i'm trying and, so far, failing to use python asyncio to access a serial port.
i'd really appreciate any tips on using the new python async framework on a simple fd.
Cheers!
James
i'm trying and, so far, failing to use python asyncio to access a serial port.
i'd really appreciate any tips on using the new python async framework on a simple fd.
Cheers!
James
pySerial is getting direct asyncio
support. It's in experimental state now but is working as expected for me.
Example taken from the documentation:
class Output(asyncio.Protocol):
def connection_made(self, transport):
self.transport = transport
print('port opened', transport)
transport.serial.rts = False
transport.write(b'hello world\n')
def data_received(self, data):
print('data received', repr(data))
self.transport.close()
def connection_lost(self, exc):
print('port closed')
asyncio.get_event_loop().stop()
loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
coro = serial.aio.create_serial_connection(loop, Output, '/dev/ttyUSB0', baudrate=115200)
loop.run_until_complete(coro)
loop.run_forever()
loop.close()
It's other way using FD
import asyncio
import serial
s = serial.Serial('/dev/pts/13', 9600)
def test_serial():
'''
read a line and print.
'''
text = ""
msg = s.read().decode()
while (msg != '\n'):
text += msg
msg = s.read().decode()
print(text)
loop.call_soon(s.write, "ok\n".encode())
loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
loop.add_reader(s, test_serial)
try:
loop.run_forever()
except KeyboardInterrupt:
pass
finally:
loop.close()
Another option is to write all your serial stuff with blocking calls, then run it in a different thread with run_in_executor:
import asyncio
import concurrent
from serial import Serial
# Normal serial blocking reads
# This could also do any processing required on the data
def get_byte():
return s.read(1)
# Runs blocking function in executor, yielding the result
@asyncio.coroutine
def get_byte_async():
with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1) as executor:
res = yield from loop.run_in_executor(executor, get_byte)
return res
def get_and_print():
b = yield from get_byte_async()
print (b)
s = Serial("COM11", 19200, timeout=10)
loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
loop.run_until_complete(get_and_print())
Thanks for the suggestions all, in the end, I solved the problem in a slightly different way, and used the well supported socket connections in asyncio, but then used ser2net (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ser2net/) to access the serial ports.
This took about 10 seconds to configure, and means that the python code can now handle accessing remote serial ports too.
I wrote an AsyncFile
class a while ago, the interface is easier then low-level protocols.
The original code is here: https://github.com/l04m33/pyx/blob/dbaf121ab7bb9bbf04616a7285bcaba757682d03/pyx/io.py#L20
class AsyncFile:
"""A local file class for use with the ``asyncio`` module.
``loop`` should be the event loop in use.
``filename`` is the name of the file to be opened.
``fileobj`` should be a regular file-like object.
``mode`` is the open mode accepted by built-in function ``open``.
If ``filename`` is specified, the named file will be opened. And if
``fileobj`` is specified, that file object will be used directly. You
cannot specify both ``filename`` and ``fileobj``.
This class can be used in a ``with`` statement.
"""
DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE = 8192
def __init__(self, loop=None, filename=None,
fileobj=None, mode='rb'):
if (filename is None and fileobj is None) or \
(filename is not None and fileobj is not None):
raise RuntimeError('Confilicting arguments')
if filename is not None:
if 'b' not in mode:
raise RuntimeError('Only binary mode is supported')
fileobj = open(filename, mode=mode)
elif 'b' not in fileobj.mode:
raise RuntimeError('Only binary mode is supported')
fl = fcntl.fcntl(fileobj, fcntl.F_GETFL)
if fcntl.fcntl(fileobj, fcntl.F_SETFL, fl | os.O_NONBLOCK) != 0:
if filename is not None:
fileobj.close()
errcode = ctypes.get_errno()
raise OSError((errcode, errno.errorcode[errcode]))
self._fileobj = fileobj
if loop is None:
loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
self._loop = loop
self._rbuffer = bytearray()
def __enter__(self):
return self
def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
self.close()
def fileno(self):
return self._fileobj.fileno()
def seek(self, offset, whence=None):
if whence is None:
return self._fileobj.seek(offset)
else:
return self._fileobj.seek(offset, whence)
def tell(self):
return self._fileobj.tell()
def _read_ready(self, future, n, total):
if future.cancelled():
self._loop.remove_reader(self._fileobj.fileno())
return
try:
res = self._fileobj.read(n)
except (BlockingIOError, InterruptedError):
return
except Exception as exc:
self._loop.remove_reader(self._fileobj.fileno())
future.set_exception(exc)
return
if not res: # EOF
self._loop.remove_reader(self._fileobj.fileno())
future.set_result(bytes(self._rbuffer))
return
self._rbuffer.extend(res)
if total > 0:
more_to_go = total - len(self._rbuffer)
if more_to_go <= 0: # enough
res, self._rbuffer = self._rbuffer[:n], self._rbuffer[n:]
self._loop.remove_reader(self._fileobj.fileno())
future.set_result(bytes(res))
else:
more_to_go = min(self.DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE, more_to_go)
self._loop.add_reader(self._fileobj.fileno(),
self._read_ready,
future, more_to_go, total)
else: # total < 0
# This callback is still registered with total < 0,
# nothing to do here
pass
@asyncio.coroutine
def read(self, n=-1):
future = asyncio.Future(loop=self._loop)
if n == 0:
future.set_result(b'')
else:
try:
res = self._fileobj.read(n)
except (BlockingIOError, InterruptedError):
if n < 0:
self._rbuffer.clear()
self._loop.add_reader(self._fileobj.fileno(),
self._read_ready,
future, self.DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE, n)
else:
self._rbuffer.clear()
read_block_size = min(self.DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE, n)
self._loop.add_reader(self._fileobj.fileno(),
self._read_ready,
future, read_block_size, n)
except Exception as exc:
future.set_exception(exc)
else:
future.set_result(res)
return future
def _write_ready(self, future, data, written):
if future.cancelled():
self._loop.remove_writer(self._fileobj.fileno())
return
try:
res = self._fileobj.write(data)
except (BlockingIOError, InterruptedError):
return
except Exception as exc:
self._loop.remove_writer(self._fileobj.fileno())
future.set_exception(exc)
return
if res < len(data):
data = data[res:]
self._loop.add_writer(self._fileobj.fileno(),
self._write_ready,
future, data, written + res)
else:
self._loop.remove_writer(self._fileobj.fileno())
future.set_result(written + res)
@asyncio.coroutine
def write(self, data):
future = asyncio.Future(loop=self._loop)
if len(data) == 0:
future.set_result(0)
else:
try:
res = self._fileobj.write(data)
except (BlockingIOError, InterruptedError):
self._loop.add_writer(self._fileobj.fileno(),
self._write_ready,
future, data, 0)
except Exception as exc:
future.set_exception(exc)
else:
future.set_result(res)
return future
def stat(self):
return os.stat(self._fileobj.fileno(), follow_symlinks=True)
def close(self):
self._loop.remove_reader(self._fileobj.fileno())
self._loop.remove_writer(self._fileobj.fileno())
self._fileobj.close()
Here's my try at asyncio serial port. This interface lets you wrap a serial.Serial instance into AIOSerial class, which then enables you to do await AIOSerial.readline()
and await AIOSerial.write(data)
and not have to use asyncio.Protocol() style callbacks.
import asyncio
import sys
import serial
class AIOSerial:
def __init__(self, serial, ioloop=None):
self._serial = serial
# Asynchronous I/O requires non-blocking devices
self._serial.timeout = 0
self._serial.write_timeout = 0
if ioloop is not None:
self.loop = ioloop
else:
self.loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
self.loop.add_reader(self._serial.fd, self._on_read)
self._rbuf = b''
self._rbytes = 0
self._wbuf = b''
self._rfuture = None
self._delimiter = None
def _on_read(self):
data = self._serial.read(4096)
self._rbuf += data
self._rbytes = len(self._rbuf)
self._check_pending_read()
def _on_write(self):
written = self._serial.write(self._wbuf)
self._wbuf = self._wbuf[written:]
if not self._wbuf:
self.loop.remove_writer(self._serial.fd)
def _check_pending_read(self):
future = self._rfuture
if future is not None:
# get data from buffer
pos = self._rbuf.find(self._delimiter)
if pos > -1:
ret = self._rbuf[:(pos+len(self._delimiter))]
self._rbuf = self._rbuf[(pos+len(self._delimiter)):]
self._delimiter = self._rfuture = None
future.set_result(ret)
return future
async def read_until(self, delimiter=b'\n'):
while self._delimiter:
await self._rfuture
self._delimiter = delimiter
self._rfuture = asyncio.Future()
#future = self._check_pending_read()
return await self._rfuture
async def readline(self):
return await self.read_until()
async def write(self, data):
need_add_writer = not self._wbuf
self._wbuf = self._wbuf + data
if need_add_writer:
self.loop.add_writer(self._serial.fd, self._on_write)
return len(data)
Example usage:
async def go_serial():
ser = serial.Serial(sys.argv[1], 9600) #, rtscts=True, dsrdtr=True)
print(ser)
aser = AIOSerial(ser)
written = await aser.write(b'test 1\n')
print('written', written)
data = await aser.readline()
print('got from readline', data)
while True:
await aser.write(b'.\n')
data = await aser.readline()
print('GOT!', data)
await asyncio.sleep(2.78)
async def main():
for n in range(120):
await asyncio.sleep(1)
print('n=%d' % n)
if __name__ == "__main__":
loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
asyncio.ensure_future(go_serial())
loop.run_until_complete(main())
This sets up serial port and two asyncio tasks: go_serial and main. Main just runs for 120 seconds and then the loop exits. go_serial writes and reads to serial port, expecting reply for every line sent.
Reading and writing to serial port is then done with await aser.write(b'blah')
and await aser.readline()
(or await aser.read_until(b'\r\n')
if you want a different separator).
Note that it's not really production ready, as one would want to have some limits for the amount of buffer in place.
To test this I simulate a serial port with the following script, which outputs the name of the pty created, which is then the parameter to the upper example.
#!/usr/bin/python3
import fcntl
import time
import os
import errno
import pty
chars = []
ser, s = pty.openpty()
oldflags = fcntl.fcntl(ser, fcntl.F_GETFL)
# make the PTY non-blocking
fcntl.fcntl(ser, fcntl.F_SETFL, oldflags | os.O_NONBLOCK)
print('Created: %s' % os.ttyname(s))
while True:
time.sleep(0.1)
c = None
try:
c = os.read(ser, 10)
except OSError as err:
if err.errno == errno.EAGAIN or err.errno == errno.EWOULDBLOCK:
c = None
else:
raise
if c:
chars.append(c)
data = b''.join(chars)
if b'\n' in data:
one, data = data.split(b'\n', 1)
b = b'%.6f\n' % time.time()
os.write(ser, b)
print(one)
chars = [data]
Consider using aioserial.
Here's an example:
import aioserial
import asyncio
async def read_and_print(aioserial_instance: aioserial.AioSerial):
while True:
print((await aioserial_instance.read_async()).decode(errors='ignore'), end='', flush=True)
aioserial_com1: aioserial.AioSerial = aioserial.AioSerial(port='COM1')
asyncio.run(read_and_print(aioserial_com1))
To the moderator,
The answer is just similar to this one but not duplicated.