have several but the only difference is the hex code sent.

Code:
#!/usr/bin/env python

import time, serial

ser = serial.Serial(port='/dev/ttyUSB0', baudrate=9600, timeout=1)

resp=""

loop="true"

string="030cf100"

while loop:

  if string in resp:

    print "found it"

    break

    ser.close()

  else:

    ser.write("\x08\x22\x00\x00\x00\x02\xd4")

    data = ser.read(24)

    resp=data.encode('hex')

    print resp

    time.sleep(1)

print "finished"

jknight2014