commsMgr.ReadInputThread Class Reference

Inheritance diagram for commsMgr.ReadInputThread:

Public Member Functions
def	__init__ (self, inq, outq, mailer, stopEvt)
def	do_work (self, thing)
def	run (self)

Data Fields
	inQ
	init
	comms
	bid
	stopEvent

Detailed Description

This helper thread unburdens the server from the processing of the incoming data.
It is needed to prevent a bottleneck at the receiving end of the serial port.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

def commsMgr.ReadInputThread.__init__	(		self,
			inq,
			outq,
			mailer,
			stopEvt
	)

Member Function Documentation

def commsMgr.ReadInputThread.do_work	(		self,
			thing
	)

take a thing of the incoming queue, process it.
the thing is n blocks of 9 bytes, so we break it down into 9s and then process each nine
using pack/unpack.
The 1st pack contains the BID and is processed differently.

def commsMgr.ReadInputThread.run

(

self

)

Thread run method. pops the queue, sends the popped thing to be consumed.
if a None value is popped, the method exits properply and the thread ends.

Field Documentation

commsMgr.ReadInputThread.bid

commsMgr.ReadInputThread.comms

commsMgr.ReadInputThread.init

commsMgr.ReadInputThread.inQ

commsMgr.ReadInputThread.stopEvent

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• /home/bob/Desktop/temp/Yannick/PhD_Support/temp/SPI/RPI/Python/serialApp/commsMgr.py